This study investigates the mineral chemistry and iron isotope composition of the Pertek Fe-skarn deposit in the Eastern Taurides, Turkey, to elucidate skarn formation and ore genesis through chemical and isotopic parameters. The deposit consists of...
The spatial relationships of the widely distributed latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous igneous rocks in the Tethyan Himalaya, northeastern India, and southeastern Australia are crucial for understanding the breakup of eastern Gondwana. However, a...
The southwestern region of China is tectonically situated within the Tethyan tectonic domain, with the eastern part comprising the Upper Yangtze Block, while the western orogenic belt forms the main part of the Tibetan Plateau. This belt was formed b...
The two-phase source rocks deposited during the Lower Cretaceous in the Persian Gulf Basin play a pivotal role in the regional hydrocarbon system. However, previous studies have lacked a macroscopic perspective constrained by the Tethyan Ocean contex...
Zircon Hf-isotopic mapping can be regarded as a useful tool for evaluating the coupling relationship between lithospheric structure and metallic mineralization. Hence, this method shows important significance for mineral prediction. To explore this p...
Ten detailed sections have been logged and studied from the “Infra-Cenomanian’’ to the Cenomanian–Turonian deposits in the Errachidia–Boudnib–Erfoud Basin between Tazzouguerte and Anounizme(SE Morocco). They show v...
The North Qilian Orogen experienced a series of late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic tectonic events, including the opening and closure of the Proto-Tethyan Qilian Ocean, as well as post-subduction processes. This study investigated the Shandan ada...
It is hypothesized that the present tectonic setting of the Anatolian, Aegean and Balkan regions has been deeply influenced by the different deformation styles of the inner and outer belts which constituted the Oligocene Tethyan system. Stressed by t...
Planktonic foraminifera are one of the most stratigraphically important groups of organisms for the Cretaceous system. However, standard foraminiferal zonations based mostly on species from the Tethyan bioprovince are hardly applicable in temperate r...
The Qushi rhyolites, situated in the eastern sector of the Tengchong terrane, are critical to understanding the Early Cretaceous tectono-magmatic evolution of the Eastern Tethyan Tectonic Domain. Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology indicates crystall...
The Changning-Menglian suture zone, as the remnant of the main Paleo-Tethyan oceanic basin in its southern segment, lacks direct magmatic evidence constraining the timing of subduction initiation in its northern segment. The petrogenesis and tectonic...
Late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic intrusive rocks are distributed widely along the northern margin of the Qaidam Basin in the northern Tibetan Plateau. To constrain the tectonic evolution, we carried out petrological, chronological, and geochemical...
The smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria Scop.) is a woody species mainly distributed in the Mediterranean region and East Asia, known for its high ecological and ornamental value. Investigation of changes in suitable habitats under different conditions can...
The boundary between the Gondwana and Yangtze plate is still controversial. In southwest China, the Sanjiang region marks the collision zone which accreted several blocks coming from the northern Gondwana margin. In this region, subduction of the Pal...
The Sanjiang Indosinian orogen, located in the eastern part of the Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain, is a critical region to study the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean evolution. Middle Permian–Late Triassic magmatic rocks are widespread in the Deqin–Weix...
This study documents the first A1-type granite identified on the southern margin of the central Lhasa terrane: a two-mica syenogranite pluton in the Meibaqieqin region. Because A-type granite provides sensitive records of crustal melting and lithosph...
Studies on post-collisional magmatic rocks can provide key clues to researching the crust–mantle interactions and the tectonic evolution of collisional orogenic belts. This study investigated a suite of newly discovered mafic intrusions in the...
The Yuanjiang Ni deposit in southwestern margin of the Yunnan Plateau is the only economically important lateritic Ni deposit in China. It contains 21.2 Mt ore with an average grade of 1.05 wt % Ni and has been recognized as the second largest Ni pro...
Yamusi granodiorite in the eastern part of the Qilian Orogen consists mainly of gneissic granodiorite. Researchers have studied other nearby rock masses, and many studies, such as those focusing on the zircon U-Pb age chronology and geochemistry of Y...
The West Qinling Orogenic Belt (WQOB) contains a sedimentary succession that is approximately 15 km thick, spanning from the Carboniferous to the Jurassic period. This succession offers critical insights into the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethy...
The Chagai porphyry copper belt is a major component of the Tethyan metallogenic domain, which spans approximately 300 km and hosts several giant porphyry copper deposits. The tectonic setting, whether subduction-related or post-collisional, and the...
Himalayan leucogranite is an excellent target for understanding the orogenic process of the India–Asia collision, but its origin and tectonic significance are still under debate. An integrated study of geochronology, geochemistry, and in situ S...
This study deals with the biostratigraphic determination and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the middle–upper Eocene sediments along the northwestern and northeastern banks of the Nile Valley, Egypt. The studied successions are classified...
The Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs) and their implications for “oceanic oxic events” have been widely studied by geologists globally. In southern Tibet, CORBs are extensively distributed within the Upper Cretaceous strata of the north...
Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic granitoids in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB) provide critical insights into the complex and debated relationship between Paleo–Tethyan magmatism and tectonics. This study presents integrated bulk-rock geoc...
This study examines the influence of tectonically induced mineralogical and microfabric changes on the strength of different rocks within the Hanzel Fault Damage Zone (FDZ) in the Tethyan Himalayas, Pakistan. Integrating field observations, petrograp...
The Tethyan phosphates were formed during the Upper Cretaceous and Eocene interval as a result of the collision of the African–Arabian and Eurasian plates and the closing of the Neo-Tethys Ocean. This study aimed to reveal the possible precipit...
The East Kunlun Orogen on the northern margin of the Tethyan orogenic system records a history of Gondwana dispersal and Laurasian accretion. Uncertainties remain regarding the detailed histories of northern branches of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean in East...
The Middle Jurassic in the north Western Desert, Egypt, was a time of complex tectonics and increased environmental perturbations attributed to the predominant sedimentation of organic carbon-rich fine siliciclastic and carbonate deposits of the Khat...
The geodynamic mechanisms that controlled magmatic activity in South China during the late Mesozoic have been a cutting-edge focus of recent research. Southeastern Guangxi, which is located at the juncture between the Pacific and Neo-Tethyan tectonic...
This study explores the magmatic and hydrothermal evolution of porphyry–skarn–transitional Cu-Mo-W-Au systems within the Nilüfer Mineralization Complex (NMC), located in the westernmost segment of the Eocene Tavşanlı Metall...
Marginal-marine to non-marine ostracod assemblages from the Bajocian (Mid-Jurassic) of southern Tunisia, precisely from the Krachoua Formation at the Kef El Anneba section near the Beni Kheddache area, are here described and tested for their utility...
Within the Himalayan collisional belt, granites occur along two subparallel belts, namely, the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence (THS) and the Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex (GHC). In this study, Eocene adakitic rocks and leucogranite are found only...
The western side of the Vertiskos Unit crystalline basement in northern Greece is fringed by a Permo–Triassic low-grade metamorphic volcano-sedimentary complex that belongs to the Circum-Rhodope Belt (CRB), which is an important part of the Var...
Mosasaurid teeth are abundant in the fossil record and often diagnostic to low taxonomic levels, allowing to document the taxonomic diversity and ecological disparity through time and with fewer biases than in other marine reptiles. The upper Maastri...