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Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone
An asymmetric Late Cretaceous back-arc basin south of Tibet? Open Access
Geochemical characteristics of mineral inclusions in the Luobusa chromitite (Southern Tibet): Implications for an intricate geological setting Available to Purchase
A modified genetic model for multiple pulsed mineralized processes at the giant Qulong porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization system Available to Purchase
Radiolarian-based stratigraphic reconstruction along the western Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone, southern Tibet, and its implication for Neo-Tethyan late-stage evolution Available to Purchase
Paleoseamounts in Yarlung Zangbo suture zone reveal dynamic processes of the Early Cretaceous Neo-Tethys lithosphere Available to Purchase
High-pressure, low-temperature metamorphism preserved in the Indus-Yarlung suture zone of the eastern Himalaya: Overprinting at amphibolite facies and comparison with occurrences in the western Himalaya Available to Purchase
Structural and metamorphic architecture of the Zanskar Himalaya, Suru Valley region, NW India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core Available to Purchase
Tracing a remnant of subducted Indian felsic crust: insights from zircon studies Available to Purchase
Pressure-temperature-time evolution of the Milin pelitic schists: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern Indus-Yarlung suture zone, eastern Himalaya Available to Purchase
Late Cenozoic Cooling History of the Xigaze Fore-Arc Basin along the Yarlung–Zangbo Suture Zone (Southern Tibet): New Insights from Low-Temperature Thermochronology Open Access
Metamorphosed mélange in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis: constraint for the India–Asia collision in the Eocene Available to Purchase
Tracking multiple stages of serpentinization processes of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone peridotites in southern Tibet: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere Available to Purchase
Age, depositional history and tectonics of the Indo-Myanmar Ranges, Myanmar Open Access
Rift propagation in south Tibet controlled by under-thrusting of India: a case study of the Tangra Yumco graben (south Tibet) Open Access
Cenozoic kinematic histories of the Tidding and Lohit thrusts in the northern Indo-Burma Ranges: Implications for crustal thickening and exhumation of Gangdese lower arc crust along the Indus-Yarlung suture zone Available to Purchase
Tracing Late-Stage Fluid Sources and Vein Formation within Ophiolitic Mélanges from the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya Available to Purchase
Origin of the Indus ophiolite linked to the mantle transition zone (410–660 km) Available to Purchase
ABSTRACT The southeast Ladakh (India) area displays one of the best-preserved ophiolite sections in this planet, in places up to 10 km thick, along the southern bank of the Indus River. Recently, in situ, ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) mineralogical evidence from the mantle transition zone (MTZ; ~410–660 km) with diamond and reduced fluids were discovered from two peridotite bodies in the basal mantle part of this Indus ophiolite. Ultrahigh-pressure phases were also found by early workers from podiform chromitites of another coeval Neo-Tethyan ophiolite in southern Tibet. However, the MTZ phases in the Indus ophiolite are found in silicate peridotites, but not in metallic chromitites, and the peridotitic UHP phases show systematic and contiguous phase transitions from the MTZ to shallower depth, unlike the discrete UHP inclusions, all in Tibetan chromitites. We observe consistent change in oxygen fugacity (f O 2) and fluid composition from (C-H + H 2) to (CO 2 + H 2 O) in the upwelling peridotitic mantle, causing melting to produce mid-ocean-ridge basalt (MORB). At shallow depths (<100 km) the free water stabilizes into hydrous phases, such as pargasitic amphibole, capable of storing water and preventing melting. Our discoveries provide unique insights into deep sub-oceanic-mantle processes, and link deep-mantle upwelling and MORB genesis. Moreover, the tectonic setting of Neo-Tethyan ophiolites has been a difficult problem since the birth of the plate-tectonics concept. This problem for the origin of ophiolites in mid-ocean-ridge versus supra-subduction zone settings clearly confused the findings from Indus ophiolites. However, in this contribution, we provide arguments in favor of mid-ocean-ridge origin for Indus ophiolite. In addition, we venture to revisit the “historical contingency” model of E.M. Moores and others for Neo-Tethyan ophiolite genesis based on the available evidence and have found that our new results strongly support the “historical contingency” model.