Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian …

Y Han, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupies the southwestern part of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental …

An Early Cambrian plume-induced subduction initiation event within the Junggar Ocean: Insights from ophiolitic mélanges, arc magmatism, and metamorphic rocks

G Yang, Y Li, L Tong, Z Wang, G Si - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is one of the largest accretionary orogens
in the world. The mechanism of continental growth and tectonic evolution of the CAOB …

Late Paleozoic closure of the Ob-Zaisan Ocean along the Irtysh shear zone (NW China): Implications for arc amalgamation and oroclinal bending in the Central Asian …

P Li, M Sun, G Rosenbaum, F Jourdan, S Li… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The largest accretionary orogen in the world, the Central Asian orogenic belt, has evolved
through the assembly of various oceanic and continental blocks. Understanding the …

Geometry, kinematics and tectonic models of the Kazakhstan orocline, central Asian orogenic belt

P Li, M Sun, G Rosenbaum, C Yuan, I Safonova… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is one of the largest accretionary orogens
on Earth and is characterized by the occurrence of tight oroclines (Kazakhstan and Tuva …

Geochemical characteristics and origin of sodium carbonates in a closed alkaline basin: The Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag, northwestern …

K Yu, Y Cao, L Qiu, P Sun, X Jia, M Wan - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag of northwestern China
is well-known for its alkaline lacustrine deposits. However, previous research is scarce due …

Closure time of the Junggar‐Balkhash Ocean: Constraints from Late Paleozoic volcano‐sedimentary sequences in the Barleik Mountains, West Junggar, NW China

B Liu, BF Han, JF Chen, R Ren, B Zheng, ZZ Wang… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Junggar‐Balkhash Ocean was a major branch of the southern Paleo‐Asian
Ocean. The timing of its closure is important for understanding the history of the Central …

Evolution of the early Paleozoic Hongguleleng–Balkybey Ocean: Evidence from the Hebukesaier ophiolitic mélange in the northern West Junggar, NW China

Y Yang, L Zhao, R Zheng, Q Xu - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The Hebukesaier ophiolitic mélange is located in West Junggar, northwest China. Based on
detailed field map**, we identified three rock assemblages in the mélange: ophiolite …

Late Ordovician to early Silurian calc-alkaline magmatism in the **emisitai Mountains, northern West Junggar: a response to the subduction of the Junggar-Balkhash …

JF Chen, X Ma, A Simon, HY Du, BF Han… - International Geology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Early Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of northern West Junggar is essential
for understanding the tectonic framework and accretionary processes in the southwestern …

Emplacement of the ophiolitic mélanges in the west Karamay area: Implications for the Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of West Junggar, northwestern China

P Zhang, G Wang, A Polat, C Zhu, T Shen, Y Chen… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Darbut and Karamay ophiolitic mélanges in the west Karamay area at the
southeastern margin of West Junggar, southern Altaids, represent the relict fragments of the …

Geochemistry of mafic rocks and cherts in the Darbut and Karamay ophiolitic mélanges in West Junggar, northwestern China: Evidence for a Late Silurian to Devonian …

P Zhang, G Wang, A Polat, T Shen, Y Chen, C Zhu… - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Darbut and Karamay ophiolitic mélanges in the West Junggar region of the
Chinese Altaids, Central Asia, represent the relict fragments of the Late Paleozoic Junggar …