Juvenile versus recycled crust in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications from ocean plate stratigraphy, blueschist belts and intra-oceanic arcs

I Safonova - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
New or “juvenile” crust forms and grows mainly through mafic to andesitic magmatism at
Pacific-type or accretionary type convergent margins as well as via tectonic accretion of …

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 …

Petrological and organic geochemical characteristics of the Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Jimsar Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China: Implications on the …

Z Meng, Y Liu, X Jiao, L Ma, D Zhou, H Li, Q Cao… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coupling relationship between volcanic-hydrothermal activities and hydrocarbon
generation has been a common understanding in recent years. However, there is a lack of …

Timing of subduction initiation in the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Evidence from the Cambrian gabbros from the NE Pamir Plateau

CL Zhang, HB Zou, XT Ye, XY Chen - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to determine the timing of subduction initiation for the Proto-Tethys Ocean and to
better understand the assembly of the Precambrian terranes in east Asia to Eastern …

A re-evaluation of the Meso-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of Bogda Shan (Tian Shan, NW China) based on new basement and detrital apatite fission track …

Z He, S Glorie, F Wang, W Zhu, A Fonseca… - International Geology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Bogda Shan is a mountain belt located at the eastern extremity of the Chinese Tianshan and
records a complex and debated exhumation history. Previous studies have reported a young …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

Two late Carboniferous belts of Nb-enriched mafic magmatism in the Eastern Tianshan: Heterogeneous mantle sources and geodynamic implications

Y Zhang, C Yuan, M Sun, X Long, Z Huang… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Identification of subduction to post-collisional tectonic transitions is critical to the study of
orogenic belts. To characterize such a transition in the Tianshan Orogenic Belt, a systematic …

Sedimentary provenance in response to Carboniferous arc-basin evolution of East Junggar and North Tianshan belts in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

B Huang, D Fu, T Kusky, K Ruan, W Zhou, X Zhang - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Tianshan and East Junggar belts in north Xinjiang, China, are two key
terranes for the Paleozoic tectonic reconstruction of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) …

Early Neoproterozoic gneissic granitoids in the southern Yili Block (NW China): Constraints on microcontinent provenance and assembly in the SW Central Asian …

X Zhu, B Wang, D Cluzel, Z He, Y Zhou, L Zhong - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was built by amalgamation of diverse
geologic units including several microcontinents. The nature and geodynamic evolution of …

Crustal evolution of the Central Tianshan Block: Insights from zircon U-Pb isotopic and structural data from meta-sedimentary and meta-igneous rocks along the …

Z He, B Wang, L Zhong, X Zhu - Precambrian Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Tianshan Block is one of the major continental constituents of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) and contains vital information for understanding the …