Developments in the Lithospheric Evolution of the Indo-Pacific Region
The tectonic evolution of the Indo-Pacific region during the Phanerozoic involved the collision and accretion of ancient cratons and juvenile terranes of Laurasia and Gondwana. From the development of juvenile crust within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt to the closure of the Tethyan Oceans and formation of the Himalaya, the development of cratonic Asia is one of the most complex geological problems to address. Although the tectonic processes that formed Asia are well understood within the geodynamic paradigm of plate tectonics, the timing and precise nature of the petrological, geophysical, a...
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