Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia

I Metcalfe - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Four Tethyan ocean basins are recognised in Asia, the Proto-Tethys (Late Proterozoic-
Silurian), Palaeo-Tethys (Middle Devonian-Late Triassic), Meso-Tethys (Middle Permian …

Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

I Metcalfe - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Present-day Asia comprises a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks, derived from the
Indian–west Australian margin of eastern Gondwana, and subduction related volcanic arcs …

Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments

Y Wang, X Qian, PA Cawood, H Liu, Q Feng… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Phanerozoic record of Southeast Asia preserves the history of opening and
subsequent consumption of the Paleotethyan Ocean and the assembly of continental …

Tectonic evolution of Sundaland

I Metcalfe - 2017 - archives.datapages.com
Sundaland, the continental core of SE Asia, is a heterogeneous collage of continental blocks
and volcanic arcs bounded by narrow suture zones that represent the remnants of ancient …

Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations

R Hall - Journal of Asian earth sciences, 2002 - Elsevier
A plate tectonic model for the Cenozoic development of the region of SE Asia and the SW
Pacific is presented and its implications are discussed. The model is accompanied by …

Tectonic framework and Phanerozoic evolution of Sundaland

I Metcalfe - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
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 …

Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution and palaeogeography of East Asian crustal fragments: the Korean Peninsula in context

I Metcalfe - Gondwana Research, 2006 - Elsevier
East and Southeast Asia comprises a complex assembly of allochthonous continental
lithospheric crustal fragments (terranes) together with volcanic arcs, and other terranes of …

Palaeozoic–Mesozoic history of SE Asia

I Metcalfe - 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
SE Asia comprises a collage of Gondwana-derived continental blocks assembled by the
closure of multiple Tethyan and back-arc ocean basins now represented by suture zones …

Cambrian bimodal volcanism in the Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet: record of an early Paleozoic Andean-type magmatic arc in the Australian proto-Tethyan margin

DC Zhu, ZD Zhao, Y Niu, Y Dilek, Q Wang, WH Ji… - Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reports new zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age and Hf-isotope, whole-rock major and
trace element, and Sr–Nd isotope data from Cambrian metavolcanic rocks in the central …