Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

W Xiao, BF Windley, C Han, W Liu, B Wan, J Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The architecture and mechanics of an orogen can be understood in terms of a system of
collages that are characterized by a complex assemblage of multiple components, but the …

[PDF][PDF] 兴蒙造山带的基底属性与构造演化过程

许文良, 孙晨阳, 唐杰, 栾金鹏, 王枫 - 地球科学, 2019 - earth-science.net
为了解兴蒙造山带基底属性和多个构造体系演化与叠加历史, 系统总结了近年来在基础地质研究
中取得的新成果, 并利用这些成果讨论了兴蒙造山带的基底属性与演化历史 …

[HTML][HTML] An orocline in the eastern central Asian orogenic belt

Y Liu, W Li, Y Ma, Z Feng, Q Guan, S Li, Z Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world with considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The eastern segment of the …

[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

A review of the Paleozoic tectonics in the eastern part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Y Liu, W Li, Z Feng, Q Wen, F Neubauer, C Liang - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world, which is responsible for considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The NE …

Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian …

Y Han, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupies the southwestern part of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental …

Final amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NE China: Paleo-Asian Ocean closure versus Paleo-Pacific plate subduction—A review of the evidence

SA Wilde - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) evolved through complex closure of the
Paleo-Asian Ocean from the Neoproterozoic to the late Phanerozoic. This caused the …

The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: a window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth

W Xiao, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The architecture of accretionary orogens is a key to understand continental growth. Here we
present an overview of the orogenic components and their amalgamation in the western …

Origin, accretion, and reworking of continents

R Zhu, G Zhao, W Xiao, L Chen… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continental crust is unique to the Earth in the solar system, and controversies remain
regarding its origin, accretion and reworking of continents. The plate tectonics theory has …