CLR person interests, research and publications
Researcher
I am interested in the overall geology and early tectonic evolution of Central Asia. During my PhD, I carried out a detailed geologic field study in the southwestern part of Mongolia with a specific interest in the Precambrian through early Paleozoic time. The above project was extended to similar rocks exposed in northern Mongolia and southern/western Kazakhstan during my post-doc years. In terms of the early geologic/tectonic evolution of Central Asia, there is much to be carried out geologically.
Research projects
The growth of eastern Pangea involves three contrasting orogenic cycles: 1) Baikalian cycle (570-540 Ma) consists of accretion of peri-Rodinian continental, Mirovoi and Panthalassan oceanic fragments to the Siberian margin followed by extensional HT reworking, the growth of magmatic arc, giant accretionary wedge and intraoceanic basin. 2) Altai cycle is typified by crustal thickening followed by syn-extensional melting of the accretionary wedge (420-380 Ma) and the opening of Mongol-Okhotsk ocean.