Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

W Xiao, BF Windley, C Han, W Liu, B Wan, J Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The architecture and mechanics of an orogen can be understood in terms of a system of
collages that are characterized by a complex assemblage of multiple components, but the …

Evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt along the Siberian margin from Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic accretion to Devonian trench retreat and a comparison …

P Li, M Sun, C Shu, C Yuan, Y Jiang, L Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), the largest accretionary orogen on Earth,
has received considerable attention in the last 25 years. Various models have been …

Late Paleozoic closure of the Ob-Zaisan Ocean along the Irtysh shear zone (NW China): Implications for arc amalgamation and oroclinal bending in the Central Asian …

P Li, M Sun, G Rosenbaum, F Jourdan, S Li… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The largest accretionary orogen in the world, the Central Asian orogenic belt, has evolved
through the assembly of various oceanic and continental blocks. Understanding the …

Anatexis origin of rare metal/earth pegmatites: Evidences from the Permian pegmatites in the Chinese Altai

ZH Lv, H Zhang, Y Tang - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
The petrogenesis of the isolated pegmatites from granites is under debate. In the Chinese
Altai, massive isolated pegmatites have been regarded as derivatives of granitic melts …

Structural and geochronological constraints on Devonian suprasubduction tectonic switching and Permian collisional dynamics in the Chinese Altai, Central Asia

YD Jiang, K Schulmann, M Sun, RF Weinberg… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Kinematic significance and time scales of geodynamic processes forming the Altai Orogenic
Belt are addressed through structural and petrological analysis combined with zircon and …

Lithium and Nd isotopic constraints on the origin of Li-poor pegmatite with implications for Li mineralization

B Chen, C Huang, H Zhao - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Although volumetrically minor in the upper continental crust, pegmatites host lots of rare-
metal mineralization (eg, Li, Be). Pegmatites and associated mineralization were generally …

Are the Chinese Altai “terranes” the result of juxtaposition of different crustal levels during Late Devonian and Permian orogenesis?

A Broussolle, M Sun, K Schulmann, A Guy, C Aguilar… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
The general structure of the Chinese Altai has been traditionally regarded as being formed
by five tectono-stratigraphic 'terranes' bounded by large-scale faults. However, numerous …

Polycyclic Palaeozoic evolution of accretionary orogenic wedge in the southern Chinese Altai: Evidence from structural relationships and U–Pb geochronology

A Broussolle, C Aguilar, M Sun, K Schulmann… - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Structural analysis and U–Pb geochronological study on zircons from the southern Chinese
Altai (the Kalasu area, SE of the Altai city) show that the Cambro-Ordovician accretionary …

Barrovian and Buchan metamorphic series in the Chinese Altai: P–T–t–D evolution and tectonic implications

Y Jiang, P Štípská, K Schulmann… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The relations between Barrovian‐and Buchan‐type metamorphic series in the Chinese Altai
remain obscure, and hence a representative region of the central part of the Chinese Altai …

Structural evolution of the Irtysh Shear Zone (northwestern China) and implications for the amalgamation of arc systems in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

P Li, M Sun, G Rosenbaum, K Cai, Y Yu - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The NW–SE Irtysh Shear Zone is a major tectonic boundary in the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB), which supposedly records the amalgamation history between the …