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Annual IGCP report 1

Annual Report* of IGCP Project No._589_

*NOTE: MAXIMUM LENGTH OF THE TEXT REPORT IS 5 (FIVE) PAGES (starting from question 1). SINGLE SPACE, 12 POINT FONT. REPORTS EXCEEDING THIS LENGTH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE AUTHOR(S) WITH THE REQUEST OF REDUCING THE TEXT TO THE ABOVE STANDARD. A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS HAS TO BE ADDED AS AN ANNEX. *REMINDER: IF THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF YOUR PROJECT, PLEASE SUBMIT A REVIEW ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT TO THE IUGS JOURNAL ‘EPISODES’. The scientific information in this report will further be used for publication on the IGCP website hosted at UNESCO (please feel free to attach any additional information you may consider relevant to the assessment of your project). IGCP project short title: Development of the Asian Tethyan Realm Duration: 2012-2016 Please tick this box if the report is for a Project on extended term (OET):

Project leader(s):

1. Name: Xiaochi JIN Address: Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, P. R. China Tel.: +86-10-68999702 Fax: +86-10-68997803 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 2. Name: Katsumi UENO

Address: Department of Earth System Science, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180 JAPAN

Tel: +81-92-871-6631 ext.6282 Fax: +81-92-865-6030 E-mail: [email protected]

3. Name: Graciano YUMUL JR.

Address: Monte Oro Resources and Energy Inc. Unit 601, 6th Floor, Ecoplaza Bldg, Chino Roces Ave. Extension, Makati City, Philippines 2305

Tel: +63-2-501-3898 E-mail: [email protected]

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4. Name: Pol CHAODUMRONG Address: Bureau of Geological Survey, Department of Mineral Resources

Bangkok 10400, Thailand Tel: +66-2621 9843 E-mail: [email protected]

Project Secretary: Name: Address: Tel.: Fax: Email:

Date of submission of report: 04 December 2016 Signature of project leader(s):

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Guidelines for Annual Report Please use the following headlines to report the present status and scientific achievements of your project (write N/A where not applicable) and explain abbreviations you use in your report. 1. Website address(es) related to the project

http://igcp589.cags.ac.cn/

2. Summary of major past achievements of the project IGCP-589 started in 2012. In that year the first international symposium of the project

was held in Xi’an, China. A post-symposium excursion was conducted in the Qinling Orogen. We also held in August jointly with the CGMW project "International Geological Map of Asia” the symposium “Geological Processes of the construction of Asia” at the 34th IGC in Brisbane, Australia. In 2013 the second international symposium of the project was held in the Boracay Island, Philippines, and the post-symposium excursion was carried out in the Panay Island, Philippines. In 2014 the third symposium was held in Teheran, Iran with a pre-symposium excursion in the Alborz Mountains and a post-symposium excursion in the central Iran blocks and the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. In 2015 the fourth symposium of the project was held in the campus of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. A five-day post-symposium excursion was conducted in the Lampang–Chiang Mai area in northern Thailand. New results and achievements have been timely exchanged and discussed during the symposia. The related field excursions provided desirable opportunities for participants to explore and examine the geologically important areas where they otherwise difficult to access.

We have published a rather great number of new results and achievements in international journals. We have timely enriched and updated the contents of the project website.

3. Achievements of the project this year only 3.1. General scientific achievements

(Meetings are not considered as scientific achievements, they should be listed under heading 3.3.)

Increasing data from the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, the Kunlun-Qinling orogens, the Mongolia-Hinggan orogens, and South China made us rather confident that the history of the vast area east of the Pamir syntaxis is a complicated multi-phase amalgamation process, which can hardly be satisfactorily described with the two-Tethys (Paleo-Tethys and Neo-Tethys) model. The genesis of many continental blocks separated by multiple Palaeozoic and Mesozoic oceanic branches (basins) and the processes of oceanic basins vanishing and continental blocks amalgamation demand innovative ideas.

New data about the geology of Iran not only help decipher the Alborz orogen in the north

and the Zagros orogen in the south, but also shed light on the relationships among the middle Iran blocks in the between.

