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Argles, Tom; Foster, Gavin; Whittington, Alan; Harris, Nigel and George, Mark (2003). Isotope studies reveal a complete Himalayan section in the Nanga Parbat syntaxis. Geology, 31(12) pp. 1109–1112.

Ahmad, Talat; Harris, Nigel; Bickle, Mike; Chapman, Hazel; Bunbury, Judith and Prince, Christophe (2000). Isotopic constraints on the structural relationships between the Lesser Himalayan Series and the High Himalayan Crystalline Series, Garhwal Himalaya. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 112(3) pp. 467–477.

Bewick, Sam; Parkinson, Ian J; Harris, Nigel; Adamia, Shota; Sadradze, Nino; Allen, Mark B and Hammond, Sam (2022). Quaternary Collision-Zone Magmatism of the Greater Caucasus. Journal of Petrology, 63(5), article no. egac037.

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Bickle, Mike J.; Tipper, Ed; Galy, Albert; Chapman, Hazel and Harris, Nigel (2015). On discrimination between carbonate and silicate inputs to Himalayan rivers. American Journal of Science, 315(2) pp. 120–166.

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Bickle, Mike J.; Chapman, Hazel J.; Bunbury, Judith; Harris, Nigel B.W.; Fairchild, Ian J.; Ahmad, Talat and Pomiès, Catherine (2005). Relative contributions of silicate and carbonate rocks to riverine Sr fluxes in the headwaters of the Ganges. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69(9) pp. 2221–2240.

Bickle, Mike J.; Bunbury, Judith; Chapman, Hazel J.; Harris, Nigel B W.; Fairchild, Ian J. and Ahmad, Talat (2003). Fluxes of Sr into the headwater of the Ganges. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(14) pp. 2567–2584.

Bickle, M.J.; Harris, N. B. W.; Bunbury, J.M.; Chapman, H.J.; Fairchild, I.J. and Ahmad, T. (2001). Controls on the 87Sr/86Sr ratios of carbonates in the Garhwal Himalaya, Headwaters of the Ganges. Journal of Geology, 109(6) pp. 737–753.

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Chambers, Jennifer; Parrish, Randall; Argles, Tom; Harris, Nigel and Horstwood, Matthew (2011). A short-duration pulse of ductile normal shear on the outer South Tibetan detachment in Bhutan: Alternating channel flow and critical taper mechanics of the eastern Himalaya. Tectonics, 30(2), article no. TC2005.

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Chambers, Jennifer; Caddick, Mark; Argles, Thomas; Horstwood, Matthew; Sherlock, Sarah; Harris, Nigel; Parrish, Randall and Ahmad, Talat (2009). Empirical constraints on extrusion mechanisms from the upper margin of an exhumed high-grade orogenic core, Sutlej valley, NW India. Tectonophysics, 477(1-2) pp. 77–92.

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Chambers, Jennifer; Argles, Thomas; Horstwood, Matthew; Harris, Nigel; Parrish, Randall and Ahmad, Talat (2008). Tectonic implications of Palaeoproterozoic anatexis and Late Miocene metamorphism in the Lesser Himalayan Sequence, Sutlej Valley, NW India. Journal of the Geological Society, 165(3) pp. 725–737.

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Caddick, M. J.; Bickle, M. J.; Harris, N. B. W.; Holland, T. J. B.; Horstwood, M. S. A.; Parrish, R. R. and Ahmad, T. (2007). Burial and exhumation history of a Lesser Himalayan schist: Recording the formation of an inverted metamorphic sequence in NW India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 264(3-4) pp. 375–390.

Foster, G.; Vance, D.; Argles, T. and Harris, N. (2002). The Tertiary collision-related thermal history and tectonic evolution of the NW Himalaya. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 20(9) pp. 827–844.

Foster, Gavin; Kinny, Pete; Prince, Christophe; Vance, Derek and Harris, Nigel (2000). The significance of monazite U–Th–Pb age data in metamorphic assemblages: a combined study of monazite and garnet chronometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 181(3) pp. 327–340.

Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Luo, Bi-Ji; Zhang, Wen and Xu, Wang-Chun (2019). Tectonic erosion and crustal relamination during the India-Asian continental collision: Insights from Eocene magmatism in the southeastern Gangdese belt. Lithos, 346-347, article no. 105161.

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Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Xu, Wang-Chun and Pan, Fa-Bin (2017). Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, trace-element and Hf isotope geochemistry of the metasedimentary rocks in the Eastern Himalayan syntaxis: Tectonic and paleogeographic implications. Gondwana Research, 41 pp. 207–221.

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Greenwood, Lucy V.; Argles, Tom W.; Parrish, Randall R.; Harris, Nigel B. W. and Warren, Clare (2016). The geology and tectonics of central Bhutan. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(2) pp. 352–369.

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Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Xu, Wang-Chun and Pan, Fa-Bin (2016). Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous magmatism in the Lhasa terrane and its tectonic implications: Evidences from detrital zircons in the Nyingchi Complex. Lithos, 245 pp. 47–59.

Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Pan, Fa-Bin and Xu, Wang-Chun (2013). Late Cretaceous (~81Ma) high-temperature metamorphism in the southeastern Lhasa terrane: implication for the Neo-Tethys ocean ridge subduction. Tectonophysics, 608 pp. 112–126.

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Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Parrish, Randall; Xu, Wang-Chun and Shi, Zhang-Liang (2012). Paleogene crustal anatexis and metamorphism in Lhasa terrane, eastern Himalayan syntaxis: evidence from U–Pb zircon ages and Hf isotopic compositions of the Nyingchi Complex. Gondwana Research, 21(1) pp. 100–111.

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Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Pan, Fa-Bin and Xu, Wang-Chun (2011). Origin and evolution of multi-stage felsic melts in eastern Gangdese belt: constraints from U–Pb zircon dating and Hf isotopic composition. Lithos, 127(1-2) pp. 54–67.

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Hopkinson, Thomas; Harris, Nigel; Roberts, Nick M.W.; Warren, Clare J.; Hammond, Sam; Spencer, Christopher J. and Parrish, Randall R. (2020). Evolution of the melt source during protracted crustal anatexis: An example from the Bhutan Himalaya. Geology, 48(1) pp. 87–91.

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Harris, N.B.W., (2018) Tectonics. In: The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (15th Edition). Times Atlases

Hopkinson, Thomas N.; Harris, Nigel B. W.; Warren, Clare J.; Spencer, Christopher J.; Roberts, Nick M. W.; Horstwood, Matthew S. A. and Parrish, Randall R. (2017). The identification and significance of pure sediment-derived granites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 467 pp. 57–63.

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Hopkinson, Thomas N.; Warren, Clare J.; Harris, Nigel B. W.; Hammond, Samantha J. and Parrish, Randall R. (2015). Chemical evolution of Himalayan leucogranites based on an O, U-Pb and Hf study of zircon. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Copernicus Group, 17, article no. 6152.

Hunt, A. C.; Parkinson, I. J.; Harris, N. B. W.; Barry, T. L.; Rogers, N. W. and Yondon, M. (2012). Cenozoic volcanism on the Hangai Dome, Central Mongolia: geochemical evidence for changing melt sources and implications for mechanisms of melting. Journal of Petrology, 53(9) pp. 1913–1942.

Harris, Nigel; Hunt, Alison; Parkinson, Ian; Tindle, Andrew; Yondon, Magisuren and Hammond, Samantha (2010). Tectonic implications of garnet-bearing mantle xenoliths exhumed by Quaternary magmatism in the Hangay dome, central Mongolia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(1) pp. 67–81.

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Harris, Nigel (2007). Channel flow and the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen: a critical review. Journal of the Geological Society, 164(3) pp. 511–523.

Harris, Nigel (2006). The Elevation history of the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the Asian monsoon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 241(1) pp. 4–15.

Harris, N.B.W.; Caddick, M.; Kosler, J.; Goswami, S.; Vance, D. and Tindle, A.G. (2004). The pressure–temperature–time path of migmatites from the Sikkim Himalaya. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 22(3) pp. 249–264.

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Harris, Nigel; McMillan, Andy; Holness, Marian; Uken, Ron; Watkeys, Mike; Rogers, Nick and Fallick, Anthony (2003). Melt Generation and Fluid Flow in the Thermal Aureole of the Bushveld Complex. Journal of Petrology, 44(6) pp. 1031–1054.

Harris, Nigel; Vance, Derek and Ayres, Mike (2000). From sediment to granite: timescales of anatexis in the upper crust. Chemical Geology, 162(2) pp. 155–167.

Harris, N. B. W.; Holland, T. J. B. and Tindle, A. G. (1988). Metamorphic rocks of the 1985 Tibet Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 327(1594) pp. 203–213.

Harris, Nigel B. W.; Pearce, Julian A. and Tindle, Andrew G. (1986). Geochemical characteristics of collision zone magmatism. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 19 pp. 67–81.

Jamieson, Rebecca A.; Unsworth, Martyn J.; Harris, Nigel B. W.; Rosenberg, Claudio L. and Schulmann, Karel (2011). Crustal melting and the flow of mountains. Elements, 7(4) pp. 253–260.

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Kunz, Barbara E.; Warren, Clare J.; Jenner, Frances E.; Harris, Nigel B. W. and Argles, Tom W. (2022). Critical metal enrichment in crustal melts: the role of metamorphic mica. Geology, 50(11) pp. 1219–1223.

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King, Jess; Harris, Nigel; Argles, Tom; Parrish, Randall and Zhang, Hongfei (2011). Contribution of crustal anatexis to the tectonic evolution of Indian crust beneath southern Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123(1-2) pp. 218–239.

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King, Jess; Harris, Nigel; Argles, Tom; Parrish, Randy; Charlier, Bruce; Sherlock, Sarah and Zhang, Hong Fei (2007). First field evidence of southward ductile flow of Asian crust beneath southern Tibet. Geology, 35(8) pp. 727–730.

Kısakűrek, Basak; James, Rachael H. and Harris, Nigel B.W. (2005). Li and δ7Li in Himalayan rivers: proxies for silicate weathering? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 237(3-4) pp. 387–401.

Lomax, Barry H.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Harrington, Guy; Blackmore, Stephen; Sephton, Mark A. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2012). A novel palaeoaltimetry proxy based on spore and pollen wall chemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353 pp. 22–28.

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Lal, Devendra; Harris, Nigel B.W.; Sharma, Kewal K.; Gu, Zhaoyan; Ding, L.; Lui, Tungsheng; Dong, Weiquan; Caffee, Marc W. and Jull, A.J.T. (2004). Erosion history of the Tibetan Plateau since the last Interglacial: constraints from the first studies of cosmogenic 10Be from Tibetan bedrock. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 217(1-2) pp. 33–42.

Mottram, Catherine M.; Warren, Clare J.; Halton, Alison M.; Kelley, Simon P. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2015). Argon behaviour in an inverted Barrovian sequence, Sikkim Himalaya: the consequences of temperature and timescale on ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar mica geochronology. Lithos, 238 pp. 37–51.

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Mottram, Catherine M.; Parrish, Randall R.; Regis, Daniele; Warren, Clare J.; Argles, Tom W.; Harris, Nigel B. W. and Roberts, Nick M. W. (2015). Using U-Th-Pb petrochronology to determine rates of ductile thrusting: time windows into the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya. Tectonics, 34(7) pp. 1355–1374.

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Mottram, Catherine M.; Warren, Clare J.; Regis, Daniele; Roberts, Nick M. W.; Harris, Nigel B. W.; Argles, Tom W. and Parrish, Randall R. (2014). Developing an inverted Barrovian sequence; insights from monazite petrochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 403 pp. 418–431.

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Mottram, Catherine M.; Argles, T. W.; Harris, N. B. W.; Parrish, R. R.; Horstwood, M. S. A.; Warren, C. J. and Gupta, S. (2014). Tectonic interleaving along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society, 171(2) pp. 255–268.

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McMillan, Andy; Harris, Nigel B. W.; Holness, Marian; Ashwal, Lewis; Kelley, Simon and Rambeloson, Roger (2003). A granite-gabbro complex from Madagascar; constraints on melting of the lower crust. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 145(5) pp. 585–599.

