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 REAbout:
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A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion
Wenjiao Xiao,Brian F. Windley,Shu Sun,Jiliang Li,Baochun Huang,Chunming Han,Chao Yuan,Min Sun,Hanlin Chen +8 more
TL;DR: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt as discussed by the authors records the accretion and convergence of three collage systems that were finally rotated into two major oroclines, the Mongolia collage system was a long, N-S-oriented composite ribbon that was rotated to its current orientation when the Mongol-Okhotsk orogine was formed.
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Introduction to tectonics of China
TL;DR: In the last three decades, extensive geological, geochemical and geophysical investigations have been carried out on these cratonic blocks and intervening orogenic belts, producing an abundant amount of new data and competing interpretations.
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A review of the Paleozoic tectonics in the eastern part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Yongjiang Liu,Yongjiang Liu,Yongjiang Liu,Weimin Li,Weimin Li,Zhiqiang Feng,Zhiqiang Feng,Quanbo Wen,Quanbo Wen,Franz Neubauer,Chenyue Liang,Chenyue Liang +11 more
TL;DR: The Central Asian Orogenic belt (CAOB) is the largest accretionary orogen in the world, which is responsible for considerable Phanerozoic juvenile crustal growth as discussed by the authors.
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Final closure of the Paleo‐Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks
TL;DR: In this article, provenance analysis of Permian sedimentary rocks of arc basins along the Xar Moron River was carried out, which revealed a close relationship between the sedimentary and volcanic rock suite in the study region suggesting short transport distances and a complex convergent arc setting.
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Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean
TL;DR: The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupied the southwestern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental blocks and island arcs during late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic time.
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