Further results show that the so-called Sibumasu (also called Shan-Thai by some authors)

is a composite of blocks with varied developing history represented by distinct Paleozoic successions. Increasing data indicate that two (a west and an east) groups of blocks are present.

Carbonate facies and related paleogeographic studies reveal diachronous debut of

Permian ooids among the Gondwana-derived blocks: mostly Sakmarian in Central Taurides of Turkey, Central Iran, Central Pamir and Karakorum versus Wordian–Capitanian in Baoshan Block, Peninsular Thailand and South Qiangtang. In contrast, Asselian–Sakmarian strata of Baoshan Block, Peninsular Thailand and South Qiangtang are

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characterized by glaciomarine diamictites. These blocks entered the warm water southern mid-latitudes during the Wordian–Capitanian, accepting carbonates with ooids, while the Central Iran, Karakorum Block were equatorially located in the Capitanian (indicated by paleomagnetic data).

Additionally, a rather large quantity of new data and achievements in isotopic dating of

specific rock formations, geochemical properties of magmatic and metamorphic rocks, paleobiogeographic significance of certain blocks, geophysical data of some areas of the Tethyside have been published, mostly as peer-reviewed research papers in international journals.

The second thematic issue of the project (a special issue of International Journal of Earth Sciences) is about to be completed. Most papers have already been published online, a few are in the late stages of edit. The content of it is attached as appendix 1

3.2. List of IGCP project meetings/symposia and IGCP related meetings/symposia with exact

attendance (if possible) and number of countries The Fifth International Symposium of IGCP589 was held on 27-28 October 2016 in MES

Building, Hlaing University Campus, Yangon, Myanmar. This symposium provided a rare chance for participants to study onsite the rocks of Myanmar. It also encouraged Myanmar to be more involved in the International Geoscience Programme.

More than 40 colleagues and students from China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the symposium, where they exchanged latest understandings, new ideas and scientific achievements about the development of Tethys. Several registered delegates from Australia, Iran, Turkey and UK were unfortunately not able to join up due to unexpected reasons in the last minutes. 27 oral and 4 poster presentations were given, which address problems of tectonic configuration, regional geology, biostratigraphy, paleomagnetism, paleogeogrphic evolution, geochemistry, petrology, and mineral resources related to the development of the Asian Tethyan Realm.

The two-day pre-symposium field excursion brought the participants to Rakhine State on the western coast of Myanmar to observe the Cenozoic sedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks. The five-day post-symposium field excursion to the southern Shan State in northeastern Myanmar let the delegates to examine the Paleozoic and Mesozoic successions on the Gondwana-derived (Baoshan-)Shan block.

3.3. Educational, training or capacity building activities related to the IGCP project and IGCP

project participants. It has been one of our basic principles to mobilize more young geologists and students to

participate in the project, and to use the project platform to train more future geoscientists. The Philippine, Thai and Japanese working groups are especially good in getting more

students involved in the project. They encouraged and trained students to give oral and poster presentations at the project symposium and related meetings; also trained them in the field in the way of learning by doing.

We also publicize geological knowledge by means of encouraging people to visit geoparks and museums, and explaining geological phenomena in plain language during field excursions. Our website also provides a convenient platform for data share and for diffusing geological knowledge to the public.

3.4. List of countries involved in the project (please *indicate the countries active this year):

Australia*, Belgium, China*, France, India*, Indonesia, Iran*, Italy*, Japan*, Malaysia*, Mongolia, Myanmar*, Philippines*, Poland*, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand*, Turkey*, UK*, Vietnam*

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3.5. Participation of scientists from developing countries, and in particular young and women scientists: exact number and please describe how this project specifically benefited women scientists, young scientists and/or scientists from developing countries

The number of participants of our project varies from 50 to 60. Because the target of the project is Asian Tethyan Ream, more than 80% of the participants are from Asian developing countries. More than a quarter of them are women scientists and about one third are young scientists. Students are important components of participants.

Total number of scientists

Number of male scientists

Number of female scientists

Number of participating scientists

50~60 ca. 38 ca. 18

Number of young scientists/students (<35 years old)

ca. 18 ca. 10 ca. 7

Number of scientists from developing countries

ca. 42 ca. 30 ca. 12

3.6. List of the 5 most important publications (including maps) of this year

a) could not have been published were if not for this project 1) Special Issue (Asian Tethyan Realm) of International Journal of Earth Sciences. Most

paper of the issue have been published online; a few are in the late stages of edit and will be finalised soon. The content of the special issue is attached as appendix 1.

2) Abstract volume of the Fifth International Symposium of IGCP-589 3) Field guide books of pre- and post-symposium excursions in Myanmar

b) related to this project

63 peer-reviewed papers published in international journals. List of these papers is attached as appendix 2

3.7. Activities involving other IGCP projects, UNESCO, IUGS or others

Our project has close relationships with IGCP-592 (Continental construction in Central Asia), IGCP-628 (The Gondwana Map), IGCP-630 (Permian-Triassic climatic and environmental extremes and biotic response), IGCP-648 (Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics). We added at our project website links to these projects’.

The leader (X. Jin) and some participants of our project attend the sessions held respectively by IGCP-592, 628, 630 and 648 during the 35th IGC in Cape Town, South Africa, and exchanged ideas with leaders of these projects. The latest version of Gondwana map (IGCP-628) displayed at the 35th IGC was introduced at our Myanmar symposium in late October (by X. Jin).

3.8. Scientific Legacy: Is there a need for storage of publications, field data, and other results of the project? Do you have a clear vision concerning where the data would be stored and who will be the custodian?

The publications, field data and laboratory data of our project are kept or stored in respective institutions where the authors work. All the data are accessible by contacting the authors. Unlike map compilation, geophysical exploration, etc., our project carries out multi-disciplinary investigations in various areas of the Asian Tethyside by participants from different countries. We think it is easier and more efficient and convenient to care for the data of different disciplines by respective authors. Frequent idea exchanges and discussions on the project platform let new results and data well-known to the participants.

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3.9. What tangible improvements has your project obtained? (Besides publications, we are interested to hear about improvements to research, scientific contacts, policy implications, etc) More chances are provided for collaboration between scientists from different regions. Participants tend to consider the problems in a more comprehensive way, as they learn

more from colleagues with different backgrounds. Helped spread efficient policies of scientific research and improve decision making.

3.10. What kinds of activities in respect to the benefit of society and science outreach has your project undertaken? We continued to take actions in several Global Geoparks to improve public awareness of

geoheritages, and to disseminate geoscientific knowledge. We gave advices and suggestions to the geopark managing bodies on sustainable development. We also make use of local TVs to publicize the philosophy of UNESCO Global Geoparks.

The Philippine Working Group’s inter-disciplinary research integrated geological studies with socio-ecologic thrusts. In the study “Ten Years after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of Laguna de Bay: Towards a Sustainable Future”, geophysical hazards within the vicinity of the lake were studied to determine its effects to the surrounding communities and their development plans. The feasibility of using the magnetic properties of sediments as a proxy for heavy metal sediment pollution is also tested in this study.

3.11. What kind of public information (media reports, etc) has your project generated? And how do you evaluate their impact?

A report of the symposium and field excursions has been prepared for the IUGS official journal Episodes.

4. Activities planned 4.1. General goals Summarise the achievements and find out the problems; synthesize research results and

draw some conclusions on the development of Asian Tethyan Realm. Continue investigations in some key areas of the Tethyside Complete the edit of the special issue of International Journal of Earth Sciences, and have

it printed in early 2017. Prepare the final thematic issue of the project; probably as a Special Publication of the

Geological Society of London. Try to organize several synthetic papers that deal with the development of Asian Tethyan Realm at continental scale (or in global framework).

Convene the sixth symposium of the project and organize related field excursions. 4.2. Tentative list of specific meetings and field trips (please list the participating countries)

The Carpathian in central-east Europe is an orogen than bridges the Asian Tethyside with the European (Alpine) one. Our polish colleagues who have been actively involved in the project have the pleasure to organize the sixth symposium of the project in Krakow at the foot of Polish Carpathian, and anticipate a field excursion to examine the structure and composition of the Carpathian in late October 2017.This provide a rare chance for Asian geologists to get to know another important part of the Tethyside. Colleagues from Australia, Belgium, China, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, UK, and Vietnam are expected to take parts in the meeting.

