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 …

Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

Although the axial and dominant geocentric character of the Earth's magnetic field means
that paleolongitude is indeterminate, paleomagnetism is otherwise the only truly quantitative …

The Altaids, one of the largest and long-lived accretionary orogens in the world, developed
from ca. 600Ma to 250Ma by the multiple accretions of terranes of different origin, chiefly …

New palaeogeographical reconstructions are presented for eleven time intervals through the
Palaeozoic of the eastern Asia region from the Middle Cambrian at 510Ma to the end of the …

Detrital zircons from samples of Palaeozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary rocks have been
collected in Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and China, dated by the LA …

Very different palaeogeographical reconstructions have been produced by a combination of
palaeomagnetic and faunal data, which are re-evaluated on a global basis for the period …

The Buqingshan ophiolite complex is a sector of the A'nyemaqen ophiolite belt in the East
Kunlun southern marginal suture zone in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The …

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 …

The relationship between the Alxa block and the North China Craton (NCC) is one of the
controversial tectonic issues in China. The age spectra of detrital zircons from sedimentary …