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

W **ao, 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

A review of the Paleozoic tectonics in the eastern part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Y Liu, W Li, Z Feng, Q Wen, F Neubauer, C Liang - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world, which is responsible for considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The NE …

Large igneous province record through time and implications for secular environmental changes and geological time‐scale boundaries

RE Ernst, DPG Bond, SH Zhang… - … igneous provinces: A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An emerging consensus suggests that large igneous provinces (LIPs) are a significant driver
of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including several Phanerozoic …

A tale of amalgamation of three Permo-Triassic collage systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, sutures, and terminal accretion

W **ao, BF Windley, S Sun, J Li… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt records the accretion and convergence of three collage
systems that were finally rotated into two major oroclines. The Mongolia collage system was …

Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

S Li, Y Suo, X Li, J Zhou, M Santosh, P Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mesozoic Western Pacific subduction system significantly impacted the North
China and South China blocks along the East Asian continental margin and influenced the …

Subduction history of the Paleo-Pacific slab beneath Eurasian continent: Mesozoic-Paleogene magmatic records in Northeast Asia

J Tang, W Xu, F Wang, W Ge - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents a review on the rock associations, geochemistry, and spatial distribution
of Mesozoic-Paleogene igneous rocks in Northeast Asia. The record of magmatism is used …

The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: a window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth

W **ao, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The architecture of accretionary orogens is a key to understand continental growth. Here we
present an overview of the orogenic components and their amalgamation in the western …

Accretionary processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Advances and perspectives

W **ao, D Song, BF Windley, J Li, C Han… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
As one of the largest Phanerozoic orogens in the world, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB) is a natural laboratory for studies of continental dynamics and metallogenesis. This …

Early Mesozoic southward subduction history of the Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic plate: Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry of Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks …

J Tang, WL Xu, F Wang, S Zhao, W Wang - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we present new zircon U–Pb ages, Hf isotope data, and whole-rock major and
trace element data for Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Erguna Massif of NE China, and …