Subduction

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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Late Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic granitoids in the Khangay-Khentey basin, Central Mongolia: Implication for the tectonic evolution of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean margin
The Mongol-Okhotsk Belt is the youngest segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, which is the venue of the massive juvenile crust …
Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Tatsuki Tsujimori, Laicheng Miao, Inna Safonova, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Chimedtseren Anaadb, Munkhtsengel Baatarb, Shogo Aoki, Kazumasa Aoki, Ilya Savinskiy
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Cretaceous to Miocene NW Pacific Plate Kinematic Constraints: Paleomagnetism and Ar–Ar Geochronology in the Mineoka Ophiolite Mélange (Japan)
The Mineoka Ophiolite Mélange is located at the intersection of the Pacific, Philippine Sea, Eurasian, and North American plates. The …
Ariuntsetseg Ganbat, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Naoto Hirano, Norihiro Nakamura, Hirochika Sumino, Yuji Yamaguchi, Tatsuki Tsujimori
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Evidence for crustal removal, tectonic erosion and flare-ups from the Japanese evolving forearc sediment provenance
Forearc basins preserve the geologic record relating strictly to arc magmatism. The provenance of forearc sediment can be used to …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Christopher Spencer, Tan Furukawa, Tatsuki Tsujimori
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Crustal evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt (SW Tanzania) western margin: A Central African Shield amalgamation tale
The Ubendian Belt between the Archaean Tanzania Craton and the Bangweulu Block, represents a Paleoproterozoic orogeny of these two …
Ariuntsegtseg Ganbat, Tatsuki Tsujimori, Nelson Boniface, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Shogo Aoki Ganbat, Kazumasa Aoki
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Crustal evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt (SW Tanzania) western margin: A Central African Shield amalgamation tale
Reappraisal of the oldest high-pressure type schist in Japan: New zircon U-Pb age of the Kitomyo Schist of the Kurosegawa Belt
The Kitomyo Schist from Kurosegawa Belt, Shikoku, has been long considered as the oldest records of subduction metamorphism in Japan, …
Shota Mtsunaga, Tatsuki Tsujimori, Atsushi Miyashita, Shogo Aoki, Kazumasa Aoki, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Keewook Yi
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