Articles with "ophiolite obduction" as a keyword



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Middle-Late Jurassic sedimentary mélange formation related to ophiolite obduction in the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic Mountain Range

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Published in 2019 at "Gondwana Research"

DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2019.03.003

Abstract: Abstract The Middle-Late Jurassic mountain building process in the Western Tethyan realm was triggered by west- to northwestward-directed ophiolite obduction onto the wider Adriatic shelf. This southeastern to eastern Adriatic shelf was the former passive… read more here.

Keywords: middle; middle late; mountain; late jurassic ... See more keywords
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Pre‐Oxfordian (>163 Ma) Ophiolite Obduction in Central Tibet

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Published in 2020 at "Geophysical Research Letters"

DOI: 10.1029/2019gl086650

Abstract: The timing of Bangong‐Nujiang suture ophiolite obduction between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes in central Tibet is important for understanding the closure history of the Meso‐Tethys but remains poorly constrained. We investigated subaerial to shallow… read more here.

Keywords: nujiang suture; bangong nujiang; central tibet; ophiolite obduction ... See more keywords