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Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage
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In this paper, an up-to-date along-strike synthesis of the Tianshan orogenic collage and a new tectonic model to explain its accretionary evolution is provided.About:
This article is published in Gondwana Research.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 837 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Island arc & Ophiolite.read more
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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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The Altaids of Central Asia: A tectonic and evolutionary innovative review
TL;DR: A review of the current understanding of the many inherent tectonic problems of the Altaids can be found in this paper, which is timely and appropriate to present a review of current understanding.
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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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Metallogeny of the North China Craton: Link with secular changes in the evolving Earth
TL;DR: The North China Craton (NCC) has experienced a complex geological evolution since the early Precambrian, and carries important records of secular changes in tectonics and metallogeny.
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The western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: A window to accretionary orogenesis and continental growth
TL;DR: An overview of the orogenic components and their amalgamation in the western Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is presented in this paper, which records the convergence and interactions among various types of orogens including the Japan-type, Mariana-type and Alaska-Aleutian-type arc systems, as well as the active marginal sequences of the Siberia Craton, which incorporated wide accretionary complexes and accreted arcs and terranes.
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Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Palaeozoic crustal growth in Eurasia
TL;DR: A new tectonic model, postulating the growth of giant subduction-accretion complexes along a single magmatic arc now found contorted between Siberia and Baltica, shows that Asia grew by 5.3 million square kilometres during the Palaeozoic era as mentioned in this paper.
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Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
TL;DR: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt ( c. 1000-250 Ma) formed by accretion of island arcs, ophiolites, oceanic islands, seamounts, accretionary wedges, and oceanic plateaux and microcontinents in a manner comparable with that of circum-Pacific Mesozoic-Cenozoic orogens is studied in this article.
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Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations
TL;DR: In this article, a model for the Cenozoic development of the region of SE Asia and the SW Pacific is presented and its implications are discussed, accompanied by computer animations in a variety of formats.
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Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report new field data for the Ondor Sum melange in the Ulan valley, and present a new evaluation of the orogenic belt extending from the southern Mongolia cratonic boundary to the north China craton.