Tectonic evolution of the Anuy metamorphic rocks (Sikhote Alin, Russia) and their place in the Mesozoic geodynamic framework of East Asia

Seismic evidence of divergent rifting and subsequent deformation in the southern Japan Sea, and a Cenozoic tectonic synthesis of the eastern Eurasian margin

“…It is also suggested that the major crustal break, central Sikhote Alin fault and MTL, were parts of a larger left-lateral fault trace at the end of the Mesozoic. Coeval metamorphic events in Sikhote Alin are related to strike-slip activity on the fault system (Faure et al, 1995). A synchronous tectono-thermal event is, moreover, inferred from studies of metamorphic rocks along the Median Tectonic Line bisecting southwest Japan (Itaya and Takasugi, 1988;Takasu and Dallmeyer, 1990).…”

Growth rate of the preserved continental crust: II. Constraints from Hf and O isotopes in detrital zircons from Greater Russian Rivers

“…The collision terminated at 150 Ma in the western part of the fold belt and continued to 120 Ma in the eastern part (Zonenshain et al, 1990;Litvinovsky et al, 1999). The Sikhote-Alin Sakhalin fold belt along the Eastern edge of Eurasia formed between 130 and 65 Ma (Zonenshain et al, 1990;Faure et al, 1995;Bazhenov et al, 2001). …”

Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from northeast Asian continental margin: The Sikhote Alin Mountain Range, eastern Russia

“…The oceanic plate motion activated Mesozoic NE-SW trending sinistral fault system (Xu et al, 1987). Westward suturing of microcontinents occurred in Mesozoic and Cenozoic times (Faure and Natal'in, 1995).…”