MB Allen, S Song, C Wang, R Zeng, T Wen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Subduction and closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans were important events in the assembly of Eurasia, and created the Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) …
As the chronicle of plate motions through time, paleogeography is fundamental to our understanding of plate tectonics and its role in shaping the geology of the present-day. To …
S Song, Y Niu, L Su, X Xia - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Qilian Orogen at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is a type suture zone that recorded a complete history from continental breakup to ocean basin evolution, and to the …
W Xiao, BF Windley, Y Yong, Z Yan, C Yuan… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Qilian Shan, located in the northern Tibetan Plateau of NW China, has an excellent record of early to middle Paleozoic subduction–accretion that resulted from convergence …
Asia is key to a richer understanding of many important lithospheric processes such as crustal growth, continental evolution and orogenesis. But to properly decipher the secrets …
Back-arc basins are pivotal sites for the generation and consumption of oceanic lithosphere in mature intra-oceanic convergent plate margins. However, the processes and mechanisms …
Y Chen, S Song, Y Niu, C Wei - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The Chaidanuo granite batholith is a∼ 500 km 2 homogeneous, high-level intrusion in the North Qilian oceanic suture zone. Three types of enclaves have been recognized, including …