Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

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 …

Cenozoic ridge subduction and the resultant slab windows have been well documented
worldwide, especially along the western margins of North and South America. The principal …

Ophiolites are important archives of oceanic crust development and preservation in the rock
record, and the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt (AHOB) is one of the most comprehensive …

New or “juvenile” crust forms and grows mainly through mafic to andesitic magmatism at
Pacific-type or accretionary type convergent margins as well as via tectonic accretion of …

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 …

Initiation of new subduction zones is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime. It is
generally accepted that the negative buoyancy of sufficiently old oceanic lithosphere …

The paper reviews and integrates geological, geochronological, geochemical and isotope
data from 21 intra-oceanic arcs (IOA) of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO), which have been …

Abstract The Kalatag Cu–Zn–Au district contains a number of economically important Cu
deposits in eastern Tianshan in **njiang, NW China. Due to the lack of precise …

Abstract The South Tien Shan was formed by the late Paleozoic (Hercynian) collision
between the Precambrian continents of Karakum and Tarim in the south and the early …