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 …

Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

BF Windley, D Alexeiev, W **ao… - Journal of the …, 2007 - lyellcollection.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (c. 1000–250 Ma) formed by accretion of island arcs,
ophiolites, oceanic islands, seamounts, accretionary wedges, oceanic plateaux and …

Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China

FY Wu, DY Sun, WC Ge, YB Zhang, ML Grant… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
Northeast (NE) China is characterized by immense volumes of granitic rocks, exposed over
an area of∼ 200,000 km2. Although the precise geochronological framework was not clear …

Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt

W **ao, BF Windley, J Hao, M Zhai - Tectonics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Solonker suture records the termination of the central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB).
However, tectonic development of the Solonker suture is poorly understood. We report new …

A review of the Paleozoic tectonics in the eastern part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Y Liu, W Li, Z Feng, Q Wen, F Neubauer, C Liang - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world, which is responsible for considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The NE …

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 …

Magmatic and crustal differentiation history of granitic rocks from Hf-O isotopes in zircon

AIS Kemp, CJ Hawkesworth, GL Foster, BA Paterson… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Granitic plutonism is the principal agent of crustal differentiation, but linking granite
emplacement to crust formation requires knowledge of the magmatic evolution, which is …

Gold mineralization in China: Metallogenic provinces, deposit types and tectonic framework

J Deng, Q Wang - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a review of major gold mineralization events in China and a summary of
metallogenic provinces, deposit types, metallogenic epochs and tectonic settings. Over 200 …

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 …

Accretionary orogens through Earth history

PA Cawood, A Kröner, WJ Collins… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Accretionary orogens form at intraoceanic and continental margin convergent plate
boundaries. They include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and back-arc …