The timing of India-Asia collision onset–Facts, theories, controversies

X Hu, E Garzanti, J Wang, W Huang, W An… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The timing of initial collision between India and Asia has remained controversial for half a
century. This paper attempts to review this crucial and hotly debated argument, describing …

Geologic evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

A Yin, TM Harrison - Annual review of earth and planetary …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
A review of the geologic history of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen suggests that at least 1400
km of north-south shortening has been absorbed by the orogen since the onset of the Indo …

[PDF][PDF] 喜马拉雅-青藏高原造山带地质演化

尹安 - ACTA GEOSCIENTIA SINICA, 2001 - faculty.epss.ucla.edu
摘要喜马拉雅2 青藏高原造山带的地质历史显示出, 自从约70Ma 印度板块2
亚洲板块开始碰撞以来, 至少有1 360 km 的SN 向缩短量被喜马拉雅2 青藏高原造山带所吸收 …

青藏高原与大陆动力学——地体拼合, 碰撞造山及高原隆升的深部驱动力

许志琴, 杨经绥, 李海兵, 张建新, 曾令, 森姜枚 - 中国地质, 2006 - geochina.cgs.gov.cn
提要: 运用地体和地体活动论观点, 提出青藏高原结构划分的新方案; 强调青藏高原的形成经历了
新元古代以来长期活动的过程, 青藏高原是一个“非原地” 诸多地体会聚, 拼合以及经历复合碰撞 …

Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

PG DeCelles, P Kapp, GE Gehrels, L Ding - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally
upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age …

The Ailao Shan-Red river shear zone (Yunnan, China), tertiary transform boundary of Indochina

PH Leloup, R Lacassin, P Tapponnier, U Schärer… - Tectonophysics, 1995 - Elsevier
The Red River Fault zone (RRF) is the major geological discontinuity that separates South
China from Indochina. Today it corresponds to a great right-lateral fault, following for over …

Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

Y Najman, E Appel, M Boudagher‐Fadel… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A range of ages have been proposed for the timing of India‐Asia collision; the range to some
extent reflects different definitions of collision and methods used to date it. In this paper we …

Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic constraints on petrogenesis of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet

WQ Ji, FY Wu, SL Chung, JX Li, CZ Liu - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
During the Mesozoic–Cenozoic, northward Neotethyan subduction and subsequent India–
Asia collision gave rise to the extensive Transhimalayan magmatism that stretches from …

Flood basalts and hot-spot tracks: plume heads and tails

MA Richards, RA Duncan, VE Courtillot - Science, 1989 - science.org
Continental flood basalt eruptions have resulted in sudden and massive accumulations of
basaltic lavas in excess of any contemporary volcanic processes. The largest flood basalt …

Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions

PB Wignall - Earth-science reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Comparing the timing of mass extinctions with the formation age of large igneous provinces
reveals a close correspondence in five cases, but previous claims that all such provinces …