The Paleo-Asian and Tethyan oceans are two extinct ancient oceans. The Paleo-Asian Ocean was formed during the breakup of the Rodinia Supercontinent in the Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic. Tethys can be further subdivided into the Proto-, Paleo-, and Neo-Tethys Oceans. Tethys was formed during the Cambrian to Cretaceous, corresponding to the separation and northward migration of the various continental terranes from Gondwana. The Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Tethyan Tectonic domains are the two largest, complex tectonic domains associated with the evolution and closure of the Paleo-Asian and Tethys oceans, respectively. In this regard, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Tethyan Tectonic domains are ideal natural laboratories for scrutinizing the processes associated with paleo-ocean evolution and the related plate tectonic geodynamics.
Phanerozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic events are recorded in the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains. In-depth studies of geology, structure geology, petrology, geochronology, geochemistry, magmatism, mineralization, accretion and continent collision tectonics, as well as geodynamics will facilitate a better understanding of the tectonic evolution and geodynamic processes of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains.
This Research Topic aims to gather state-of-the-art Original Research and Review articles to underscore the following themes that include, but are not limited to:
• Tectonic-magmatism evolution of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Subduction, accretion, collision, and continental growth of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Petrogenic and magmatic processes of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan Ocean subduction zone
• Metallogenesis of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Geodynamics of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
The Paleo-Asian and Tethyan oceans are two extinct ancient oceans. The Paleo-Asian Ocean was formed during the breakup of the Rodinia Supercontinent in the Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic. Tethys can be further subdivided into the Proto-, Paleo-, and Neo-Tethys Oceans. Tethys was formed during the Cambrian to Cretaceous, corresponding to the separation and northward migration of the various continental terranes from Gondwana. The Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Tethyan Tectonic domains are the two largest, complex tectonic domains associated with the evolution and closure of the Paleo-Asian and Tethys oceans, respectively. In this regard, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and Tethyan Tectonic domains are ideal natural laboratories for scrutinizing the processes associated with paleo-ocean evolution and the related plate tectonic geodynamics.
Phanerozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic events are recorded in the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains. In-depth studies of geology, structure geology, petrology, geochronology, geochemistry, magmatism, mineralization, accretion and continent collision tectonics, as well as geodynamics will facilitate a better understanding of the tectonic evolution and geodynamic processes of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains.
This Research Topic aims to gather state-of-the-art Original Research and Review articles to underscore the following themes that include, but are not limited to:
• Tectonic-magmatism evolution of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Subduction, accretion, collision, and continental growth of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Petrogenic and magmatic processes of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan Ocean subduction zone
• Metallogenesis of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
• Geodynamics of the Paleo-Asian and Tethyan domains
