Alternating trench advance and retreat: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in the eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Y Zhang, M Sun, C Yuan, X Long, Y Jiang, P Li… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accretionary orogens generally involve trench advance and retreat, recognition of which is
critical to understand the thermal evolution and geodynamics of the lithosphere. A …

Genesis of the Paleozoic Aqishan-Yamansu arc-basin system and Fe (-Cu) mineralization in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China

J Han, H Chen, H Jiang, L Zhao, W Zhang, CK Lai - Ore Geology Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The formation of the Eastern Tianshan orogen (northern Xinjiang, NW China) with a number
of EW-trending mineralization belts was closely linked to the evolution of the Junggar and …

[HTML][HTML] Geochronology and tectonic setting of the giant Guobaoshan Rb deposit, Central Tianshan, NW China

BY Chen, CZ Wu, MJ Brzozowski, RX Lei… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Triassic magmatism and associated rare metal deposits are increasingly being identified
within the Central Tianshan Massif in NW China. A lack of geochronological studies on …

The youngest matrix of 234 Ma of the Kanguer accretionary mélange containing blocks of N-MORB basalts: constraints on the northward subduction of the Paleo …

S Ao, Q Mao, BF Windley, D Song, Z Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The Altaids accreted around, and grew southward, from the Siberian craton, but the time of
final amalgamation of this orogen is still controversial. The Eastern Tianshan in the …

Petrogenesis of Late Paleozoic diorites and A-type granites in the central Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Response to post-collisional extension triggered by slab …

L Du, X Long, C Yuan, Y Zhang, Z Huang, M Sun… - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Geological evolution of the Eastern Tianshan in the Late Paleozoic is significant to
understanding the multiple accretions and final formation of the southern Central Asian …

Late Paleozoic tectonic transition from subduction to post-collisional extension in Eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt

MN Muhtar, CZ Wu, M Santosh, RX Lei, LX Gu… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Late Paleozoic large-scale transcurrent tectonics and synkinematic intrusions are prominent
features in the Eastern Tianshan segment of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt …

[HTML][HTML] Geochronology and geochemistry of Late Carboniferous dykes in the Aqishan–Yamansu belt, eastern Tianshan: Evidence for a post-collisional slab breakoff

X Long, B Wu, M Sun, C Yuan, W Xiao, R Zuo - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
With aim of providing constraints on the Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the southern
Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), an integrated study was conducted on the …

Middle Triassic lower Crust‐Derived Adakitic Magmatism: Thickening of the Dananhu Intra‐Oceanic arc and its implications for arc–arc amalgamation in the Eastern …

Q Mao, S Ao, BF Windley, J Wang, Y Li… - Geological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The timing and mechanism of the closure of the Palaeo‐Asian Ocean are problematic and
controversial. To help resolve these problems, we report geochronological, geochemical …

Devonian to carboniferous tectonic evolution of the Kangguer Ocean in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Insights from three episodes of granitoids

L Du, Y Zhang, Z Huang, XP Li, C Yuan, B Wu, X Long - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Deciphering the tectonic evolution of the Kangguer Ocean is critical to understand the
architecture of the Eastern Tianshan, NW China. Previous studies for the Kangguer Ocean …

Ages and origins of granitoids from the Kalatag Cu cluster in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Constraints on Ordovician–Devonian arc evolution and porphyry Cu fertility …

Y Sun, J Wang, Y Wang, L Long, Q Mao, M Yu - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The pre-Carboniferous evolution of the Eastern Tianshan orogen, Xinjiang, NW China, an
important Paleozoic tectonic component and Cu metallogenic belt in the southern Central …