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) …

Slip partitioning and crustal deformation patterns in the Tianshan orogenic belt derived from GPS measurements and their tectonic implications

C Wu, P Zhang, Z Zhang, W Zheng, B Xu, W Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conventional view of crustal deformation in the reactivated Tianshan orogenic belt is
strong north–south (NS) compression accommodated by a series of east–west (E–W) …

Intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan Orogen in response to India-Asia collision

W Li, Y Chen, X Yuan, W **ao, BF Windley - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
How the continental lithosphere deforms far away from plate boundaries has been long
debated. The Tianshan is a type-example of ongoing lithospheric deformation in an …

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

W **ao, 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 …

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

WJ **ao, 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 …

Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi‑Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature …

ZX Li, XH Li, JA Wartho, C Clark, WX Li… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogen in South China is a major orogenic belt in
East Asia that formed at a similar time as the classic Caledonian orogeny in Europe. Despite …

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

WJ **ao, 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 …

Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern **njiang, NW China: implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

W **ao, C Han, C Yuan, M Sun, S Lin, H Chen… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2008 - Elsevier
Middle-Cambrian to Permian subduction-related records are widely distributed in Northern
**njiang which can be grouped into the Chinese Altay–East Junggar–Eastern Tien Shan …

Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

JP Avouac, P Tapponnier, M Bai… - … Research: Solid Earth, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied geometries and rates of late Cenozoic thrust faulting and folding along the
northern piedmont of the Tien Shan mountain belt, West of Urumqi, where the M= 8.3 Manas …

Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan Orogen, northwestern China

G Jun, L Maosong, X Xuchang, T Yaoqing, H Guoqi - Tectonophysics, 1998 - Elsevier
The Chinese Tianshan orogenic belt which extends west-east for about 1500 km is one of
the most important Paleozoic orogenic belts in central Asia. It includes parts of the Tarim, Yili …