Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System

Y Dong, D He, S Sun, X Liu, X Zhou, F Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kunlun Orogen is generally divided into the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB)
and the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (W-KOB) by the Altyn Tagh fault. The E-KOB forms part …

Stable isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogen in China: implications for geodynamics and fluid regime

YF Zheng, B Fu, B Gong, L Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Discovery of coesite, diamond, and extreme 18O-depletion in eclogites from the Dabie–Sulu
orogen in central-east China has contributed much to our understanding of subduction of …

Early Paleozoic polyphase metamorphism in northern Tibet, China

J Zhang, S Yu, CG Mattinson - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Altun–Qilian–Kunlun orogenic system in the northern Tibetan Plateau is
considered as the northernmost orogenic collage of the proto-Tethyan domain. Early …

Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes–the view from China

JG Liou, WG Ernst, RY Zhang, T Tsujimori… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to mineralogical modifications of continental
and oceanic crustal protoliths±associated mafic-ultramafic rocks initially formed or emplaced …

Two contrasting eclogite cooling histories, North Qaidam HP/UHP terrane, western China: Petrological and isotopic constraints

JX Zhang, JS Yang, CG Mattinson, ZQ Xu, FC Meng… - Lithos, 2005 - Elsevier
Felsic gneisses near Yuka, western North Qaidam Mountains (NQD), and (60 km SE) near
**tieshan, central NQD, enclose eclogite-bearing mafic boudins. Inclusions in prograde …

Provenance and ages of the Altyn Complex in Altyn Tagh: Implications for the early Neoproterozoic evolution of northwestern China

C Wang, L Liu, WQ Yang, XH Zhu, YT Cao, L Kang… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Altyn Complex in Altyn Tagh, NW China is commonly considered as the Archean–
Paleoproterozoic basement of the Tarim craton. It consists predominantly of mafic and felsic …

Geochronology of multi-stage metamorphic events: Constraints on episodic zircon growth from the UHP eclogite in the South Altyn, NW China

L Liu, C Wang, YT Cao, DL Chen, L Kang, WQ Yang… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
Petrography, mineral chemistry and pressure–temperature (P–T) estimates were carried out
for the eclogite from the South Altyn in NW China. The results suggest three stages of …

The dynamic sulfide saturation process and a possible slab break-off model for the giant **arihamu magmatic nickel ore deposit in the East Kunlun orogenic belt …

YG Liu, WY Li, QZ Jia, ZW Zhang… - Economic …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The **arihamu Ni deposit is located in the East Kunlun orogenic belt in the northern
part of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The regional tectonic setting, lithology, and mineralogy …