New paleomagnetic data from the central Tethyan Himalaya refine the size of Greater India during the Campanian

J Yuan, C Deng, Z Yang, W Krijgsman, H Qin… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the size of Greater India is critical to deciphering the geodynamic
processes of the India-Asia collision, as the size of this landmass primarily determines the …

Zircon U–Pb, Hf, and O isotopic constraints on the tectonic affinity of the basement of the Himalayan orogenic belt: insights from metasedimentary rocks, orthogneisses …

T Imayama, N Bose, K Yi, YJ Jeong, K Horie… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf–O isotope geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks,
orthogneisses, and leucogranites in Garhwal, NW India, provide new insights into the …

Constraints on the expanse of Greater India in the Early Cretaceous from radiolarians

X Li, N Suzuki, J Meng, A Matsuoka… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Defining the original size of Greater India is a critical parameter for reconstructing the
kinematics and timing of the India–Asia collision. Early Cretaceous paleontology-based …

Defining the limits of Greater India

J Meng, SA Gilder, C Wang, RS Coe… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Greater India comprises a part of the Indian plate that subducted under Asia to help form the
Tibetan Plateau. Defining the size of the Greater India is thus a key constraint to model the …

Sandstone provenance and tectonic evolution of the Xiukang Mélange from Neotethyan subduction to India–Asia collision (Yarlung-Zangbo suture, south Tibet)

W An, X Hu, E Garzanti - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The Xiukang Mélange of the Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone in south Tibet documents low
efficiency of accretion along the southern active margin of Asia during Cretaceous …

Cretaceous paleomagnetic and detrital zircon UPb geochronological results from the Tethyan Himalaya: Constraints on the Neo-Tethys evolution

W Bian, T Yang, S Wang, W Peng, S Zhang… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Neo-Tethys Ocean had a profound effect on global climate change and
the evolution of life. To better constrain the Cretaceous paleogeographic position of the …

Tectonic implications of detrital zircon ages from lesser Himalayan Mesozoic‐Cenozoic strata, Pakistan

M Qasim, L Ding, MA Khan, IAK Jadoon… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We carried U‐Pb‐Hf geochronology of the clastic sequence covering upper
Mesozoic‐Cenozoic period. The upper Mesozoic sequence is overlain unconformably by …

Paleolatitudes of the T ibetan H imalaya from primary and secondary magnetizations of J urassic to L ower C retaceous sedimentary rocks

W Huang, DJJ Van Hinsbergen… - Geochemistry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Himalaya represents the northernmost continental unit of the Indian
plate that collided with Asia in the Cenozoic. Paleomagnetic studies on the Tibetan …

[HTML][HTML] Provenance and drainage system of the Early Cretaceous volcanic detritus in the Himalaya as constrained by detrital zircon geochronology

XM Hu, E Garzanti, W An, XF Hu - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2015 - Elsevier
The age range of the major intra-plate volcanic event that affected the northern Indian
margin in the Early Cretaceous is here defined precisely by detrital zircon geochronology. U …

Remagnetization of carbonate rocks in southern Tibet: Perspectives from rock magnetic and petrographic investigations

W Huang, PC Lippert, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The latitudinal motion of the Tibetan Himalaya—the northernmost continental unit of the
Indian plate—is a key component in testing paleogeographic reconstructions of the Indian …