Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments

Y Wang, X Qian, PA Cawood, H Liu, Q Feng… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Phanerozoic record of Southeast Asia preserves the history of opening and
subsequent consumption of the Paleotethyan Ocean and the assembly of continental …

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 …

Metamorphic conditions in orogenic belts: a record of secular change

M Brown - International Geology Review, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In general, Archean rocks exhibit rather ordinary moderate-P-high-T facies series
metamorphism; neither blueschists nor any record of deep continental subduction and return …

Paleo-Tethyan evolution of Tibet as recorded in the East Cimmerides and West Cathaysides

Z Xu, Y Dilek, H Cao, J Yang, P Robinson, C Ma… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleozoic-early Mesozoic geology of Tibet was controlled by the rift-drift,
seafloor spreading and subduction zone tectonics of a Paleo-Tethyan realm, which evolved …

Refining the P–T records of UHT crustal metamorphism

SL Harley - Journal of metamorphic Geology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ultra‐high‐temperature (UHT) metamorphism occurs when the continental crust is
subjected to temperatures of greater than 900° C at depths of 20–40 km. UHT …

On ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism

DE Kelsey - Gondwana Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphism is the most thermally extreme type of crustal
metamorphism, with the crust capable of withstanding temperatures≥ 900° C. Mineral …

[HTML][HTML] Indosinian tectonics in Vietnam

C Lepvrier, N Van Vuong, H Maluski, PT Thi… - Comptes Rendus …, 2008 - Elsevier
In Vietnam, the Triassic Indosinian collision affected coevally the Truong Son belt and the
Kontum Massif, which were not independent tectonic units, but parts of the same Gondwana …

Early Paleozoic or Early-Middle Triassic collision between the South China and Indochina blocks: The controversy resolved? Structural insights from the Kon Tum …

M Faure, LTT Hoai, C Lepvrier - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In Central Vietnam, the Kontum massif is subdivided from North to South into:(i)
Kham Duc,(ii) Ngoc Linh,(iii) Kan Nack complexes. The Kham Duc complex consists of …

Adakites in the Truong Son and Loei fold belts, Thailand and Laos: Genesis and implications for geodynamics and metallogeny

T Kamvong, K Zaw, S Meffre, R Maas, H Stein… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating reveals that the Phu Kham adakites in the Truong
Son Belt were emplaced during the Late Carboniferous (ca. 306 to 304 Ma), whereas the …

A biogeographic synthesis of the amphibians and reptiles of Indochina

RH Bain, MM Hurley - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2011 - BioOne
ABSTRACT Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam) houses over 600 species of
amphibians and reptiles, roughly a quarter of which has been described within the last 15 …