[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Geochemical characterization of ophiolites in the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt: Magmatically and tectonically diverse evolution of the Mesozoic Neotethyan …

H Furnes, Y Dilek, G Zhao, I Safonova, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Ophiolites are important archives of oceanic crust development and preservation in the rock
record, and the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt (AHOB) is one of the most comprehensive …

The Indus–Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites from Nanga Parbat to Namche Barwa syntaxes, southern Tibet: First synthesis of petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology …

R Hébert, R Bezard, C Guilmette, J Dostal, CS Wang… - Gondwana …, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this first synthesis is to summarize findings on the Yarlung Zangbo Suture
Zone (YZSZ) ophiolites and discuss still remaining problems. The YZSZ studied for almost …

Reconstructing Greater India: Paleogeographic, kinematic, and geodynamic perspectives

DJJ van Hinsbergen, PC Lippert, S Li, W Huang… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Key in understanding the geodynamics governing subduction and orogeny is reconstructing
the paleogeography of 'Greater India', the Indian plate lithosphere that subducted since …

[HTML][HTML] Geological, geophysical and plate kinematic constraints for models of the India-Asia collision and the post-Triassic central Tethys oceans

AJ Parsons, K Hosseini, RM Palin, K Sigloch - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we integrate bedrock datasets, observations of subducted slabs in the mantle,
and plate kinematic constraints to constrain models for the India-Asia collision and the …

A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation

DJJ van Hinsbergen, B Steinberger, C Guilmette… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The formation of a global network of plate boundaries surrounding a mosaic of lithospheric
fragments was a key step in the emergence of Earth's plate tectonics. So far, propositions for …

Tectonic interactions between India and Arabia since the Jurassic reconstructed from marine geophysics, ophiolite geology, and seismic tomography

C Gaina, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gondwana breakup since the Jurassic and the northward motion of India toward Eurasia
were associated with formation of ocean basins and ophiolite obduction between and onto …

The South Ladakh ophiolites (NW Himalaya, India): an intra-oceanic tholeiitic arc origin with implication for the closure of the Neo-Tethys

G Mahéo, H Bertrand, S Guillot, IM Villa, F Keller… - Chemical geology, 2004 - Elsevier
In the Ladakh–Zanskar area, two groups of ophiolites document closure of the Neo-Tethys
Ocean during India–Asia convergence. They are localized north of the Indus Suture Zone …

Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the South Tethyan suture zone, Pakistan: implications for the Réunion hotspot and Deccan Traps

JJ Mahoney, RA Duncan, W Khan, E Gnos… - Earth and Planetary …, 2002 - Elsevier
The location, ages, and geochemical characteristics of marine volcanic rocks preserved in
the South Tethyan suture zone of Pakistan suggest that the Réunion hotspot was active off …

[PDF][PDF] Groundwater geochemistry of Winder agricultural farms, Balochistan, Pakistan and assessment for irrigation water quality

S Naseem, S Hamza, E Bashir - European water, 2010 - researchgate.net
The Winder agriculture farms are situated over the Bela Ophiolite of Cretaceous age, and
lies west of Mor (Jurassic) and Pab (Cretaceous) ranges. Irrigation water availability is the …