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Partitioning Anatolian Kinematics into Tectonic Escape and Slab Rollback Dominated Domains
Anatolia is the global archetype of tectonic escape, as witnessed by the devastating 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake sequence, and the 2020 Samos...
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Uplifting mechanism of the Tibetan Plateau inferred from the characteristics of crustal structures
The Tibetan Plateau has been known for its highest elevation and thickest crust on earth, and become a key region for comprehending the rheology and...
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Timing and tectonic setting of tin mineralization in southern Myanmar: constraints from cassiterite and wolframite U–Pb ages
The southern Myanmar tin ore district is an important part of the well-known Southeast Asia tin belt (SATB), and hosts numerous economically...
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Intracontinental lithospheric delamination: Constraints from imaging the mantle transition zone beneath the southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin
The southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin (SW-SCB) is adjacent to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. Affected by the Indo-Eurasian collision and...
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Detrital zircon geochronology of middle Paleozoic to lower Mesozoic strata from Hainan: implications for sedimentary provenance and tectonic evolution of Hainan
Hainan Island is located at the intersection of the India–Australian, Philippine–Pacific, and Eurasian plates. As a key component of Southeast Asia,...
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Phanerozoic oceanic and climatic perturbations in the context of Tethyan evolution
Climatic and environmental conditions play a pivotal role in the evolution of the biosphere, serving as the primary natural factors influencing...
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Seismotectonics of the Himalayan Fold and Thrust Belt
The India-Eurasia collision during the Cenozoic has led to the evolution of the Himalaya, one of the most intensely deforming continental collision...
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Thermo-Rheological Structure and Passive Continental Margin Rifting in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea, China
To investigate the thermo-rheological structure and passive continental margin rifting in the Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB), thermo-rheological models of...
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Multiple stages of metamorphism from the Eocene to Miocene in the Yardoi gneiss dome, eastern Himalaya: constraints from P–T–t paths
An integrated study of petrography, mineral chemistry, phase equilibrium modelling, geochronology, and geochemistry of zircon and monazite was...
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Evolution of the Ladakh Magmatic Arc
In this contribution, the evolution of the Ladakh magmatic arc encompassing ca 160 Ma history from subduction initiation to intra-oceanic arc...
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Geoheritage in Ladakh Himalaya: the Indus Suture Zone Ophiolites, Southeast of Ladakh, India
Physiographically, Ladakh is a diverse region covering a broad spectrum of geomorphic and geological features of the western Himalayas. It has...
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Recognition of trench basins in collisional orogens: Insights from the Yarlung Zangbo suture zone in southern Tibet
Trench basin, as an important sedimentary repository in oceanic subduction zones, documents faithfully the evolution of paleodrainage and...
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East Asian analogues for early Alpine orogenesis
The Alpine orogeny is a consequence of the collision of Africa with Eurasia, which eliminated the Western Tethys Ocean. Processes similar to those...
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Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean
The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-ga** triangular oceanic embayment between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys...
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Paleomagnetic constraints on Paleogene-Neogene rotation and paleo-stress in the northern Qaidam Basin
Knowing the rotation and paleo-stress history in Qaidam Basin is a fundamental parameter to quantify the mechanism of intracontinental deformation in...
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Crustal structure of Northeast India as evidenced by receiver function imaging: tectonic and geodynamic implications
Crustal structure beneath the major tectonic domains comprising northeast India is investigated using receiver function analyses of teleseismic...
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Bagh Dinosaur National Park Region, Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh: a Potential UNESCO Global Geopark
The geodiversity of India is as diverse as its cultural diversity. Although a large number of geological heritage sites have been conserved and...
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Basic Characteristics and Evolution of Sanjiang Tethys Archipelagic Arc-Basin System
The rise of plate tectonics theory in the 1960s contributed to a revival of the long-neglected idea of continental drift, and revolutionized Earth...
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Neogene South Asian monsoon rainfall and wind histories diverged due to topographic effects
The drivers of the evolution of the South Asian Monsoon remain widely debated. An intensification of monsoonal rainfall recorded in terrestrial and...
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Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas
The Cretaceous Period is a vital time interval in deciphering the evolutionary history of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the convergence of different...