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- Investigates extensively on the Solonker suture zone
- Deciphers the closure of the Palaeozoic Palaeo-Asian Ocean
- Proposes a new soft collision tectonic model of the region
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This Ph.D. thesis attempts to decipher the closure of the Palaeozoic Palaeo-Asian Ocean along the enigmatic Solonker Suture in East Asia adopting a methodology that integrates geochemical and geochronological data from Palaeozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks in the region. It provides an in-detail but also broad insight into the Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the region, not only pin-pointing the debated location of the Solonker Suture but also the timing of final disappearance of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean during Permian to Early Triassic times. The results have led to propose a tectonic ‘soft-collision’ model for the amalgamation of the North China Craton and the Mongolian Terranes in northern Asia explaining the general absence of geologic features characteristic for continent-continent collisions such as the occurrence of regional-scale high-grade metamorphic rocks, ophiolite belts and fold-thrust structures. This new model may serve as a blueprint for the tectonic evolution of similar suture zones that are characterized by the absence of typical collision related lithologies and structures. The thesis is particularly useful as a guide for researchers who seek an in-depth understanding of the Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of northern China and Central Asia along the Solonker Suture.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Paul R. Eizenhöfer
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Subduction and Closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from an Integrated Sedimentary Provenance Analysis
Authors: Paul R. Eizenhöfer
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9200-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9199-7Published: 24 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9202-4Published: 24 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9200-0Published: 12 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 270
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Structural Geology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry