| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | New Advance on Tectonics of SE Asia |
| Main Convener | Dr. Xixi Zhao (University of California Santa Cruz, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Baochun Huang (Peking University, China) Prof. Mian Liu (University of Missouri, United States) Dr. Raymond Russo (University of Florida, United States) |
| Session Description | SE Asia has grown by closure of Tethyan oceans between Gondwana and Asia, The consequences of tectonic activity in Asia, especially the northward convergence of India with Tibet, have produced the Tibetan Plateau and also deformed large parts of SE Asia. The tectonic evolution and ongoing, diffuse volcanic activity observed in collision-adjacent environments like Indochina (Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand) have been especially difficult to explain using traditional plate tectonics principles. This session invites all recent findings from multidisciplinary studies relating to the origin and evolution history of SE Asian blocks, including characterization of Indochina's ancient core terranes and their roles in supercontinent cycles, the growth history of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas due to the Cenozoic India-Asia collision, the comparison of ancient tectonics with current deformation, and studies that integrate geological and geophysical data with advanced kinematic/dynamic models and numerical/analogue modelling. Contributions are welcome in oral presentations or in posters. |