About this Research Topic
Plate subduction has played a pivotal role in shaping the tectonics in Asia. Since the Paleozoic, the closure of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan Oceans have brought together various continental blocks (e.g., Siberia, Sino-Korea, South China, Indochina, Sibumasu), and the many ophiolites and accreted island arc terranes to form the present-day tectonic configuration of East and Southeast Asia. This generated the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, the world's largest Phanerozoic accretionary orogen, and the Tethyan tectonic domain that extends across much of the mainland SE Asia. During this prolonged and multiphase subduction process, a number of world-class subduction-related ore deposits/belts were formed, notably the Paleozoic Oyu Tolgoi (Mongolia) porphyry Cu deposit, the Mesozoic Sn-W polymetallic belt in SE China, and the many Cenozoic porphyry/epithermal Cu-Au deposits in Myanmar (Monywa), Indonesia (Batu Hijau, Grasberg-Ertsberg), and the Philippines (Baguio).
To advance our understanding in the regional subduction-related magmatism and metallogeny, we welcome articles on the formation and exploration/mining of subduction-related magmatism and mineralization in East and Southeast Asia, as well as those on the bigger picture of regional tectono-metallogenic evolution.
Potential topics include (but not limited to):
•Deposit-scale or ore belt-scale metallogenic study (e.g., Cu-Au, Pb-Zn-Ag, Fe-Ti-V, Sn-W, Ni-Cu-PGEs, REEs, critical metals, gemstone, industry minerals);
•Subduction-related magmatism and metamorphism (e.g., volcanic belts, ophiolites);
•Tectonic evolution of arc-basin system (e.g., Paleo-Asian Ocean, Paleo-Tethys, Meso-Tethys, Neo-Tethys, modern Western Pacific) ;
•Subduction and its influence on the mantle and lower crustal geochemistry and isotopes;
•Subduction, terrane accretion, orogenesis, and cratonization of East and Central Asia;
•Subduction and supercontinent tectonics (e.g., the breakup of Gondwana);
•Modern analytical technology for investigating subduction and associated mineralization events (e.g., high-precision age dating).
Photo credit: Prof. Junghun Seo, Inha University.
To advance our understanding in the regional subduction-related magmatism and metallogeny, we welcome articles on the formation and exploration/mining of subduction-related magmatism and mineralization in East and Southeast Asia, as well as those on the bigger picture of regional tectono-metallogenic evolution.
Potential topics include (but not limited to):
•Deposit-scale or ore belt-scale metallogenic study (e.g., Cu-Au, Pb-Zn-Ag, Fe-Ti-V, Sn-W, Ni-Cu-PGEs, REEs, critical metals, gemstone, industry minerals);
•Subduction-related magmatism and metamorphism (e.g., volcanic belts, ophiolites);
•Tectonic evolution of arc-basin system (e.g., Paleo-Asian Ocean, Paleo-Tethys, Meso-Tethys, Neo-Tethys, modern Western Pacific) ;
•Subduction and its influence on the mantle and lower crustal geochemistry and isotopes;
•Subduction, terrane accretion, orogenesis, and cratonization of East and Central Asia;
•Subduction and supercontinent tectonics (e.g., the breakup of Gondwana);
•Modern analytical technology for investigating subduction and associated mineralization events (e.g., high-precision age dating).
Photo credit: Prof. Junghun Seo, Inha University.
Keywords: Subduction, Magmatism, Mineralization, East Asia, Central Asia
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