From arc-continent collision to ocean closure: Lower Cretaceous Shamuluo Formation in the western segment of the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet

From arc-continent collision to ocean closure: Lower Cretaceous Shamuluo Formation in the western segment of the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone, central Tibet

One of most hotly debated topics concerning the Late Mesozoic evolution of Tethyan and the Tibetan Plateau is the timing of the closure of the Meso-Tethys ocean, which is represented by the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone. The Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Shamuluo Formation, which unconformably overl...

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Main Authors: An-Bo Luo, Jian-Jun Fan, Bo-Chuan Zhang, Jian-Zhen Zhang, Hang Li, Meng-Long Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Tibetan Plateau
Meso-Tethys Ocean
Shamuluo Formation
Ocean closure
Albian
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987121000712

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