Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world with considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The eastern segment of the …

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 …

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 …

Based mainly on field geological observation and geochronologic data, six tectonic units
have been recognized in western Inner Mongolia (China), including, from south to north …

A series of porphyry-type Cu-(Mo)-(Au) deposits including some giant world-class deposits
such as Kounrad, Aktogai, Kal'makyr, Oyu Tolgoi and Chalukou occur in the Central Asian …

Recent activity–composition models for clinopyroxene and amphibole are revised to provide
better consistency with observed phase relations in natural rocks. For clinopyroxene, 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 …

Initiation of new subduction zones is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime. It is
generally accepted that the negative buoyancy of sufficiently old oceanic lithosphere …

Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), the largest accretionary orogen on Earth,
has received considerable attention in the last 25 years. Various models have been …

We present a compilation of published data (field, petrography, ages and geochemistry)
from 73 ophiolitic complexes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The ophiolitic complexes …