Mechanisms to generate ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

S Jiao, M Brown, RN Mitchell, P Chowdhury… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT; T max≥ 900° C) metamorphism requires unusually high heat
in continental crust at depths of 15–55 km, but how such extreme thermal conditions are …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation

A Yin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite a long research history over the past 150 years, the geometry, kinematics, and
dynamic evolution of the Himalayan orogen remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to …

2008 汶川Ms8. 0 地震发生的深层过程和动力学响应

滕吉文, 白登海, 杨辉, 闫雅芬, 张洪双, 张永谦… - 地球物理学报, 2008 - dzkx.org
汶川Ms8. 0 强烈地震发生在一条现今并不活动的龙门山构造带上, 造成了以汶川,
映秀为中心及其周边地域的严重破坏和人员的重大伤亡. 然而强烈震发生前却未见有可能的确切 …

When and where did India and Asia collide?

JC Aitchison, JR Ali, AM Davis - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Timing of the collision between India and Asia is the key boundary condition in all models for
the evolution of the Himalaya‐Tibetan orogenic system. Thus it profoundly affects the …

Timescales of crustal melting in the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya) inferred from trace element-constrained monazite and zircon …

D Rubatto, S Chakraborty, S Dasgupta - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2013 - Springer
The petrology and timing of crustal melting has been investigated in the migmatites of the
Higher Himalayan Crystalline (HHC) exposed in Sikkim, India. The metapelites underwent …

First evidence of eclogites overprinted by ultrahigh temperature metamorphism in Everest East, Himalaya: Implications for collisional tectonics on early Earth

JM Wang, P Lanari, FY Wu, JJ Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern-style plate tectonics, often characterised by subduction, is a fundamental dynamic
process for planet Earth. Subduction related eclogites are widely used to indicate initiation of …

Crustal channel flows: 1. Numerical models with applications to the tectonics of the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogen

C Beaumont, RA Jamieson, MH Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Plane strain, thermal‐mechanical numerical models are used to examine the development
of midcrustal channel flows in large hot orogens. In the models, radioactive self‐heating …

[图书][B] Atlas of migmatites

EW Sawyer - 2008 - books.google.com
Migmatites are highly heterogeneous rocks found in high-grade metamorphic environments;
they are commonly encountered in the continental crust. Until now, many geologists have …

The tectonic evolution of the Songpan-Garzê (North Tibet) and adjacent areas from Proterozoic to Present: A synthesis

F Roger, M Jolivet, J Malavieille - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
The Triassic orogeny in North Tibet results from interactions between the South China, North
China and Qiangtang (North Tibet) blocks during the closure of the Paleotethys ocean. It is …

Zircon behaviour and the thermal histories of mountain chains

SL Harley, NM Kelly, A Möller - Elements, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Using the U-Pb geochronology of zircon we can understand the growth and collapse of
mountain chains, both recent and ancient. In the high-temperature metamorphic rocks that …