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 …

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 …

Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

A Kröner, V Kovach, E Belousova, E Hegner… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
We argue that the production of mantle-derived or juvenile continental crust during the
accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) has been grossly …

The Altaids of Central Asia: A tectonic and evolutionary innovative review

C Wilhem, BF Windley, GM Stampfli - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The Altaids, one of the largest and long-lived accretionary orogens in the world, developed
from ca. 600Ma to 250Ma by the multiple accretions of terranes of different origin, chiefly …

Cross Orogenic Belts in Central China: Implications for the tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the East Asian continental collage

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, B Hui, J Sun, F Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The East Asian continent records a complex geologic and tectonic history that
involved the amalgamation of several small-to medium-sized blocks from Laurasia or …

A review of the western part of the Altaids: a key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens

W **ao, B Huang, C Han, S Sun, J Li - Gondwana Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary collages in the world, and the tectonic styles of
the accretionary processes have been interpreted in several ways, including as an …

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 …

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 …

Age, geochemistry, and tectonic implications of a late Paleozoic stitching pluton in the North Tian Shan suture zone, western China

BF Han, ZJ Guo, ZC Zhang, L Zhang, JF Chen… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Central Asian orogenic belt is the largest tectonic assembly of continental and
oceanic terranes on Earth due to closure of the paleo–Asian Ocean in the Phanerozoic …

[PDF][PDF] Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

WJ **ao, BF Windley, C Yuan, M Sun… - American Journal of …, 2009 - ajsonline.org
The formation and development of the southern Altaids is controversial with regard to its
accretionary orogenesis and continental growth. The Altay-East Junggar orogenic collage of …