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Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): framework, kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

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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: North China Craton (NCC), Southern Orogenic Belt (SOB), Hunshandake Block (HB), Northern Orogenics Belt (NOB), South Mongolia microcontinent (SMM), and Southern margin of Ergun Block (SME), suggesting that the Tectonic framework of the CAOB is characterized by an accretion of different blocks and orogenic belts RE
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This article is published in Gondwana Research.The article was published on 2013-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 441 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreland basin & Craton.

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Tracking deep crust by zircon xenocrysts within igneous rocks from the northern Alxa, China: Constraints on the southern boundary of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper analyzed more than 270 zircon xenocrysts and considered only ages that are less than 10% discordant, finding that the area between the ZS and the YNH zones constitutes the southern boundary of the CAOB in the deep crust within this region.
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Sedimentological and geochronological constraints on the Carboniferous evolution of central Inner Mongolia, southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Inland sea deposition in a post-orogenic setting

TL;DR: Liu et al. as mentioned in this paper performed sedimentological and geochronological analyses on Carboniferous strata from central Inner Mongolia (China) to determine the tectonic setting of the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB).
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Solonker ophiolite in Inner Mongolia, China: A late Permian continental margin-type ophiolite

TL;DR: In this paper, zircon grains from two gabbros and a plagiogranite yield 206Pb/238U ages of 259−±-6ÂMa, 257±-3ÂMa and 263±Â1ÂMa.
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An orocline in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed review of the tectonic evolution of NE China and regional comparison and correlation of the different orocline units in the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is presented.
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Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalt : implications for mantle composition and processes

S. S. Sun
TL;DR: In this article, trace-element data for mid-ocean ridge basalts and ocean island basalts are used to formulate chemical systematics for oceanic basalts, interpreted in terms of partial-melting conditions, variations in residual mineralogy, involvement of subducted sediment, recycling of oceanic lithosphere and processes within the low velocity zone.
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Trace element discrimination diagrams for the tectonic interpretation of granitic rocks

TL;DR: In this article, a data bank containing over 600 high quality trace element analyses of granites from known settings was used to demonstrate using ORG-normalized geochemical patterns and element-SiO2 plots that most of these granite groups exhibit distinctive trace element characteristics.
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