Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

A tale of amalgamation of three Permo-Triassic collage systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, sutures, and terminal accretion

W **ao, BF Windley, S Sun, J Li… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt records the accretion and convergence of three collage
systems that were finally rotated into two major oroclines. The Mongolia collage system was …

A review of the Paleozoic tectonics in the eastern part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Y Liu, W Li, Z Feng, Q Wen, F Neubauer, C Liang - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the
world, which is responsible for considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth. The NE …

Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

W **ao, BF Windley, C Han, W Liu, B Wan, J Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage

W **ao, BF Windley, MB Allen, C Han - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Subduction-related accretion in the Junggar–Balkash and South Tianshan Oceans (Paleo-
Asian Ocean), mainly in the Paleozoic, gave rise to the present 2400km-long Tianshan …

Spatial–temporal relationships of Mesozoic volcanic rocks in NE China: Constraints on tectonic overprinting and transformations between multiple tectonic regimes

WL Xu, FP Pei, F Wang, E Meng, WQ Ji… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages and geochemical data are presented for the
Mesozoic volcanic rocks in northeast China, with the aim of determining the tectonic settings …

A review of the western part of the Altaids: a key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens

W **ao, B Huang, C Han, S Sun, J Li - Gondwana Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary collages in the world, and the tectonic styles of
the accretionary processes have been interpreted in several ways, including as an …

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 western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: a window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth

W **ao, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The architecture of accretionary orogens is a key to understand continental growth. Here we
present an overview of the orogenic components and their amalgamation in the western …

[HTML][HTML] An orocline in the eastern central Asian orogenic belt

Y Liu, W Li, Y Ma, Z Feng, Q Guan, S Li, Z Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …