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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 30 October 2020
GSA Bulletin (2021) 133 (5-6): 1283–1300.
... was significantly earlier than the early Cenozoic India-Asia collision. Table 1. DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES FOR THE TANGZA FORMATION IN THE WESTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU Figure 4. Petrography of the Tangza Formation is shown. (A) Quartz with melting corrosion structure in dacite...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 November 2014
GSA Bulletin (2014) 126 (11-12): 1580–1594.
...Henry Munack; Oliver Korup; Alberto Resentini; Mara Limonta; Eduardo Garzanti; Jan H. Blöthe; Dirk Scherler; Hella Wittmann; Peter W. Kubik Abstract The Indus River, one of Asia’s premier rivers, drains the western Tibetan Plateau and the Nanga Parbat syntaxis. These two areas juxtapose some...
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... fold-thrust belt in the western Qiangtang terrane to constrain the history of crustal thickening in this portion of the Tibetan Plateau. We find that (1) Paleozoic strata of the Domar area were shortened prior to deposition of Permian units; (2) the youngest strata in the area are Late Jurassic...
Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 20 April 2021
GSA Bulletin (2022) 134 (1-2): 145–159.
... Proto-Tethys Ocean is reported for the first time in the Qimanyute intra-oceanic forearc system in the western Kunlun Orogen, Northwest Tibetan Plateau. The magmatic compositions, which range from less to more high field strength element (HFSE)-depleted and large ion lithophile element (LILE)-enriched...
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(a) Map showing the location of the western Tibetan Plateau. (b) Sketch map showing the tectonic units of the western Tibetan Plateau and the distribution of ophiolites along the Oytag–Kudi suture. (c) Simplified geological map showing the location of the Kudi ophiolite and (d) cross-section of the Kudi ophiolite. Circled numbers 1–5 in (b) represent the Oytag–Kudi suture, the Mazha–Kangxiwa suture, the Hongshanhu–Qiaoertianshan suture, the Bangonghu–Nujiang suture and the Indus–Yarlung–Zangbo suture, respectively.
Published: 07 May 2025
Fig. 1. ( a ) Map showing the location of the western Tibetan Plateau. ( b ) Sketch map showing the tectonic units of the western Tibetan Plateau and the distribution of ophiolites along the Oytag–Kudi suture. ( c ) Simplified geological map showing the location of the Kudi ophiolite and ( d
Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 09 October 2020
GSA Bulletin (2021) 133 (5-6): 1071–1089.
... isotope analyses, and mineralogy of two Ordovician granitoid intrusions and one quartz diorite intrusion in Western Kunlun, NW Tibetan Plateau. The Yutian Complex is composed of diverse rock suites, including monzogabbros, quartz monzodiorites, monzogranites, and monzodioritic enclaves. These suites have...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 23 October 2024
GSA Bulletin (2025) 137 (3-4): 1504–1520.
...Liqiang Wang; Teng Gao; Baoliang Li; Yong Wang; Hanxiao Huang; Dan Wang Abstract The ca. 90 Ma (92–84 Ma) high-Sr/Y intrusions in the western central Lhasa terrane (WCLT) of the Tibetan Plateau record critical information about the late Mesozoic crustal architecture of the Lhasa terrane and may...
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Journal Article
Journal: Geology
Published: 08 February 2024
Geology (2024) 52 (4): 308–313.
... to initiate subduction of the overriding plate (OP) with opposite polarity. We propose that subduction polarity reversal can also be caused by DP-OP coupling and can account for the early Paleozoic geological relationships in the Western Kunlun orogenic belt in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau. Our synthesis...
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Journal Article
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 29 November 2022
Lithosphere (2022) 2022 (1): 4165618.
... be reasonably set as 75–85 mW/m 2 , which is approximately consistent with Figure 11 . Figure 11 Distribution of the estimated heat flow in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (revised from Tang et al. [ 68 ]). Based on the crustal heat flow and the regional background heat flow in western Sichuan...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 May 2014
GSA Bulletin (2014) 126 (5-6): 738–758.
... dams and subsequent outburst floods have been widespread and frequent in this region during the Quaternary. Our study suggests that the interaction of Karakoram glaciers with the Shyok and Indus Rivers promoted valley incision and headward erosion into the western margin of the Tibetan Plateau...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 11 October 2021
DOI: 10.1144/SP510-2020-133
EISBN: 9781786209979
... as a high-precision 40 Ar/ 39 Ar geochronology study of selected lavas from Ashikule volcanic field. Finally, we refined the eruption history for the volcanic activity in the basin, which provides some new volcanological evidence for the study of the tectonic evolution of the Northern Tibetan Plateau...
