Forearc tectonic evolution in the middle of the Bangong–Nujiang Tethys Ocean: New geochemical evidence of the Lanong ophiolites from the Zangbei lakes region

The middle of the Bangong–Nujiang Suture (BNS) in the central Tibetan Plateau hosts a series of dismembered ophiolitic fragments that document the evolution of part of the Tethys Ocean. However, the origin of these ophiolitic fragments in the Zangbei lakes region remains debated. Using new and existing field observations and petrographic, geochronologic, isotopic, and whole‐rock chemical data from ophiolitic rocks in the Zangbei lakes region, we...