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Ophiolites in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt record Cambrian subduction initiation processes
Subduction initiation remains elusive because no present example exists. Ophiolites formed over nascent subduction zones in the past …
Mingshuai Zhu, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Matthijs A. Smit, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Dorjgochoo Snchir, Ariuntsegtseg Ganbat, Chenghao Liu, Ye Luo, Shun Li
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Ophiolites in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt record Cambrian subduction initiation processes
The Sierra Madre Oriental Orocline: Paleomagnetism of the Nazas Province in NE Mexico
The geological history of the American Cordillera is complex due to its extensive geological history. We have investigated a section of this Pacific-Panthalassa region: the remarkable curved sector of the Mexican Fold and Thrust Belt in northeastern Mexico. This winding area, known as the Sierra Madre Oriental, potentially holds important clues about the evolution of the North American crust. To contribute to a better understanding of this area and to complement the scarce geophysical and geological studies, we used the magnetic properties of rocks and reviewed existing published research to investigate. We’ve uncovered a complex history of rock magnetizations with at least two main events dating back to the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Our findings also reveal that these mountain ranges were rotated from their original position on vertical axes, suggesting they were originally linear and were bent or buckled during the period from approximately 120 to 50 million years ago.
Rafael Guerra-Roel, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Gabriel Chávez-Cabello, César Francisco Ramírez-Peña, José Jorge Aranda Gómez, Gerardo Patiño Méndez, R. Geovanny Nova, Alejandro Rodríguez-Parra, Roberto Stanley Molina-Garza
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The Sierra Madre Oriental Orocline: Paleomagnetism of the Nazas Province in NE Mexico
The Beginning of a Wilson Cycle in an Accretionary Orogen. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean Opened Assisted by a Devonian Mantle Plume
The opening of oceans within accretionary orogens is important for understanding the Wilson cycle. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean (MOO) began …
Mingshuai Zhu, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Matthijs A. Smit, Dorjgochoo Snchir, Fuqin Zhang, Chenghao Liu, Ye Luo, Laicheng Miao
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The Beginning of a Wilson Cycle in an Accretionary Orogen. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean Opened Assisted by a Devonian Mantle Plume
A critical reappraisal of paleomagnetic evidence for Philippine Sea Plate rotation
The kinematic history of the Philippine Sea Plate (PSP) is crucial for interpreting its geological record related to subduction …
Suzanna van de Lagemaat, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Bas B.G. Zanderink, Maria J.Z. Villareal, John W. Jenson, Mark J. Dekkers, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
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A critical reappraisal of paleomagnetic evidence for Philippine Sea Plate rotation
Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?
Subduction initiation is a pivotal process in plate tectonics. Models of subduction initiation include the collapse of passive margins, …
Mingshuai Zhu, Zhiyong Yan, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Lin Chen, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Shun Li, Shunhu Yang
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Do microcontinents nucleate subduction initiation?
Large-scale Permo-Triassic back-arc extensions of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean
The Late Paleozoic–Mesozoic Mongol- Okhotsk orogenic belt marks the final aggregation of East Asia. The geodynamics of the …
Mingshuai Zhu, John Wakabayashi, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Fuqin Zhang, Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Laicheng Miao, Shun Li, Shunhu Yang, Zeli Wang
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Large-scale Permo-Triassic back-arc extensions of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean
Discovery of a >1,000 km Cambrian Eclogite-Bearing High-Pressure Metamorphic Belt in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for the Final Closure of the Pan-Rodinian Ocean
The immense Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) records the transition from the Pan-Rodinian Mirovoi Ocean to the Paleo-Asian Ocean, but …
Mingshuai Zhu, Fuqin Zhang, Mathijs Smit, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Carl Guilmette, Laicheng Miao, Yi Zou, Shunhu Yang, Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Lorraine Tual, Zeli Wang
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Discovery of a >1,000 km Cambrian Eclogite-Bearing High-Pressure Metamorphic Belt in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for the Final Closure of the Pan-Rodinian Ocean
Evidence for early Pennsylvanian subduction initiation in the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean from the Adaatsag ophiolite (Mongolia)
The Late Paleozoic–Mesozoic Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean was the latest ocean basin witnessing the final amalgamation of East Asia. However, …
Mingshuai Zhu, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Laicheng Miao, Fuqin Zhang, Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Shun Li, Shunhu Yang, Zeli Wang
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Evidence for early Pennsylvanian subduction initiation in the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean from the Adaatsag ophiolite (Mongolia)
Age, petrogenesis, and tectonic implications of the late Permian magmatic rocks in the Middle Gobi volcanoplutonic Belt, Mongolia
The Mongol–Okhotsk Belt, the youngest segment of Central Asian Orogenic Belt, was formed by the evolution and closure of the …
Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Tatsuki Tsujimori, Laicheng Miao, Inna Safonova, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Chimedtseren Anaadb, Shogo Aoki, Kazumasa Aoki, Munkhnasan Chimedsuren
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From supercontinent to superplate: Late Paleozoic Pangea's inner deformation suggests it was a short-lived superplate
The supercontinent cycle explains how landmasses amalgamate into supercontinents that dismember after a ~ 100 Myr tenure in a …
Daniel Pastor-Galán
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