Oliver, Lee; Harris, Nigel; Bickle, Mike; Chapman, Hazel; Dise, Nancy and Horstwood, Matthew (2003). Silicate weathering rates decoupled from the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶S ratio of the dissolved load during Himalayan erosion. Chemical Geology, 201(1-2) pp. 119–139.

Pan, F.; Zhang, H.; He, X.; Harris, N.; Dai, H.-K.; Xiong, Q.; Luo, B.; Liu, D.; Kusky, T. and Sadiq, I. (2024). Lithosphere tearing and foundering during continental subduction: insights from Oligocene-Miocene magmatism in southern Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136(1-2) pp. 583–596.

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Phillips, Stacy E.; Argles, Tom W.; Warren, Clare J.; Harris, Nigel B. W. and Kunz, Barbara E. (2023). Kyanite petrogenesis in migmatites: resolving melting and metamorphic signatures. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178(2), article no. 10.

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Pan, Fa-Bin; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Xu, Wang-Chun and Guo, Liang (2012). Oligocene magmatism in the eastern margin of the east Himalayan syntaxis and its implication for the India–Asia post-collisional process. Lithos, 154 pp. 181–192.

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Prince, C.; Harris, N. and Vance, D. (2001). Fluid-enhanced melting during prograde metamorphism. Journal of the Geological Society, 158(2) pp. 233–241.

Pearce, Julian A.; Harris, Nigel B. W. and Tindle, Andrew G. (1984). Trace element discrimination diagrams for the tectonic interpretation of granitic rocks. Journal of Petrology, 25 pp. 956–983.

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Rao, Y. J. B.; Kelley, S. P.; Harris, N. B. W.; Narayana, B. L. and Srikantappa, C. (2006). An Ar-40-Ar-39 laser-probe study of pseudotachylites in charnockite gneisses from the Cauvery Shear Zone system, South India. Gondwana Research, 10(3-4) pp. 357–362.

Richards, Andy; Parrish, Randall; Harris, Nigel; Argles, Tom and Zhang, Li (2006). Correlation of lithotectonic units across the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan. Geology, 34(5) pp. 341–344.

Richards, Andy; Argles, Tom; Harris, Nigel; Parrish, Randy; Ahmad, Talat; Darbyshire, Fiona and Draganits, Erich (2005). Himalayan architecture constrained by isotopic tracers from clastic sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236(3-4) pp. 773–796.

Shi, Qingshang; He, Yongsheng; Zhao, Zhidan; Rolfo, Franco; Groppo, Chiara; Harris, Nigel; Wu, Hongjie; Qi, Ningyuan and Ke, Shan (2024). Magnesium isotopes archive the initial carbonate abundances of metasedimentary rocks prior to thermal decarbonation. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(14), article no. e2023GL106802.

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Srivastava, Tanya; Harris, Nigel; Mottram, Catherine; Joshi, Kumar and Wanjari, Nischal (2024). From source to emplacement: the origin of leucogranites from the Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya, India. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(1), article no. 101733.

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Shi, Qingshang and (2021). Petrogenesis of Himalayan leucogranites: Perspective from a Combined Elemental and Fe‐Sr‐Nd isotope study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8), article no. e2021JB021839..

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Spicer, Robert A.; Harris, Nigel B.W.; Widdowson, Mike; Herman, Alexei B.; Guo, Shuangxing; Valdes, Paul J.; Wolfe, Jack A. and Kelley, Simon P. (2003). Constant elevation of southern Tibet over the past 15 million years. Nature, 421(6923) pp. 622–624.

Thomson, James R.; Holden, Philip B.; Anand, Pallavi; Edwards, Neil R.; Porchier, Cécile A. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2021). Tectonic and climatic drivers of Asian monsoon evolution. Nature Communications(12), article no. 4022.

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Warren, Clare J.; Greenwood, Lucy V.; Argles, Tom W.; Roberts, Nick M. W.; Parrish, Randall R. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2019). Garnet–monazite rare earth element relationships in sub-solidus metapelites: a case study from Bhutan. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 478(1) SP478.1.

