Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean

JB Zhou, SA Wilde, GC Zhao, J Han - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The microcontinental blocks in the CAOB include the combined NE China blocks
(comprising the Erguna, **ng'an, Songliao and Jimusi-Khanka blocks) in the eastern …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] 北亚造山区南部及其毗邻地区地壳构造分区与构造演化

**锦轶, 张进, 杨天南, **亚萍, 孙桂华… - 吉林大学学报(地球 …, 2009 - researchgate.net
基于板块构造理论和已有资料的综合研究, 建议把北亚造山区南部及其毗邻地区地壳构造单元
划分为西伯利亚, 哈萨克斯坦, 布列亚-佳木斯, 塔里木和中朝等5 个古板块, 每个古板块再可以 …

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 …

Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern **njiang, NW China: implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

W **ao, C Han, C Yuan, M Sun, S Lin, H Chen… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2008 - Elsevier
Middle-Cambrian to Permian subduction-related records are widely distributed in Northern
**njiang which can be grouped into the Chinese Altay–East Junggar–Eastern Tien Shan …

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 …

Age, geochemistry, and tectonic implications of a late Paleozoic stitching pluton in the North Tian Shan suture zone, western China

BF Han, ZJ Guo, ZC Zhang, L Zhang, JF Chen… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Central Asian orogenic belt is the largest tectonic assembly of continental and
oceanic terranes on Earth due to closure of the paleo–Asian Ocean in the Phanerozoic …

Ridge subduction and crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: evidence from Late Carboniferous adakites and high-Mg diorites in the western Junggar …

G Tang, Q Wang, DA Wyman, ZX Li, ZH Zhao, XH Jia… - Chemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is a natural laboratory for the study of accretionary
tectonics and crustal growth owing to its massive generation of juvenile crust in the …

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 …

Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

M Sun, C Yuan, W **ao, X Long, X **a, G Zhao, S Lin… - Chemical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Gneissic rocks in the Chinese Altai Mountains have been interpreted as either Paleozoic
metasedimentary rocks or Precambrian basement. This study reports geochemical and …