Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sediments have been widely studied, especially those of marine origins. However, it is rarely investigated in continental settings. Boreholes from the Qinhuangdao-A (QHD-A) block in central Bohai Bay Basin sampled lacustrine mixed sediments during the Eocene Es1-2s period (32-38Ma), providing an opportunity to facilitate this aspect of research. Here, an integrated study

The Sikkim Himalaya is mostly constituted of Proterozoic metapelites and metavolcanics of the Daling Group and high-grade gneisses and metasediments of the Darjeeling Group. Metapelitic schists and gneisses of the Sikkim Himalaya show an inverted sequence of metamorphic rocks ranging from lower greenschist facies (chlorite zone) to upper amphibolite facies (sillimanite + K-feldspar zone). The relative

The Loei Fold Belt is one of the most significant tectonic and metallogenic belts in the Indochina Block. However, origin and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in several volcanic belts of this fold belt remain ambiguous. In this paper, we present new petrochemical data, zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopic data for volcanic rocks from the Loei Fold Belt in northwestern Laos. The basaltic and

The Okinawa Trough is an active back-arc basin of the Ryukyu island arc-trench system caused by the Phillippine Sea plate subduction. Its unique location makes it attractive to study the lithosphere of continental margins, and it is of great significance to understand the dynamic mechanism of the trench-arc-basin convergent plate boundary. In this paper, we developed the spectral correlation method

The geological and structural complexities of the southern Granulite Terrane (SGT) of India, a key Gondwana collisional orogenic belt, are increasingly recognized and our understanding is still evolving despite several multidisciplinary efforts. Six important structural cross sections along some critical geological corridors have been reconstructed covering the entire stretch of SGT. We propose subduction

We investigated grain size records of a sediment core (05-P21) from the South Korea Plateau in the East Sea, located ca. 270 km east of the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. To verify an exclusive eolian origin for the detrital components of the sediments, we first examined how far offshore lateral-sediment-transport contributions from the eastern margin of the Korean Peninsula could reach, based

In 2018, China Geological Survey and National Institute of Oceanography of Pakistan conducted a comprehensive geological survey on the Makran Continental Margin offshore Pakistan using the R/V Haiyangdizhi10. Seismic profiles, multibeam bathymetric and water column data, and seafloor observations were obtained during the expedition. Twelve mud volcanoes and three pockmarks were discovered in the surveyed

U-Pb dating of calcite veins allows direct dating of brittle deformation events. Here, we apply this method to hydrothermal calcite veins in a fold-and-thrust belt and a large scale strike-slip fault zone in central and western Thailand, in an attempt to shed new light on the regional upper crustal deformation history. Calcite U-Pb dates for the Khao Khwang Fold and Thrust Belt (KKFTB) of 221 ± 7 Ma

The Yangtze River originates in the Tibetan Plateau and supplies tremendous sediments to the East China Sea. To date, when and how the Yangtze River was formed is still highly debated. This paper presents systematic detrital zircon U-Pb ages (3575 grain ages from a total of 29 samples) from the Cenozoic sediments of offshore basins in East China. The zircon age spectra vary significantly in the South

The Gedabek Au-Ag-Cu deposit located in the western part of Azerbaijan is hosted by quartz porphyry which is situated at contact between Middle Jurassic andesitic tuff and Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous granitoid intrusion consisting of granodiorite, diorite and gabbro. Geochemical investigations for the Gedabek intrusive rocks indicate that these are calc-alkaline, and probably developed pre-collisional

Nickel (Ni) enrichment (>0.40 wt%) in olivine was previously recognized in mantle xenoliths and volcanic rocks. Though this enrichment is often attributed to subarc metasomatic processes, the occurrence of Nirich olivines in mantle peridotites remains to be established. We found peridotites that randomly contain unusually high Ni olivines (up to Ni = 0.53 wt%) from the mantle section of the Pujada

The collision between India and Asia is marked by the Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, which can be traced from Tibet into northwest Yunnan. The suture zone provides a record of the subduction of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa Block, creating the Gangdese magmatic belt, prior to the India–Asia collision. This paper reports petrological, zircon U–Pb, and whole-rock elemental and isotope