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 …

The arid region in China with rich mineral resources are belongs to ecological fragile region
with inadequate recovering capacity. Hundred years of continues mining of mineral …

Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits in collisional orogens are new targets for modern
mineral exploration, yet it is unclear why they preferentially occur in some specific tectonic …

As the chronicle of plate motions through time, paleogeography is fundamental to our
understanding of plate tectonics and its role in sha** the geology of the present-day. To …

Tungsten and Sn deposits in China are widely distributed in the South China block (ie,
Yangtze craton-Cathaysian block), Himalaya, Tibetan, Sanjiang, Kunlun, Qilian, Qinling …

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 …

Zircon SIMS U-Pb dating of the Poshi, Hongshishan, Bijiashan, and Huangshan Ni-Cu-
bearing and **angshan Ni-Cu-Ti-Fe-bearing mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Eastern …

To identify age peaks and other features in an isotopic age distribution, it is common to
perform a kernel density estimation or similar analysis. A key aspect of this estimation …

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 …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …