The age of the potassic alkaline igneous rocks along the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone: Implications for the onset age of left-lateral shearing: A discussion by Chung, S, Searle, M, Yeh, M

Crustal-lithospheric structure and continental extrusion of Tibet by Searle, M, Elliott, J, Phillips, R, Chung, S

“…We conclude that despite being prominent geomorphological features sometimes with wide mylonite zones, the faults cut earlier formed metamorphic and igneous rocks and show limited offsets. Concentrated strain at the surface is dissipated deeper into wide ductile shear zones. © The Geological Society of London.…”

Timing of Midcrustal Metamorphism, Melting, and Deformation in the Mount Everest Region of Southern Tibet Revealed by U(-Th)-Pb Geochronology by Cottle, J, Searle, M, Horstwood, M, Waters, D

“…U(-Th)-Pb dating of zircon, monazite, and xenotime from metamorphic and igneous rocks at two outcrops along a north-south transect in the Mount Everest region of southern Tibet provide new constraints on the timing and duration of thermal events associated with channel flow and the ductile extrusion of the Greater Himalayan Series (GHS). …”

Evidence for melting mud in Earth's mantle from extreme oxygen isotope signatures in zircon by Spencer, C, Cavosie, A, Raub, T, Rollinson, H, Jeon, H, Searle, M, Miller, J, McDonald, B, Evans, N, Facility, E

“…The granite suite described here contains the most evolved oxygen isotope ratios reported for igneous rocks, yet intruded mantle peridotite below the Mohorovičić seismic discontinuity, the most primitive oxygen isotope reservoir in the silicate Earth. …”

Geological evolution of the Karakoram Ranges by Searle, M

“…The Karakoram terrane in Northern Pakistan is geologically equivalent to the Qiangtang terrane of central Tibet but unlike Tibet shows extreme topographic relief, high uplift-exhumation and erosion rates and exposes deep crustal metamorphic and igneous rocks of the lower crust. The Karakoram terrane has been above sea-level since Early to Mid-Cretaceous, the age of the youngest marine sedimentary rocks. …”

Subduction-obduction related petrogenetic and metamorphic evolution of the Semail ophiolite sole in Oman and the United Arab Emirates by Cox, J, Jon S. Cox

“…Structural field observations, combined with petrological, isotopic and geochemical analysis of metamorphic and igneous rocks associated with the Semail ophiolite of Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have been used in conjunction with geochronology and estimates of metamorphic conditions and PT paths to constrain the ophiolite emplacement history. …”

Chronology of deformation, metamorphism, and magmatism in the southern Karakoram Mountains by Fraser, J, Searle, M, Parrish, R, Noble, SR

“…U-Pb dating of metamorphic and igneous rocks from the Hunza Valley and Baltoro regions of the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan addresses the thermal and magmatic evolution of the thickened Asian plate crust before, during, and after the collision of the Kohistan arc and the Indian plate. …”