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 …

The origin and crustal evolution of microcontinents in the Beishan orogen of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

ZY He, R Klemd, LL Yan, ZM Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Microcontinents with Precambrian basement have played an important role in the
accretionary and amalgamation history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) …

The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan …

K Zong, R Klemd, Y Yuan, Z He, J Guo, X Shi, Y Liu… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
An early extensive Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) continental magmatic arc system covering
hundreds of kilometers has been reported to occur in the South Beishan Orogenic Belt …

Earth's early continental crust formed from wet and oxidizing arc magmas

RF Ge, SA Wilde, WB Zhu, XL Wang - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Formation of continental crust has shaped the surface and interior of our planet and
generated the land and mineral resources on which we rely. However, how the early …

Formation and evolution of Archean continental crust: A thermodynamic–geochemical perspective of granitoids from the Tarim Craton, NW China

R Ge, SA Wilde, W Zhu, T Zhou, Y Si - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
When and how continental crust formed and evolved to its current state is a fundamental
question regarding crust–mantle evolution and geodynamic regimes on the early Earth …

Mesoproterozoic continental arc magmatism and crustal growth in the eastern Central Tianshan Arc Terrane of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt …

ZY He, R Klemd, ZM Zhang, KQ Zong, LX Sun, ZL Tian… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Numerous microcontinents are known to occur in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB),
one of the largest accretionary orogens and the most significant area of Paleozoic crustal …

Tectonic evolution of the Beishan orogen in central Asia: Subduction, accretion, and continent-continent collision during the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

J Li, C Wu, X Chen, AV Zuza, PJ Haproff, A Yin… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Beishan orogen is part of the Neo-proterozoic to early Mesozoic Central Asian Orogenic
System in central Asia that exposes ophiolitic complexes, passive-margin strata, arc …

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Neoproterozoic strata in the Aksu area, northwestern Tarim Craton: Implications for supercontinent reconstruction and …

J He, W Zhu, R Ge, B Zheng, H Wu - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The northern margin of the Tarim Craton plays a pivotal role in understanding the crustal
evolution and supercontinent reconstruction of the Tarim Craton. Here we integrate LA-ICP …

New geochemical and combined zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopic data of orthogneisses in the northern Altyn Tagh, northern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Implication …

X Long, C Yuan, M Sun, A Kröner, G Zhao - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Dunhuang Block is previously considered to be an eastern part of the Tarim Craton, but now
it is proposed to be the western extension of the Alxa Block of the NCC as a result of …

Mid‐Neoproterozoic (ca. 830–800 Ma) metamorphic P‐T paths link Tarim to the circum‐Rodinia subduction‐accretion system

R Ge, W Zhu, SA Wilde - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐lived exterior accretionary orogeny shapes tectonothermal evolution of the peripheral
building blocks of supercontinents and leads to considerable crustal growth. However, such …