A series of porphyry-type Cu-(Mo)-(Au) deposits including some giant world-class deposits such as Kounrad, Aktogai, Kal'makyr, Oyu Tolgoi and Chalukou occur in the Central Asian …
Abstract The Central Asian orogenic belt is the largest tectonic assembly of continental and oceanic terranes on Earth due to closure of the paleo–Asian Ocean in the Phanerozoic …
JF Chen, BF Han, JQ Ji, L Zhang, Z Xu, GQ He, T Wang - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
North Xinjiang, Northwest China, is made up of several Paleozoic orogens. From north to south these are the Chinese Altai, Junggar, and Tian Shan. It is characterized by …
S Li, T Wang, SA Wilde, Y Tong - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Numerous Early Mesozoic granitoids have been recognized from the central segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). They can be broadly classified into two …
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 …
F Pirajno - Journal of Geodynamics, 2010 - Elsevier
In the orogenic belts of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), many mafic and felsic plutons are temporally and spatially associated with orogen-scale strike-slip faults. The …
VV Yarmolyuk, MI Kuzmin, RE Ernst - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was produced as a consequence of the successive closure of the Paleoasian Ocean and the accretion of structures formed within it …
P Shen, Y Shen, XH Li, H Pan, H Zhu, L Meng, H Dai - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
We report SIMS U–Pb zircon, elemental and Nd–Sr–Pb isotopic data for the volcanic rocks and their subvolcanic units from the Xiemisitai Mountains in the West Junggar Region …