OIB-type rocks within West Junggar ophiolitic mélanges: Evidence for the accretion of seamounts

G Yang, Y Li, W Xiao, L Tong - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Altaid Tectonic
Collage), one of the largest and long-lived accretionary orogens in the world, developed …

Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath eastern Asia from full waveform seismic tomography

K Tao, SP Grand, F Niu - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the subsurface behavior of subducting slabs and their relation to the
tectonic evolution of the overriding plate, we conduct a full waveform inversion on a large …

Volcanism in the Baikal rift: 40 years of active-versus-passive model discussion

AV Ivanov, EI Demonterova, H He, AB Perepelov… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review we focus on the volcanism, that occurred in Transbaikalia, Siberia after the
closure of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Ocean. The closure happened in the Early Jurassic. After …

Multiparameter adjoint tomography of the crust and upper mantle beneath East Asia: 1. Model construction and comparisons

M Chen, F Niu, Q Liu, J Tromp… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a 3‐D radially anisotropic model of the crust and mantle beneath East Asia
down to 900 km depth. Adjoint tomography based on a spectral element method is applied …

Growth rate of the preserved continental crust: II. Constraints from Hf and O isotopes in detrital zircons from Greater Russian Rivers

CY Wang, IH Campbell, AS Stepanov, CM Allen… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
Detrital zircons from the Ob, Yenisey, Lena, Amur, Volga, Dnieper, Don and Pechora rivers
have been analyzed for U–Th–Pb, O and Lu–Hf isotopes to constrain the growth rate of the …

Mantle‐driven uplift of Hangai Dome: New seismic constraints from adjoint tomography

M Chen, F Niu, Q Liu, J Tromp - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The origin of Hangai Dome, an unusual large‐scale, high‐elevation low‐relief
landform in central Mongolia, remains enigmatic partly due to lack of constraints on its …

The importance and difficulties of identifying mantle plumes in orogenic belts: An example based on the fragmented large igneous province (LIP) record in the Ural …

VN Puchkov, RE Ernst, KS Ivanov - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Mantle plumes can be recognized by their magmatic expression as large igneous provinces
(LIPs). However, identification of plumes in old, structurally complicated fold belts is …

A geodynamic perspective of world-class gold deposits in East Asia

VG Khomich, NG Boriskina, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The world-class gold-ore districts of South-East Russia and North-East China are located
above the frontal and peripheral regions of subducted oceanic lithosphere accumulated as …

Late Mesozoic–Cenozoic intraplate magmatism in Central Asia and its relation with mantle diapirism: Evidence from the South Khangai volcanic region, Mongolia

VV Yarmolyuk, EA Kudryashova, AM Kozlovsky… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The South Khangai volcanic region (SKVR) comprises fields of Late Mesozoic–
Cenozoic volcanic rocks scattered over southern and central Mongolia. Evolution of the …

Contemporary horizontal movements and seismicity of the south Baikal Basin (Baikal rift system)

VA Sankov, AV Lukhnev, AI Miroshnitchenko… - Izvestiya, Physics of the …, 2014 - Springer
The contemporary horizontal movements and deformations in the central and southern parts
of the Baikal depression are analyzed, and their relationship with contemporary seismicity is …