5. Project funding requested

N/A (One year on-extended-term-status)

6. Request for extension, on-extended-term-status, or intention to propose successor project

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It was decided at the business meeting of the project on 28 October 2016 that the project

be extended for One year on-extended-term-status 7. Financial statement ($ USD only) The IGCP Scientific Board would like to be informed how the IGCP funds were used.

Our project was allocated USD 8000 for the year 2016. USD 7200 were used to support 14 colleagues (7 of them are students) to participate in the fifth symposium of the project held in Myanmar. USD800 were used to support the organization of the symposium. The administrative costs of the project were covered by the project leader (X. Jin).

A detailed financial statement was forwarded to IGCP secretariat and IUGS secretariat.

8. What additional funding besides the IGCP seed funding has your project obtained thanks to the IGCP label? Please estimate the budget received for meetings, research or other and identify the source.

The project meeting is mainly supported by fees paid by participants. Limited supports from a few institutions are in the form of providing meeting rooms, transporting vehicles.

Expenses of carrying out field and laboratory investigations by the participants are covered by their own research projects, which they have to apply from foundations and/or organizations in respective countries. The IGCP label is often of help in project application. The amount varies from 10K to 100K USD for different groups. The project leader (X. Jin) successfully obtained in 2016 a grant (of about 500K USD) for a five-year key project from the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the title “Permo-Triassic paleogeography of eastern Tethys: paleontological, sedimentological and paleomagnetic evidence from western Yunnan and Tibet”. His activities in IGCP-589 and its predecessor projects laid a solid basis for his application of the project.

Costs of laboratory investigation carried out by visiting scholars are normally covered by hosts, which varies from 1K to 10K USD. For field work in other countries the international travel costs are normally covered by those who fly, and the costs in the field will be bear by local hosts or shared.

9. Attach any information you may consider relevant Appendix 1: Contents of the second thematic issue of the project, which is going to appear as a

special issue of International Journal of Earth Sciences. Appendix 2: Peer-reviewed papers related to the project published in international journals

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Appendix 1 Content of Special Issue (Asian Tethyan Realm) of International Journal of Earth Sciences.

(Most paper of the issue have been published online; a few are in the late stages of edit and will be finalised soon).

M. Poshtkoohi, A.K. Chaudhari, T. Ahamad: Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Posht-e-Badam Block

mafic magmatism: Implication for the evolution of Central Iranian lithospheric mantle source

Shirin Fassihi, Masatoshi Sone, Vachik Hairapetian, Fariba Shirezadeh Esfahani: Fusulinoids from the

Bashkirian-Moscovian transition beds of the Shahreza region in the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

Fariba Shirezadeh, Abdolhosein Kangazian, Vachik Hairapetian, Amir Akbari Mohamadi, Mardavij

Sadri: The study on the evolutions of the submarine-fans and depositional basin of the Latest

Carboniferous-Early Permian succession (Vazhnan Formation) in the Sanandaj-Sirjan Block

Yalin Li, Haiyang He, Chengshan Wang, Yushuai Wei, Xi Chen, Juan He, Zijie Ning, Aorigele Zhou:

Early Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) magmatism in the southern Qiangtang subterrane, central Tibet:

Product of slab break-off?

Wen Lai, Xiumian Hu , Dicheng Zhu, Wei An, Anlin Ma: Discovery of the early Jurassic Gajia mélange

in the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone: Southward subduction of the Bangong–Nujiang Ocean?

