Neoproterozoic amalgamation between Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks: The magmatism in various tectonic settings and continent-arc-continent collision

Y Xia, X Xu, Y Niu, L Liu - Precambrian Research, 2018 - Elsevier
According to the temporal-spatial distribution of Neoproterozoic igneous rocks and relative
rocks in South China, including ophiolites, arc volcanic and intrusive rocks and subsequent …

Development of concepts concerning the genesis and emplacement of Tethyan ophiolites in the Eastern Mediterranean and Oman regions

A Robertson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
This article uses evidence mainly from the Eastern Mediterranean and Oman to help
understand the origin and emplacement of ophiolites. Field studies in these regions …

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Hegenshan ophiolitic complex: Implications for late-stage tectonic evolution of the Inner Mongolia-Daxinganling Orogenic Belt …

L Miao, W Fan, D Liu, F Zhang, Y Shi, F Guo - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Hegenshan ophiolite in the Inner Mongolian-Daxinganling Orogenic Belt (IMDOB),
northern China, consists of several discontinuous blocks composed dominantly of …

Obduction-type granites within the NE Jiangxi Ophiolite: implications for the final amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks

WX Li, XH Li, ZX Li, FS Lou - Gondwana Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Leucogranitic lenses are found within the Xiwan ophiolitic mélange in northeastern Jiangxi
Province, South China. The leucogranites occur exclusively within the serpentinized …

Tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite: High‐precision U‐Pb zircon geochronology and Sm‐Nd isotopic constraints on crustal growth and emplacement

M Rioux, S Bowring, P Kelemen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
New high‐precision single grain U‐Pb zircon geochronology and whole rock Nd isotopic
data provide insight into the magmatic and tectonic development of the Samail ophiolite. The …

New models for the genesis of plagiogranites in the Oman ophiolite

H Rollinson - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
The formation of tonalites, trondhjemites and granodiorites in oceanic crust, here grouped
together as plagiogranites, offers an important opportunity to examine the process whereby …

The Berit transect of the Tauride thrust belt, S Turkey: Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic accretionary/collisional processes related to closure of the Southern Neotethys

AHF Robertson, T Ustaömer, O Parlak… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2006 - Elsevier
We report on an integrated study of a critical segment of the Tauride thrust belt in SE Turkey
(Berit area). Units related to two sutures are exposed in the northerly and southerly parts of …

Adakitic granites within the NE Jiangxi ophiolites, South China: geochemical and Nd isotopic evidence

WX Li, XH Li - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Geochemical and Nd isotopic data are reported for the ca. 970Ma albite granites within the
Neoproterozoic NE Jiangxi ophiolite, South China. These granites are high in Al2O3 (15 …

Forearc magmatic evolution during subduction initiation: Insights from an Early Cretaceous Tibetan ophiolite and comparison with the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc

JG Dai, CS Wang, RJ Stern, K Yang, J Shen - Bulletin, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction initiation is a key process in the operation of plate tectonics. Our understanding
of melting processes and magmatic evolution during subduction initiation has largely been …

Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and emplacement of the Semail ophiolite in the Oman Mountains

MP Searle, JON Cox - Geological Magazine, 2002 - cambridge.org
The metamorphic sole along the base of the Semail ophiolite in Oman records the earliest
thrust slice subducted and accreted to the base of the ophiolite mantle sequence. In the Bani …