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) …

Early Neoproterozoic magmatic imprints in the Altun-Qilian-Kunlun region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Response to the assembly and breakup of Rodinia …

Y Peng, S Yu, S Li, J Zhang, Y Liu, Y Li… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Altun-Qilian-Kunlun Mountain (AQK), located on the northeastern margin of the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, experienced multiple Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic …

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 …

[BOOK][B] The nature and models of metamorphism

VV Reverdatto, II Likhanov, OP Polyansky, VS Sheplev… - 2019 - Springer
Metamorphism is an endogenous transformation of rocks, involving processes of phase
transitions in Earth's crust and upper mantle at elevated temperatures (T) and pressures (P) …

New chronological constrains on the tectonic affinity of the Alxa Block, NW China

D Song, W **ao, AS Collins, S Glorie, C Han, Y Li - Precambrian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The origin and tectonic affinity of the Alxa Block in NW China is currently debatable. This
study reports new stratigraphically-constrained LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb data from …

A prolonged subduction-accretion in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Insights from anatomy and tectonic affinity for the Beishan complex

R Zheng, J Li, J Zhang, W **ao - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The Beishan complex, located along the Liuyuan suture in the southern Beishan, separates
the Dunhuang terrane from the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The ages and origins …

Diverse P‐T‐t Paths Reveal High‐Grade Metamorphosed Forearc Complexes in NW China

H Wang, W **ao, BF Windley… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zones provide important constraints on reconstruction of tectonic configurations
and convergent geodynamics. The timing and evolution of the subduction zones at the …

Geochemical and geochronological evidence for a former early Neoproterozoic microcontinent in the South Beishan Orogenic Belt, southernmost Central Asian …

Y Yuan, K Zong, Z He, R Klemd, Y Liu, Z Hu, J Guo… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The South Beishan Orogenic Belt (SBOB) in the southwestern Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is thought to be an eastern extension of the Eastern Tianshan …

The Archean-Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution in the Dunhuang region, NW China: Constraints from zircon U–Pb geochronology and in situ Hf isotopes

Y Zhao, Y Sun, J Yan, C Diwu - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The Dunhuang region is located on the eastern margin of the Tarim Craton and eastward to
the Alxa block. The Archean-Paleoproterozoic TTG gneisses, potassic granites and …