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Warren, C. J.; Argles, T. W.; Greenwood, L. V.; Harris, N. B. W. and Roberts, N. M. W. (2017). Boosting the petrochronology arsenal: REE partitioning between garnet and monazite in Bhutanese pelitic metasediments. In: International Geological Congress, Abstracts, 35, article no. 2110.

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Watts, Doyle R. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2005). Mapping granite and gneiss in domes along the North Himalayan antiform with ASTER SWIR band ratios. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117(7-8) pp. 879–886.

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Williams, H.M.; Turner, S.P.; Pearce, J.A.; Kelley, S.P. and Harris, N.B.W. (2004). Nature of the source regions for post-collisional, potassic magmatism in southern and northern Tibet from geochemical variations and inverse trace element modelling. Journal of Petrology, 45(3) pp. 555–607.

Williams, Helen; Turner, Simon; Kelley, Simon and Harris, Nigel (2001). Age and composition of dikes in Southern Tibet: New constraints on the timing of east-west extension and its relationship to postcollisional volcanism. Geology, 29(4) pp. 339–342.

Xu, Wang-Chun; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Guo, Liang; Pan, Fa-Bin and Wang, Shuai (2013). Geochronology and geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic granitoids in the Lhasa terrane, south Tibet: implications for the early evolution of the Lhasa terrane. Precambrian Research, 236 pp. 46–58.

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Xu, Wang-Chun; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Harris, Nigel; Guo, Liang and Pan, Fa-Bing (2013). Rapid Eocene erosion, sedimentation and burial in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and its geodynamic significance. Gondwana Research, 23(2) pp. 715–725.

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Xu, Wang-Chun; Zhang, Hong-Fei; Parrish, Randall; Harris, Nigel; Guo, Liang and Yuan, Hong-Lin (2010). Timing of granulite-facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and its tectonic implications. Tectonophysics, 485(1-4) pp. 231–244.

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Zhang, Yunxuan; Guo, Liang; Zhang, Hongfei; Harris, Nigel; Xu, Wangchun; She, Zhenbing and Luo, Tao (2023). Tracing high-pressure metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using detrital zircon and monazite from modern stream sediments. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 135(9-10) pp. 2375–2390.

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Zhang, Hongfei; Harris, Nigel; Guo, Liang and Wu, Wangchun (2010). The significance of Cenozoic magmatism from the western margin of the eastern syntaxis, south-east Tibet. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(1) pp. 83–98.

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Zhang, Hong-Fei; Xu, Wang-Chun; Zong, Ke-Qing; Yuan, Hong-Lin and Harris, Nigel (2008). Tectonic Evolution of Metasediments from the Gangdise Terrane, Asian Plate, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Tibet. International Geology Review, 50(10) pp. 914–930.

Zhang, H. F.; Jin, L. L.; Zhang, L.; Harris, N.; Zhou, L.; Hu, S. H. and Zhang, B. R. (2007). Geochemical and Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic compositions of granitoids from western Qinling belt: Constraints on basement nature and tectonic affinity. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 50(2) pp. 184–196.

Zhang, Hong-Fei; Zhang, Ben-Ren; Harris, Nigel; Zhang, Li; Chen, Yue-Long; Chen, Neng-Song and Zhao, Zhi-Dan (2006). U–Pb zircon SHRIMP ages, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions of intrusive rocks from the Longshan–Tianshui area in the southeast corner of the Qilian orogenic belt, China: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic affinity. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 27(6) pp. 751–764.

Zhang, Hong-Fei; Zhang, Li; Harris, Nigel; Jin, Lan-Lan and Yuan, Honglin (2006). U–Pb zircon ages, geochemical and isotopic compositions of granitoids in Songpan-Garze fold belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau: constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the basementevolution of the basement. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 152(1) pp. 75–88.

Zhang, Hongfei; Harris, Nigel; Parrish, Randy; Kelley, Simon; Zhang, Li; Rogers, Nick; Argles, Tom and King, Jess (2004). Causes and consequences of protracted melting of the mid-crust exposed in the North Himalayan antiform. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 228(1-2) pp. 195–212.