The origin and crustal evolution of microcontinents in the Beishan orogen of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

ZY He, R Klemd, LL Yan, ZM Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Microcontinents with Precambrian basement have played an important role in the
accretionary and amalgamation history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) …

Mid–Neoproterozoic collision of the Tarim Craton with the Yili–Central Tianshan Block towards the final assembly of Supercontinent Rodinia: A new model

HX Wu, FQ Zhang, Y Dilek, HL Chen, CY Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) has been considered as an archetype of
an accretionary orogenic belt that developed through steady–state subduction–accretion …

The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan …

K Zong, R Klemd, Y Yuan, Z He, J Guo, X Shi, Y Liu… - Precambrian …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
An early extensive Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) continental magmatic arc system covering
hundreds of kilometers has been reported to occur in the South Beishan Orogenic Belt …

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 …

Tectonic framework and crustal evolution of the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Block in NW China: new geochronological evidence from deep drilling samples

ZQ Xu, BZ He, CL Zhang, JX Zhang, ZM Wang… - Precambrian …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Based on new petrographic observations and zircon U–Pb geochronological data of the
Precambrian basement from deep drilling cores in the Tarim basin and comparison with the …

The Paleozoic evolution of Central Tianshan: Geochemical and geochronological evidence

X Ma, L Shu, JG Meert, J Li - Gondwana Research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
A suite of Paleozoic granitoids in Central Tianshan was studied for both geochemistry and
geochronology in an effort to constrain their origin and tectonic setting. We combined LA-ICP …

Mesoproterozoic continental arc magmatism and crustal growth in the eastern Central Tianshan Arc Terrane of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt …

ZY He, R Klemd, ZM Zhang, KQ Zong, LX Sun, ZL Tian… - Lithos, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Numerous microcontinents are known to occur in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB),
one of the largest accretionary orogens and the most significant area of Paleozoic crustal …

A Paleozoic Japan-type subduction-accretion system in the Beishan orogenic collage, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

D Song, W **ao, BF Windley, C Han, Z Tian - Lithos, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Magmatic arcs ascribed to oceanic lithosphere subduction played a dominant role in the
construction of the accretionary Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The Beishan orogenic …

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data from Central Tianshan suggesting a link with the Tarim Block: implications on Proterozoic supercontinent …

X Ma, L Shu, M Santosh, J Li - Precambrian Research, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The Central Tianshan, which is proposed to be part of the Tarim Block during Precambrian
time, holds a pivotal role in the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. In this study we …

Precambrian tectonic evolution of Central Tianshan, NW China: constraints from U–Pb dating and in situ Hf isotopic analysis of detrital zircons

X Ma, L Shu, BM Jahn, W Zhu, M Faure - Precambrian Research, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The Tarim Block is an important geologic unit in the reconstruction of the tectonic evolution
of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and the Precambrian Columbia and Rodinia …