Continental orogenesis from ocean subduction, continent collision/subduction, to orogen collapse, and orogen recycling: The example of the North Qaidam UHPM belt …

S Song, Y Niu, L Su, C Zhang, L Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Qaidam ultra-high pressure metamorphic (UHPM) belt in the northern
Tibetan Plateau records a complete history of the evolution of a continental orogen from …

Multistage anatexis during tectonic evolution from oceanic subduction to continental collision: A review of the North Qaidam UHP Belt, NW China

S Yu, S Li, J Zhang, Y Peng, I Somerville, Y Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Qaidam ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt in the northern
Tibetan Plateau is considered as a typical Alpine-type UHP metamorphic belt due to the …

Introduction to tectonics of China

YF Zheng, WJ **ao, G Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The continental crust of China is a mosaic of cratonic blocks and orogenic belts, containing
small cratons and terranes with various tectonic settings. They have diverse origins and …

Metamorphic evolution of the East Tethys tectonic domain and its tectonic implications

Q Zhang, X Gao, R Chen, Y Zheng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The China Central Orogenic System (CCOS), extending in an east-west direction in
the middle part of China, is composed of the Early Paleozoic Altyn-North Qilian-North …

Mid-late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic volcanism and tectonic evolution of the Qilianshan, NW China

LQ **a, XM Li, JY Yu, GQ Wang - GeoResJ, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Mid-Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic volcanism in the Qilianshan area,
which shows systematic variations in space and time, is the volcanic response to the tectonic …

The tectonic transition from oceanic subduction to continental subduction: Zirconological constraints from two types of eclogites in the North Qaidam orogen, northern …

L Zhang, RX Chen, YF Zheng, WC Li, Z Hu, Y Yang… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
In the plate tectonics theory, continental subduction is pulled by subduction of dense
oceanic crust. In practice, however, it is not easy to demonstrate that preceding oceanic crust …

Mid-Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic volcanism and tectonic evolution of the Qilian Mountain

XIA Lin-qi, LI **ang-min, YU Ji-yuan… - Geology in …, 2016 - geochina.cgs.gov.cn
Abstract Mid-Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic volcanism in the Qilian Mountain area,
which shows systematic variations in space and time, seems to have been the volcanic …

Petrology, geochemistry, zircon U–Pb dating and Lu–Hf isotope of granitic leucosomes within felsic gneiss from the North Qaidam UHP terrane: Constraints on the …

Y Shengyao, Z Jianxin, S Deyou, PG del Real… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Granitic leucosomes are widely distributed within felsic gneiss in the North Qaidam ultrahigh-
pressure (UHP) metamorphic terrane in western China, which is crucial to understanding the …

Sulfide remobilization and trace element redistribution during metamorphism and deformation at the **tieshan Pb-Zn deposit, NW China

Z Zhao, J Wei, S Liang, T Gao - Ore Geology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of post-ore metamorphism and deformation on trace element concentrations in
sulfides have recently received increasing attention. In this study, we report comprehensive …

Decoupling of U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes and trace elements in zircon from the UHP North Qaidam orogen, NE Tibet (China): tracing the deep subduction of …

Q **ong, J Zheng, WL Griffin, SY O'Reilly, NJ Pearson - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
Eclogites and gneisses from the Yuka and **tieshan areas in the North Qaidam orogen, NE
Tibet, experienced ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism in the early Paleozoic, when …