Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian …

Y Han, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupies the southwestern part of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental …

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 …

Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage

W **ao, BF Windley, MB Allen, C Han - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Subduction-related accretion in the Junggar–Balkash and South Tianshan Oceans (Paleo-
Asian Ocean), mainly in the Paleozoic, gave rise to the present 2400km-long Tianshan …

Contemporaneous closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Middle-Late Triassic: A synthesis of new evidence and tectonic implications for the final assembly of …

D Song, W **ao, S Ao, Q Mao, B Wan, H Zeng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO) is crucial for understanding the late Paleozoic–
early Mesozoic paleogeography of Proto-Asia and the tectonic configuration of NE Pangea …

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 …

Late Carboniferous collision between the Tarim and Kazakhstan–Yili terranes in the western segment of the South Tian Shan Orogen, Central Asia, and implications …

BF Han, GQ He, XC Wang, ZJ Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The Tian Shan of Central Asia is located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Central Asian Orogenic System or CAOS) …

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 …

Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt, NW China

J Charvet, LS Shu, S Laurent-Charvet, B Wang… - Science China Earth …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Chinese Tianshan belt is a major part of the southern Central Asian Orogenic
Belt, extending westward to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Its Paleozoic tectonic evolution …

Tectonic framework and evolution of the Tarim Block in NW China

CL Zhang, HB Zou, HK Li, HY Wang - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Tarim Block is characterized by a double layer structure consisting of a Precambrian
basement and Neoproterozoic to Cambrian cover series. It experienced different stages of …

[HTML][HTML] Global kinematics of tectonic plates and subduction zones since the late Paleozoic Era

A Young, N Flament, K Maloney, S Williams… - Geoscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
Detailed global plate motion models that provide a continuous description of plate
boundaries through time are an effective tool for exploring processes both at and below the …