THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY DEFORMATION OF THE LHASA BLOCK AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CRUSTAL THICKENING IN TIBET by England, P, Searle, M

“…There is evidence that the Lhasa block was, in elevation as well as in magma type, an Andean margin by the end of the Cretaceous, and we suggest that the buoyancy force associated with the elevated crust was sufficient to inhibit compressional deformation within the S Lhasa block. …”

Chapter 5 Regional tectonics, structure and evolution of the Andaman–Nicobar Islands from ophiolite formation and obduction to collision and back-arc spreading by Morley, C, Searle, M

“…Approximately 30° clockwise rotation of SE Asia occurred following Asia-India collision, accompanied by transition from a paired Andean-type magmatic belt to regional oblique-slip and strike-slip tectonics. …”

Trans-Hudson Orogen of North America and Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibetan Orogen of Asia: Structural and thermal characteristics of the lower and upper plates by St-Onge, MR, Searle, M, Wodicka, N

“…Tectonothermal events in the upper plate of both orogens include precollisional accretion of crustal blocks, emplacement of Andean-type plutonic suites, and high-T metamorphism. …”

Structural and thermal evolution of the karakoram crust by Searle, M, Tirrul, R

“…Prior to the Eocene (c. 50 Ma) collision of the Indian and Asian plates, the southern margin of Asia along the Karakoram plate was an Andean-type margin dominated by tonalitic-granodioritic magmatism of Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous age (Hushe gneiss, Muztagh Tower gneiss and K2 orthogneiss) and associated low pressure andalusite, staurolite and garnet grade metamorphism (Ml). …”

Geological evolution of the Karakoram Ranges by Searle, M

“…During the Late Jurassic to Mid-Cretaceous northdipping subduction of Tethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Karakoram resulted in widespread Andean I-type granite-granodiorite magmatism (Hunza, Hushe plutonic units) with possible concomitant low-pressure andalusite-sillimanite grade Buchan-type metamorphism. …”

STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE KARAKORAM CRUST by Searle, M, Tirrul, R

“…Prior to the Eocene (c. 50 Ma) collision of the Indian and Asian plates, the southern margin of Asia along the Karakoram plate was an Andean-type margin dominated by tonalitic-granodioritic magmatism of Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous age (Hushe gneiss, Muztagh Tower gneiss and K2 orthogneiss) and associated low pressure andalusite, staurolite and garnet grade metamorphism (Ml). …”

Cretaceous-tertiary carbonate platform evolution and the age of the India-Asia collision along the Ladakh Himalaya (northwest India) by Green, O, Searle, M, Corfield, R, Corfield, R

“…The timing of closure of Neo-Tethys between India and Asia corresponds closely to the ending of subduction-related granodiorite-granite magmatism along the Ladakh-Gangdese batholith (southern, Andean-type margin of the Asian plate) and precedes the drastic slowing of the northward drift of India. …”

The tectonic evolution of the Kohistan-Karakoram collision belt along the Karakoram Highway transect, north Pakistan by Searle, M, Khan, M, Fraser, J, Gough, S, Jan, M

“…The closure of the Shyok suture zone separating Kohistan from the Karakoram plate must have occurred prior to 75 Ma, the age of the Jutal basic dikes which crosscut the closure-related fabrics, mainly late north directed backthrusting in the lower Hunza valley. Andean-type granitoid (gabbro-diorite-granodiorite-granite) emplacement along the Kohistan-Ladakh batholith ended at the time of India-Asia collision, ~ 60-50 Myr ago. …”