Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

BF Windley, D Alexeiev, W **ao… - Journal of the …, 2007 - lyellcollection.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (c. 1000–250 Ma) formed by accretion of island arcs,
ophiolites, oceanic islands, seamounts, accretionary wedges, oceanic plateaux and …

Geochronology of the Phanerozoic granitoids in northeastern China

FY Wu, DY Sun, WC Ge, YB Zhang, ML Grant… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
Northeast (NE) China is characterized by immense volumes of granitic rocks, exposed over
an area of∼ 200,000 km2. Although the precise geochronological framework was not clear …

A-type granites in northeastern China: age and geochemical constraints on their petrogenesis

F Wu, D Sun, H Li, B Jahn, S Wilde - Chemical Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
A-type granites are widely distributed in northeastern China (NE China). They were
emplaced during three major episodes (the Permian, late Triassic to early Jurassic, and …

Granitoids of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and continental growth in the Phanerozoic

B Jahn, F Wu, B Chen - … Science Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2000 - cambridge.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), also known as the Altaid Tectonic Collage, is
characterised by a vast distribution of Paleozoic and Mesozoic granitic intrusions. The …

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 …

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 …

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt and growth of the continental crust in the Phanerozoic

B Jahn - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2004 - lyellcollection.org
Asia is the world's largest composite continent, comprising numerous old cratonic blocks
and young mobile belts. During the Phanerozoic it was enlarged by successive accretion of …

Highly fractionated I-type granites in NE China (I): geochronology and petrogenesis

F Wu, B Jahn, SA Wilde, CH Lo, TF Yui, Q Lin, W Ge… - Lithos, 2003 - Elsevier
Northeastern (NE) China is the easternmost part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB),
which is celebrated for its accretionary tectonics and the world's most important juvenile …

Phanerozoic crustal growth: U–Pb and Sr–Nd isotopic evidence from the granites in northeastern China

F Wu, B Jahn, S Wilde, D Sun - Tectonophysics, 2000 - Elsevier
Northeastern China (NE China) is an eastern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB). Its geology is distinguished by extensive distribution of Phanerozoic granitic and …

Late Carboniferous collision between the Tarim and Kazakhstan–Yili terranes in the western segment of the South Tian Shan Orogen, Central Asia, and implications …

BF Han, GQ He, XC Wang, ZJ Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The Tian Shan of Central Asia is located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Central Asian Orogenic System or CAOS) …