Subduction initiation of Proto-Tethys Ocean and back-arc extension in the northern Altun Mountains, northwestern China: Evidence from high-Mg diorites and A-type rhyolites
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Lithos"
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105748
Abstract: Abstract Subduction initiation and sequent evolution of oceanic lithosphere at convergent plate boundaries have important implications for our understanding of plate tectonics. Using zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical data of newly identified… read more here.
Keywords: altun; proto tethys; tethys ocean; subduction ... See more keywords
Late Ordovician High Ba-Sr Intrusion in the Eastern North Qilian Orogen: Implications for Crust–Mantle Interaction and Proto-Tethys Ocean Evolution
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Minerals"
DOI: 10.3390/min13060744
Abstract: High Ba-Sr granitic rocks are widespread in Phanerozoic orogenic systems, and their petrogenesis is important for revealing the evolutionary process of the Proto-Tethys Ocean in the North Qilian orogenic belt. This paper presents a combination… read more here.
Keywords: tethys ocean; north qilian; late ordovician; proto tethys ... See more keywords