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(A) Western Tibetan Plateau margin near Nyoma featuring low-gradient Indus River (IGroup—Indus Group sedimentary rocks). (B) Upper bedrock gorge near Hymia (LBath—Ladakh Batholith). (C) Alluviated Indus River near Leh: abandoned surfaces of large fan apron consisting of Indus Group clastics are on right; trimmed fan toe is ∼30 m high. Bright surface on left is grit curtain from granodioritic disaggregation of Ladakh Batholith. (D) Indus valley near Bazgo, ∼10 km downstream of Zanskar-Indus River confluence. Right: Spheroidally weathered Ladakh Batholith sending granodioritic sediments to S. Center: Indus Group sediments sticking out of Ladakh Batholith debris. Oasis is Bazgo valley, draining Ladakh Batholith to S. (E) Zanskar-Indus River confluence near the village of Nimu, where Zanskar River discharge may exceed Indus River discharge. (F) Steep and rugged topography of the lower bedrock gorge.
Published: 01 November 2014
Figure 2. (A) Western Tibetan Plateau margin near Nyoma featuring low-gradient Indus River (IGroup—Indus Group sedimentary rocks). (B) Upper bedrock gorge near Hymia (LBath—Ladakh Batholith). (C) Alluviated Indus River near Leh: abandoned surfaces of large fan apron consisting of Indus Group
Journal Article
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 31 December 2020
Lithosphere (2020) 2020 (1): 7282037.
...Xiao-Qiang Liu; Chuan-Lin Zhang; Haibo Zou; Qian Wang; Xiao-Shu Hao; Hai-Xiang Zhao; Xian-Tao Ye Abstract The Western Kunlun-Pamir-Karakorum (WKPK) at the northwestern Tibetan Plateau underwent long-term terrane accretion from the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic. Within this time span, four phases...
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Journal Article
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 17 April 2019
Geosphere (2019) 15 (3): 935–945.
... magnitude scale), which occurred in the western Kunlun piedmont, Northwest Tibetan Plateau, caused significant property losses. Based on surface deformation data combined with earthquake relocation results, structural geology, and seismic reflection profiles, we determined that the Pishan blind thrust...
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Journal Article
Journal: Interpretation
Published: 06 April 2018
Interpretation (2018) 6 (2): SD41–SD55.
... ). Therefore, the relationship between the evolution of the CCS, tectonic events, and the East Asia monsoon is analyzed in the two dimensions of spatial and temporal distribution within an entire source-to-sink system, which was constructed by the Tibetan Plateau, the Red River, the western margin of the South...
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Journal Article
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 May 2017
Lithosphere (2017) 9 (4): 583–594.
... for unravelling the deformation of the Qaidam Basin and the broader tectonics of the northern part of the Tibetan Plateau. Based on seismic data, we reconstruct the structural framework of the central part of the western Qaidam Basin, and find that: (1) the structures in this area display positive flower...
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Journal Article
Published: 30 March 2016
Seismological Research Letters (2016) 87 (3): 601–608.
... at the western Kunlun range front, northwest Tibetan plateau. Integrated analysis of surface geology, topography, seismic reflection profiles, and Pishan seismicity delineates the surface and subsurface geometries of the Hetian fold belt. Our results indicate that the fold belt is a segmented, active blind wedge...
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Journal Article
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 June 2015
Geosphere (2015) 11 (3): 921–942.
..., and Caishiling sections) of the western segment of the Altyn Tagh fault and the detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology for the Tula and Caishiling sections ( Figs. 1 and 2 ). We use this information to constrain the timing of tectonic activity on the northern Tibetan Plateau, to establish a more accurate estimate...
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Journal Article
Journal: Geosphere
Published: 01 April 2013
Geosphere (2013) 9 (2): 342–354.
...-slip movement along the Altyn Tagh fault? Does the Altyn Tagh fault terminate at the western end of the Hexi Corridor (in the Yumen Basin more specifically)? Figure 1. Active tectonics of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. (A) Index map including a shaded digital elevation model...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 December 2012
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2012) 82 (12): 933–952.
...Jiuyi Wang; Xiaomin Fang; Erwin Appel; Chunhui Song Abstract: The Pliocene–Pleistocene sedimentologic evolution of the western Qaidam Basin at the NE Tibetan Plateau was studied on the nearly thousand-meter-deep drill core SG-1 (spanning ca. 2.8–0.1 Ma), recovered from the Chahansilatu sub...
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