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 …

The idea that prominent geological phenomena observed in the crust and at the surface may
be caused by the detachment of subducting dense lithosphere has been anticipated by …

Accretionary orogens generally involve trench advance and retreat, recognition of which is
critical to understand the thermal evolution and geodynamics of the lithosphere. A …

The Beishan orogen is part of the Neo-proterozoic to early Mesozoic Central Asian Orogenic
System in central Asia that exposes ophiolitic complexes, passive-margin strata, arc …

Detailed geochronological, geochemical, and Sr–Nd isotopic data are presented for late
Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the Dashitou area from the Eastern Tianshan, NW China, aiming …

Intracontinental transform structures are important forms of continental deformation, such as
the Altyn Tagh fault on Tibetan Plateau. Although many intracontinental transform structures …

The Beishan complex, located along the Liuyuan suture in the southern Beishan, separates
the Dunhuang terrane from the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The ages and origins …

Abstract Northwest China, covering northern Xinjiang, northern Gansu and westernmost
Inner Mongolia, mainly includes Junggar Basin and its surrounding mountains such as …

Early Jurassic bimodal volcanic and intrusive rocks in southern South China show distinct
associations and distribution patterns in comparison with those of the Middle Jurassic and …

Abstract The Pamir–Karakoram terrain contains abundant Cretaceous granitoids, and minor
coeval volcanic rocks and mafic intrusions, which represent a wide (ca. 400 km) continental …