Plume-lithosphere interactions are key in the coupling of deep Earth and surface processes,impacting deformation and evolution of sedimentary basins and continental topography at different spatial scales(Cloetingh et ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41420104001);the ‘111’ Project(No.B17042)
this work focuses on one of the critical points of Earth's history when the Solar System passed through the most distant point of its galactic orbit. During this event, Earth may have suffered from maximum extension,...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41703030);research grants from the East China University of Technology(grants No.DHBK2015323 and RGET1504)
Objective During the Permian, at least four mafic continental large igneous provinces (LIPs) were tbrmed in eastern Asia, i.e., the Siberian traps (-251 Ma), Emeishan LIP (-260 Ma), Tarim LIP (-290-270 Ma) an...
Alkaline magmatism is often associated with the initial or final stages of huge plume activity.The alkaline bodies are most often found within the boundary area of plume impact upon the continents.The initial stages o...
Plume-type is a new branch of ophiolite classification introduced by Dilek and Fumes (2011; GSAB, 123,387-). Its most typical example is the komatiite-basalt-gabbro- wehrlite assemblage that is exposed on the Gorgon...
Western Yunnan is located within a gigantic Tethys orogenic zone between Gondwana and Laurasia.Magmatic activity records of the associated Wilson orogenic cycle show that the causes of plate spreading in the region mi...