Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

BF Windley, D Alexeiev, W **ao… - Journal of the …, 2007 - lyellcollection.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (c. 1000–250 Ma) formed by accretion of island arcs,
ophiolites, oceanic islands, seamounts, accretionary wedges, oceanic plateaux and …

Accretionary complexes in the Asia-Pacific region: tracing archives of ocean plate stratigraphy and tracking mantle plumes

IY Safonova, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The accretionary complexes of Central and East Asia (Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Mongolia, and China) and the Western Pacific (China, Japan, Russia) preserve …

Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8 billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion

TM Kusky, BF Windley, I Safonova, K Wakita… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS) is a term used to describe the sequence of sedimentary and
volcanic rocks deposited on oceanic crust substratum from the time it forms at a spreading …

[HTML][HTML] Natural observations of subduction initiation: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

G Yang, Y Li, L Tong, Z Wang, G Si, P Lindagato… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Initiation of new subduction zones is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime. It is
generally accepted that the negative buoyancy of sufficiently old oceanic lithosphere …

Intra-oceanic arcs of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

I Safonova, A Kotlyarov, S Krivonogov, W **ao - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper reviews and integrates geological, geochronological, geochemical and isotope
data from 21 intra-oceanic arcs (IOA) of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO), which have been …

Pacific superplume-related oceanic basalts hosted by accretionary complexes of Central Asia, Russian Far East and Japan

IY Safonova, A Utsunomiya, S Kojima, S Nakae… - Gondwana …, 2009 - Elsevier
Plume-related oceanic magmatism form oceanic islands, seamounts and plateaus (hereafter
“seamounts” or “paleoseamounts”), which are important features in geological history. The …

Recognizing OIB and MORB in accretionary complexes: A new approach based on ocean plate stratigraphy, petrology and geochemistry

I Safonova, S Maruyama, S Kojima, T Komiya… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a new approach for recognizing the origin of accreted basaltic rocks based on
ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS), and on the petrology and geochemistry of basalts from mid …

An overview of oceanic island basalts in accretionary complexes and seamounts accretion in the western Central Asian Orogenic Belt

G Yang, Y Li, L Tong, Z Wang, F Duan, Q Xu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is one of the largest and long-lived
accretionary collages worldwide, and provides an ideal opportunity to address the …

Intraplate magmatism and oceanic plate stratigraphy of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific Oceans from 600 to 140 Ma

IY Safonova - Ore Geology Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reviews localities of intraplate basalts of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific
Oceans, which occur as fragments of former oceanic islands, seamounts and plateaus in …

Early Cambrian eclogites in SW Mongolia: Evidence that the Palaeo‐Asian Ocean suture extends further east than expected

P Štípská, K Schulmann, J Lehmann… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Newly discovered eclogites, Early Cambrian carbonates and chloritoid‐bearing
metapelites form the Tsakhir Uul accretionary wedge, which was thrust during the Early …