Late Carboniferous collision between the Tarim and Kazakhstan–Yili terranes in the western segment of the South Tian Shan Orogen, Central Asia, and implications …

BF Han, GQ He, XC Wang, ZJ Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The Tian Shan of Central Asia is located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Central Asian Orogenic System or CAOS) …

A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage

W Xiao, BF Windley, MB Allen, C Han - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Subduction-related accretion in the Junggar–Balkash and South Tianshan Oceans (Paleo-
Asian Ocean), mainly in the Paleozoic, gave rise to the present 2400km-long Tianshan …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis

A Yin - Tectonophysics, 2010 - Elsevier
Asia has been a major testing ground for various competing models of continental
deformation due to its relatively well-understood plate boundary conditions in the Cenozoic …

End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental …

WJ Xiao, BF Windley, BC Huang, CM Han… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary orogenic collages in the world with the highest
rate of Phanerozoic continental growth and significant metallogenic importance. It is widely …

[PDF][PDF] Paleozoic accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Eastern Tianshan (China): implications for the continental growth of central Asia

WJ Xiao, LC Zhang, KZ Qin, SHU Sun… - American Journal of …, 2004 - ajsonline.org
This paper deals with the various tectonic units in the Chinese Eastern Tianshan orogenic
collage in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and discusses the Paleozoic geological history of …

Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt, NW China

J Charvet, LS Shu, S Laurent-Charvet, B Wang… - Science China Earth …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Chinese Tianshan belt is a major part of the southern Central Asian Orogenic
Belt, extending westward to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Its Paleozoic tectonic evolution …

Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China

M Faure, L Shu, B Wang, J Charvet, F Choulet… - Terra …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China consists of three litho‐tectonic elements,
from top to bottom: a sedimentary Upper Unit, a metamorphic Lower Unit and a gneissic …

Paleozoic tectonics of the southern Chinese Tianshan: Insights from structural, chronological and geochemical studies of the Heiyingshan ophiolitic mélange (NW …

B Wang, L Shu, M Faure, B Jahn, D Cluzel, J Charvet… - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
In the southern Chinese Tianshan, the southernmost part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB), widespread ophiolitic mélanges form distinct tectonic units that are crucial for …

Structural styles in the Zagros simple folded zone, Iran

EJP Blanc, MB Allen, S Inger… - Journal of the Geological …, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Arabia–Eurasia convergence is achieved in the NW Zagros by a combination of shortening
on NW–SE-trending folds and thrusts, mainly in the Simple Folded Zone, and by right-lateral …