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Tectonic framework and Phanerozoic evolution of Sundaland
Ian Metcalfe,Ian Metcalfe +1 more
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Sundaland comprises a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks derived from the India-Australian margin of eastern Gondwana and assembled by the closure of multiple Tethyan and back-arc ocean basins now represented by suture zones.About:
This article is published in Gondwana Research.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 581 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Terrane & Island arc.read more
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Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys
Ian Metcalfe,Ian Metcalfe +1 more
TL;DR: The Phanerozoic evolution of the region is the result of more than 400 million years of continental dispersion from Gondwana and plate tectonic convergence, collision and accretion as discussed by the authors.
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The Lhasa Terrane: Record of a microcontinent and its histories of drift and growth
Di-Cheng Zhu,Zhidan Zhao,Yaoling Niu,Yaoling Niu,Yaoling Niu,Xuanxue Mo,Sun-Lin Chung,Zengqian Hou,Li-Quan Wang,Fu-Yuan Wu +9 more
TL;DR: Using zircon in situ U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope and bulk-rock geochemical data of Mesozoic-Early Tertiary magmatic rocks sampled along four north-south traverses across the Lhasa Terrane, Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that the Lhao Terrane has ancient basement rocks of Proterozoic and Archean ages (up to 2870 Ma) in its centre with younger and juvenile crust (Phanerozoic) accreted towards its both northern and southern edges.
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The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
Di-Cheng Zhu,Zhidan Zhao,Yaoling Niu,Yaoling Niu,Yildirim Dilek,Yildirim Dilek,Zengqian Hou,Xuanxue Mo +7 more
TL;DR: This paper reviewed and reevaluated these hypotheses in light of new data from Tibet including the distribution of major tectonic boundaries and suture zones, basement rocks and their sedimentary covers, magmatic suites, and detrital zircon constraints from Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks.
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Late Jurassic–Cenozoic reconstructions of the Indonesian region and the Indian Ocean
TL;DR: The Sundaland region was assembled by closure of Tethyan oceans and addition of continental fragments in the Cretaceous and Cenozoic as discussed by the authors, and a marked change in deep mantle structure at about 110°E reflects different subduction histories north of India and Australia since 90-Ma.
The Lhasa Terrane: Record of a microcontinent and its histories of drift and growth
Di-Cheng Zhu,Zhidan Zhao,Yaoling Niu,Yaoling Niu,Yaoling Niu,Xuanxue Mo,Sun-Lin Chung,Zengqian Hou,Li-Quan Wang,Fu-Yuan Wu +9 more
TL;DR: Using zircon in situ U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and bulk-rock geochemical data of Mesozoic-Early Tertiary magmatic rocks sampled along four north-south traverses across the Lhasa Terrane, Wang et al. as discussed by the authors showed that the Lhaasa terrane has ancient basement rocks of Proterozoic and Archean ages (up to 2870 Ma) in its centre with younger and juvenile crust (Phanerozoic) accreted towards its both northern and southern edges.
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