Qing-guo Zhai, Bor‑ming Jahn, Xian‑hua Li, Ru‑yuan Zhang, Qiu‑li Li, Ya‑nan Yang, Jun Wang,

Tong Liu, Pei‑yuan Hu,· Suo‑han Tang: Zircon U–Pb dating of eclogite from the Qiangtang

terrane, north-central Tibet: a case of metamorphic zircon with magmatic geochemical features

Wenbin Ji, Wei Lin, Michel Faure, Yonghong Shi, Qingchen Wang: The Early Cretaceous orogen-scale

Dabieshan metamorphic core complex: Implications for extensional collapse of the Triassic

HP-UHP orogenic belt in east-central China

Hao Huang, Xiaochi Jin, Fei Li, Yang Shen: Permian oolitic carbonates from the Baoshan Block in

western Yunnan, China, and their paleoclimatic and paleogeographic significance

Huichuan Liu, Yuejun Wang, Xiaofei Guo, Weiming Fan,· Jingjing Song: Late Triassic post‑collisional

slab break‑off along the Ailaoshan suture: insights from OIB‑like amphibolites and associated

felsic rocks.

Zhiyong Zhang, Wenjiao Xiao, Mahmoud Reza Majidifard, Rixiang Zhu, Bo Wan, Songjian Ao, Ling

Chen, Mahnaz Rezaeian, Rasoul Esmaeili: Detrital zircon provenance analysis in the Zagros

Orogen, SW Iran: implications for the amalgamation history of the Neo-Tethys

Hiroshi Mori, Yoshihito Kamata, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Junko Morioka: P-T conditions of the Jurassic

accretionary complex in the Mino-Tamba Belt, southwest Japan: constraints from fluid inclusion

analysis of syn-mélange veins

Serhat Köksal, Fatma Toksoy-Köksal, M. Cemal Göncüoglu: Petrogenesis and geodynamics of

plagiogranites from Central Turkey (Ekecikdağ/Aksaray): new geochemical and isotopic data for

generation in an arc basin system within the northern branch of Neotethys

Chaokai Zhang, Xianghui Li, Frank Mattern, Qinggao Zeng, Guozheng Mao: Composition and

sediment 1 dispersal pattern of the Upper Triassic flysch in the eastern Himalayas, China:

Significance to provenance and basin analysis

Xin Qian, Yuejun Wang, Qinglai Feng,· Jian‑Wei Zi, Yuzhi Zhang, Chongpan Chonglakmani: Zircon

U–Pb geochronology, and elemental and Sr–Nd–Hf–O isotopic geochemistry of post‑collisional

rhyolite in the Chiang Khong area, NW Thailand and implications for the melting of juvenile

crust

Kazuhiro Tsukada, Koshi Yamamoto, Onon Gantumur, Manchuk Nuramkhaan: The tectonic setting of

the Iwatsubodani Formation in the Hitoegane succession, Hida Gaien belt, Southwest Japan

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Appendix 2 Peer-reviewed papers related to the project published in international journals 1. Akizawa N., Ozawa K., Tamura A., Michibayashi K.,Arai S., 2016. Three-dimensional evolution of

melting, heat and melt transfer in ascending mantle beneath a fast-spreading ridge segment

constrained by trace elements in clinopyroxene from concordant dunites and host harzburgites of the

Oman ophiolite. Journal of Petrology 57, 777-814.

2. Akizawa N., Tamura A., Fukushi K., Yamamoto J., Mizukami T., Python M., Arai S., 2016.

High-temperature hydrothermal activities around suboceanic Moho: An example from diopsidite and

anorthosite in Wadi Fizh, Oman ophiolite. Lithos 263, 68-87.

3. Ao S., Xiao W., Jafari M. K., Talebian M., Chen L., Wan B., Ji W., Zhang Z., 2016. U-Pb zircon ages,

field geology and geochemistry of the Kermanshah ophiolite (Iran): From continental rifting at 79

Ma to oceanic core complex at ca. 36 Ma in the southern Neo-Tethys. Gondwana Research 31,

305-318.

4. Azizi H., Mohammadi K., Asahara Y., Tsuboi M., Daneshvar N., Mehrabi B., 2016. Strongly

peraluminous leucogranite (Ebrahim-Attar granite) as evidence for extensional tectonic regime in the

Cretaceous, Sanandaj Sirjan zone, northwest Iran. Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry 76(4), 529-541.

