| Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt BF Windley, D Alexeiev, W Xiao, A Kröner, G Badarch Journal of the Geological Society 164 (1), 31-47, 2007 | 3968 | 2007 |
| Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt W Xiao, BF Windley, J Hao, M Zhai Tectonics 22 (6), 2003 | 2550 | 2003 |
| Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia W Xiao, C Han, C Yuan, M Sun, S Lin, H Chen, Z Li, J Li, S Sun Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 32 (2-4), 102-117, 2008 | 1341 | 2008 |
| A tale of amalgamation of three Permo-Triassic collage systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, sutures, and terminal accretion W Xiao, BF Windley, S Sun, J Li, B Huang, C Han, C Yuan, M Sun, ... Annual review of earth and planetary sciences 43 (1), 477-507, 2015 | 1305 | 2015 |
| 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, JL Li American Journal of Science 304 (4), 370-395, 2004 | 1271 | 2004 |
| Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage W Xiao, BF Windley, MB Allen, C Han Gondwana Research 23 (4), 1316-1341, 2013 | 1215 | 2013 |
| End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and … WJ Xiao, BF Windley, BC Huang, CM Han, C Yuan, HL Chen, M Sun, ... International Journal of Earth Sciences 98, 1189-1217, 2009 | 1157 | 2009 |
| A review of the western part of the Altaids: a key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens W Xiao, B Huang, C Han, S Sun, J Li Gondwana Research 18 (2-3), 253-273, 2010 | 1116 | 2010 |
| Palaeozoic accretionary and convergent tectonics of the southern Altaids: implications for the growth of Central Asia W Xiao, BF Windley, G Badarch, S Sun, JL Li, K Qin, Z Wang Journal of the Geological Society 161 (3), 339-342, 2004 | 902 | 2004 |
| Introduction to tectonics of China YF Zheng, WJ Xiao, G Zhao Gondwana Research 23 (4), 1189-1206, 2013 | 856 | 2013 |
| The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: a window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth W Xiao, M Santosh Gondwana Research 25 (4), 1429-1444, 2014 | 713 | 2014 |
| Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids WJ Xiao, BF Windley, C Yuan, M Sun, CM Han, SF Lin, HL Chen, QR Yan, ... American Journal of Science 309 (3), 221-270, 2009 | 668 | 2009 |
| 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, S Ao, Z Zhang, ... Earth-Science Reviews 186, 94-128, 2018 | 566 | 2018 |
| Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage WJ Xiao, QG Mao, BF Windley, CM Han, JF Qu, JE Zhang, SJ Ao, QQ Guo, ... American Journal of Science 310 (10), 1553-1594, 2010 | 551 | 2010 |
| Geochemical, Sr–Nd and zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic studies of Late Carboniferous magmatism in the West Junggar, Xinjiang: implications for ridge subduction? H Geng, M Sun, C Yuan, W Xiao, W Xian, G Zhao, L Zhang, K Wong, F Wu Chemical Geology 266 (3-4), 364-389, 2009 | 546 | 2009 |
| Early Paleozoic to Devonian multiple-accretionary model for the Qilian Shan, NW China W Xiao, BF Windley, Y Yong, Z Yan, C Yuan, C Liu, J Li Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 35 (3-4), 323-333, 2009 | 500 | 2009 |
| Tectonic evolution of the Tancheng‐Lujiang (Tan‐Lu) fault via middle Triassic to Early Cenozoic paleomagnetic data SA Gilder, PH Leloup, V Courtillot, Y Chen, RS Coe, X Zhao, W Xiao, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 104 (B7), 15365-15390, 1999 | 441 | 1999 |
| Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Tarim Block, NW China: new geochronological insights from the Quruqtagh domain LS Shu, XL Deng, WB Zhu, DS Ma, WJ Xiao Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 42 (5), 774-790, 2011 | 439 | 2011 |
| Accretionary orogenesis of the Chinese Altai: insights from Paleozoic granitoids C Yuan, M Sun, W Xiao, X Li, H Chen, S Lin, X Xia, X Long Chemical Geology 242 (1-2), 22-39, 2007 | 407 | 2007 |
| Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic M Sun, C Yuan, W Xiao, X Long, X Xia, G Zhao, S Lin, F Wu, A Kröner Chemical Geology 247 (3-4), 352-383, 2008 | 406 | 2008 |
brian frederick windleyEmeritus Professor, University of LeicesterVerified email at le.ac.uk