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] An orocline in the eastern central Asian orogenic belt

Y Liu, W Li, Y Ma, Z Feng, Q Guan, S Li, Z Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world with considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The eastern segment of the …

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 …

Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and …

Q Wang, L Yang, H Zhao, DI Groves, W Weng… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the term orogenic gold has become widely accepted over the past 20 years for
disseminated-to lode-style gold deposits that formed in a variety of tectonic environments …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

TM Kusky, A Polat, BF Windley, KC Burke… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Archean cratons have map patterns and rock associations that are diagnostic of the Wilson
Cycle. The North China Craton (NCC) consists of several distinctly different tectonic units …

Final amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NE China: Paleo-Asian Ocean closure versus Paleo-Pacific plate subduction—A review of the evidence

SA Wilde - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) evolved through complex closure of the
Paleo-Asian Ocean from the Neoproterozoic to the late Phanerozoic. This caused the …

Solonker Suture in East Asia and its bearing on the final closure of the eastern segment of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean

PR Eizenhöfer, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The location and tectonic nature of the Solonker Suture in East Asia and hence the late
Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean have notoriously been …

Ophiolites in the **ng'an‐Inner Mongolia accretionary belt of the CAOB: Implications for two cycles of seafloor spreading and accretionary orogenic events

S Song, MM Wang, X Xu, C Wang, Y Niu, MB Allen… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The **ng'an‐Inner Mongolia accretionary belt in the southeastern segment of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was produced by the long‐lived subduction and …

No excessive crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Further evidence from field relationships and isotopic data

A Kroener, V Kovach, D Alexeiev, KL Wang, J Wong… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
We provide new field observations and isotopic data for key areas of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB), reiterating our previous assessment that no excessive crustal growth …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic tectonics of Asia: Towards a full-plate model

M Domeier - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Asia is key to a richer understanding of many important lithospheric processes such as
crustal growth, continental evolution and orogenesis. But to properly decipher the secrets …