Fig. 3: Reconstruction of paleolatitude, paleogeography and kinematic cycles of the Lhasa terrane and adjacent blocks.
From: Subduction transference drove the Mesozoic convergence of microcontinents from Gondwana to Asia
This figure shows the paleolatitude evolution (A) and paleo-position reconstruction (B-F) of the Lhasa terrane and adjacent blocks, including the two simplified kinematic cycles based on subduction transference followed by fast ridge subduction (G-N). Two subduction transference events in cycle 1 (Fig. 3G–J) and cycle 2 (Fig. 3K–N) are identified in building Eurasia. The mid-ocean ridge of the Meso-Tethys Ocean and its subduction in the Late Triassic is reconstructed based on Scotese59 (Fig. 3B, H, I), and that of the Ceno-Tethys Ocean in the Early Cretaceous is reconstructed based on Zhang et al.64. See also caption to Fig. 2.
