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The Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Bangladesh and Its Effects on Seismic Hazard
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated and seismically active region of the world, which is situated on the easternmost part of the...
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Paleogene integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas
The Paleogene is a crucial period when terrestrial and marine ecosystems recovered from major disruptions and gradually approached their modern...
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Crust and Upper Mantle Density Structures beneath the Eastern Tianshan Region and Its Tectonic Implications
The deformation mechanisms of the Tianshan orogenic belt (TOB) are one of the most important unresolved issues in the collision of the Indian and...
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Multi-Elemental Chemostratigraphy, Sequence Development, Depositional History, and Environmental Importance of Early Eocene Red Beds (Kuldana Formation) in NW Himalayas, Pakistan
The Eocene Kuldana Formation (KF) in the Yadgar area of Pakistan, comprises a diverse range of sedimentary facies, including variegated red beds of...
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Metallogenetic model of Jiaodong-type gold deposits, eastern China
The genesis of giant gold provinces is an international scientific frontier, in which the source of a huge amount of gold and the drive for...
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Post-collisional mafic magmatism: Record of lithospheric mantle evolution in continental orogenic belt
In order to better understand the role of post-collisional mafic magmatism at convergent plate boundaries in revealing the earth’s evolution, this...
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Kilometer-resolution three-dimensional crustal deformation of Tibetan Plateau from InSAR and GNSS
Located at the forefront of the collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates, the Tibetan Plateau experiences intense crustal movement....
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The effects of the thermal state of overriding continental plate on subduction dynamics: Two-dimensional thermal-mechanical modeling
The dynamic process of ocean-continent subduction depends on not only the properties of the subducting oceanic plate, but also the characteristics...
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Plate tectonic chain reaction revealed by noise in the Cretaceous quiet zone
Global reorganizations of tectonic plates may be caused by a trigger such as a continental collision or a rising mantle plume. However, whether and...
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Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin
The Zengmu and Beikang Basins, separated by the West Baram Line (WBL) in the southwestern South China Sea margin, display distinct geological and...
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Tectonic Framework of Sanjiang Tethyan Metallogenic Domain
The Sanjiang Tethyan Metallogenic Domain refers to the Hengduan Mountain Range where the Nujiang River, Lancang River and **sha River run side by...
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Emplacement ages, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic characteristics of Cenozoic granites in the Phan Si Pan uplift, Northwestern Vietnam: petrogenesis and tectonic implication for the adjacent structure of the Red River shear zone
Cenozoic magmatism in Northern Vietnam is suggested to have a genetic connection with the Indian–Eurasian collision and is associated with the...
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Detrital zircon U-Pb age perspective on the sediment provenance and its geological significance of sandstones in the Lamandau region, SW Borneo, Indonesia
The Southwest Borneo (SW Borneo) block belongs to Sundaland and is the oldest continental fragment of Borneo that is believed to derive from the...
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Prototypes, modifications, and hydrocarbon enrichment variations in basins influenced by Tethyan evolution: A comparative analysis of the Persian Gulf Basin and the Sichuan Basin
The hydrocarbon accumulation modes and differences in the Tethyan realm serve as a hot research topic in the petroleum geology community at home and...
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Effects of Water on the Rheology of Dominant Minerals and Rocks in the Continental Lower Crust: A Review
As an important part of the continental lithosphere, the continental lower crust can influence and control many important geodynamic processes, which...
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Application of teleseismic receiver functions and gravity for Moho depth map**: a case study of the Western Himalayas
In order to determine the thickness of the crust, this study offers the coherently stacked P-wave receiver functions and Bouguer anomaly map** of...
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Cyclical one-way continental rupture-drift in the Tethyan evolution: Subduction-driven plate tectonics
Numerous continents have rifted and drifted away from Gondwana to repeatedly open ocean basins over the past ∼500 million years. These...
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The Tectonic Evolution of Asian Continental Lithosphere
The Asian continental lithosphere underwent very complex formation processes. During its long-term tectonic evolution, multi-directional collisions...
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The Alps and Their Siblings
The Alps are a particularly complicated mountain range—but well researched. In this chapter we learn about the formation of the Penninic Ocean, the...
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Devonian–Carboniferous Pillow OIB-Type Basalts in the Youjiang Basin, SW China: Implications for the Eastern Extension of the Paleo-Tethys Branch Ocean
Late Paleozoic pillow basalts are well preserved in the Youjiang Basin of SW China. In this study, we conducted geochemical and Sr−Nd isotopic study...