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 …

The Altaids of Central Asia: A tectonic and evolutionary innovative review

C Wilhem, BF Windley, GM Stampfli - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The Altaids, one of the largest and long-lived accretionary orogens in the world, developed
from ca. 600Ma to 250Ma by the multiple accretions of terranes of different origin, chiefly …

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 …

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 …

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 …

No excessive crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Further evidence from field relationships and isotopic data

A Kroener, V Kovach, D Alexeiev, KL Wang, J Wong… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
We provide new field observations and isotopic data for key areas of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB), reiterating our previous assessment that no excessive crustal growth …

Rejuvenation of ancient micro-continents during accretionary orogenesis: Insights from the Yili Block and adjacent regions of the SW Central Asian Orogenic Belt

H Huang, T Wang, Y Tong, Q Qin, X Ma, J Yin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), whether substantial juvenile additions
associated with accretionary orogenesis are preserved is still a pending issue. The Yili Block …

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 …

Paleozoic Tian-Shan as a transitional region between the Rheic and Urals-Turkestan oceans

YS Biske, R Seltmann - Gondwana Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The Upper Paleozoic orogenic belt of South Tian-Shan (STS) in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan consists of two structural domains: the south-vergent Bukantau–Kokshaal (BK) in …

[PDF][PDF] Mineral ages and PT conditions of Late Paleozoic high-pressure eclogite and provenance of mélange sediments from Atbashi in the south Tianshan orogen of …

E Hegner, R Klemd, A Kröner, M Corsini… - American Journal of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Ages derived from various isotope systems in high-pressure (HP) rocks of the western
Tianshan orogen of NW China have been interpreted as evidence for late Carboniferous …