This paper reviews published and presents new data on U-Pb detrital zircon ages, and
petrographic, geochemical and isotope (Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf) compositions obtained from …

The Itmurundy zone/belt is located in the northern Balkhash area of central Kazakhstan.
Geologically it belongs to the Kazakh orocline located in the western Central Asian Orogenic …

Initiation of new subduction zones is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime. It is
generally accepted that the negative buoyancy of sufficiently old oceanic lithosphere …

We present a compilation of published data (field, petrography, ages and geochemistry)
from 73 ophiolitic complexes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The ophiolitic complexes …

This paper presents first U–Pb detrital zircon ages, major and trace element geochemical
data and whole-rock Nd and Hf-in-zircon isotope data from sandstones of the Char and …

The tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) involved multiple episodes
of arc accretions/collisions, but the reconstruction of these tectonic processes remains …

This paper discusses the paleogeography and plate tectonics of the Silurian using five
global and twelve regional scale maps. These maps illustrate the distribution of major …

This is a synthesis of published and new data on the Kalba batholith in Eastern Kazakhstan,
the large granitic body in the western part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The batholith …

The Zedong ophiolite is the largest ophiolite massif east of Dazhuqu in the Yarlung Zangbo
Suture Zone in the southern Tibetan Plateau. However, its age, geodynamic setting and …

eng: The history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was marked by several major
events of magmatism which produced large volumes of volcanic and intrusive (mafic …