5. Cai F., Ding L., Laskowski A. K., Kapp P., Wang H., Xu Q., Zhang L., 201). "Late Triassic

paleogeographic reconstruction along the Neo-Tethyan Ocean margins, southern Tibet." Earth and

Planetary Science Letters 435, 105-114.

6. Chen S. S., Shi R. D., Fan W. M., Zou H. B., Liu D. L., Huang Q. S., Gong X. H., Yi G. D., Wu K.,

2016. Middle Triassic ultrapotassic rhyolites from the Tanggula Pass, southern Qiangtang, China: A

previously unrecognized stage of silicic magmatism. Lithos 264, 258-276.

7. Chen S. S., Shi R. D., Yi G. D., Zou H. B., 2016. Middle Triassic volcanic rocks in the Northern

Qiangtang (Central Tibet): Geochronology, petrogenesis, and tectonic implications. Tectonophysics

666, 90-102.

8. Davoudian A. R., Genser J., Neubauer F., Shabanian N., 2016. 40Ar/39Ar mineral ages of eclogites

from North Shahrekord in the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, Iran: Implications for the tectonic evolution of

Zagros orogen. Gondwana Research 37, 216-240.

9. Fan J. J., Li C., Xie C. M., Liu Y. M., 2016. Depositional environment and provenance of the upper

Permian-Lower Triassic Tianquanshan Formation, northern Tibet: Implications for the Palaeozoic

evolution of the Southern Qiangtang, Lhasa, and Himalayan terranes in the Tibetan Plateau.

International Geology Review 58(2), 228-245.

10. Fanka A., Tsunogae T., Daorerk V., Tsutsumi Y., Takamura Y., Endo T., Sutthirat C., 2016.

Petrochemistry and mineral chemistry of Late Permian hornblendite and hornblende gabbro from the

Wang Nam Khiao area, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: Indication of Palaeo-Tethyan subduction.

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 129, 81-97.

11. Fu X., Wang J. Chen W., Feng X., Wang D., Song C., Zeng S., 2016. Elemental geochemistry of the

early Jurassic black shales in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: Constraints for

palaeoenvironment conditions. Geological Journal 51(3), 443-454.

12. Gardiner N. J., Robb L. J., Morley C. K., Searle M. P., Cawood P. A., Whitehouse M. J., Kirkland C.

L., Roberts N. M. W., Myint T. A., 2016. The tectonic and metallogenic framework of Myanmar: A

Tethyan mineral system. Ore Geology Reviews 79, 26-45.

13. Gardiner N. J., Searle M. P, Morley C. K., Whitehouse M. P., Spencer C. J., Robb L. J., 2016. The

closure of Palaeo-Tethys in Eastern Myanmar and Northern Thailand: New insights from zircon U–

Pb and Hf isotope data. Gondwana Research 39, 401-422.

14. Ghosh N., Basu A. R., Bhargava O. N., Shukla U. K., Ghatak A., Garzione C. N., Ahluwalia A. D.,

2016. Catastrophic environmental transition at the Permian-Triassic Neo-Tethyan margin of

Gondwanaland: Geochemical, isotopic and sedimentological evidence in the Spiti Valley, India.

Gondwana Research 34, 324-345.

15. Guotana J.M.R., Payot B.D., Dimalanta C.B., Ramos N.T., Faustino-Eslava D.V., Queaño K.L.,

Yumul G.P. Jr., 2016. Arc and backarc geochemical signatures of the proto-Philippine Sea Plate:

Insights from the petrography and geochemistry of the Samar Ophiolite volcanic section. Journal of

Asian Earth Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.031.

16. Han Z., Hu X., Li J., Garzanti E., 2016. Jurassic carbonate microfacies and relative sea-level changes

in the Tethys Himalaya (southern Tibet). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 456,

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1-20.

17. Hu X. C., Xia B., Huang Q. T., Liu W. L., Zhong Y., Yuan Y. J., Xia L. Z., Wu Y., Zhang X., 2016.

Geochemistry, geochronology, and petrogenesis of mid-Cretaceous Talabuco volcanic rocks, central

Tibet: implications for the evolution of the Bangong Meso-Tethys. International Geology Review.

DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2016.1230524.

18. Hu X., Garzanti E., Wang J., Huang W., An W., Webb A., 2016. The timing of India-Asia collision

onset – Facts, theories, controversies. Earth-Science Reviews 160, 264-299.

19. Khalili K., Torabi G., Arai S., 2016. Metamorphism of peridotites from Posht-e-Badam Paleozoic

ophiolite (Yazd Province, Central Iran). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie

Abhandlungen, 281, 59-77.

20. Kojima S., Hayasaka Y., Hiroi Y., Matsuoka A., Sano H., Sugamori Y., Suzuki N., Takemura A.,

Tsujimori T., Uchino T., 2016. Pre-Cretaceous accretionary complexes. In: Moreno, T., Wallis, S.,

Kojima, T. and Gibbons, W. (eds.) Geology of Japan. Geological Society, London, p. 61-100.

21. Lee S., Shi G. R., Park H., Tazawa, J., 2016. Antitropicality and convergent evolution: A case study

of Permian neospiriferine brachiopods. Palaeontology, 59(1), 109‒138.

22. Li X., Mattern F., Zhang C., Zeng Q., Mao G., 2016. Multiple sources of the Upper Triassic flysch in

the eastern Himalaya Orogen, Tibet, China: Implications to palaeogeography and palaeotectonic

evolution. Tectonophysics 666, 12-22.

23. Li X., Wei Y., Li Y., Zhang C., 2016. Carbon isotope records of the early Albian oceanic anoxic

event (OAE) 1b from eastern Tethys (southern Tibet, China). Cretaceous Research 62, 109-121.

24. Li Y. J., Wei J. H., Santosh M., Tan J., Fu L. B., Zhao S. Q., 2016. Geochronology and petrogenesis

of Middle Permian S-type granitoid in southeastern Guangxi Province, South China: Implications for

closure of the eastern Paleo-Tethys. Tectonophysics 682, 1-16.

25. Liu C. Z., Chung S. L., Wu F. Y., Zhang C., Xu Y., Wang J. G., Chen Y., Guo S., 2016. Tethyan

suturing in Southeast Asia: Zircon U-Pb and Hf-O isotopic constraints from Myanmar ophiolites.

Geology 44(4), 311-314.

26. Liu T., Zhai Q. G., Wang J., Bao P. S., Qiangba Z., Tang S. H., Tang Y., 2016. Tectonic significance

of the Dongqiao ophiolite in the north-central Tibetan plateau: Evidence from zircon dating,

petrological, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic characterization. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

116: 139-154.

27. Ma X., Xu Z., Meert J. G., 2016. Eocene slab breakoff of Neotethys as suggested by dioritic dykes in

the Gangdese magmatic belt, southern Tibet. Lithos 248-251, 55-65.

28. Manalo P.C., Dimalanta C.B., Faustino-Eslava D.V., Ramos N.T., Queaño K.L., Yumul G.P. Jr.,

2016. Magnetic signatures and Curie surface trend across an arc-continent collision zone: An

example from Central Philippines. Surveys in Geophysics 37, 557-578.

29. Meng Y., Dong H., Cong Y., Xu Z., Cao H., 2016. The early-stage evolution of the Neo-Tethys

ocean: Evidence from granitoids in the middle Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet. Journal of

Geodynamics 94-95, 34-49.

30. Meng Y., Xu Z., Santosh M., Ma X., Chen X., Guo G., Liu F., 2016. Late Triassic crustal growth in

southern Tibet: Evidence from the Gangdese magmatic belt." Gondwana Research 37, 449-464.

31. Metcalfe I., 2016. A new Lower Triassic (Induan) Jerus Limestone locality in northwest Pahang,

Peninsular Malaysia: Conodont fauna, depositional and tectonic settings. Island Arc 25(2), 126-136.

32. Mir A. R., Balaram V., Ganai J. A., Dar S. A., Krishna A. K., 2016. Geochemistry of sedimentary

rocks from Permian–Triassic boundary sections of Tethys Himalaya: implications for

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