Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic

AS Merdith, SE Williams, AS Collins, MG Tetley… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

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 …

鄂尔多斯盆地及其邻区关键构造变革期次及其特征

何登发, 包洪平, 开百泽, 魏柳斌, 许艳华, 马静辉… - 石油学报, 2021 - syxb-cps.com.cn
鄂尔多斯盆地为典型的克拉通内盆地, 油, 气, 煤, 盐, 铀等矿产资源丰富. 研究构造运动的期次,
序列与性质将为揭示克拉通盆地的成因与演化过程奠定基础, 同时也将为探讨多种能源 …

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

W Xiao, 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 …

The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan …

K Zong, R Klemd, Y Yuan, Z He, J Guo, X Shi, Y Liu… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
An early extensive Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) continental magmatic arc system covering
hundreds of kilometers has been reported to occur in the South Beishan Orogenic Belt …

Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian …

Y Han, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupies the southwestern part of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental …

Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System

Y Dong, D He, S Sun, X Liu, X Zhou, F Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kunlun Orogen is generally divided into the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB)
and the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (W-KOB) by the Altyn Tagh fault. The E-KOB forms part …

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

W Xiao, 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 …

Paleomagnetic constraints on the paleogeography of the East Asian blocks during Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic times

B Huang, Y Yan, JDA Piper, D Zhang, Z Yi, S Yu… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the axial and dominant geocentric character of the Earth's magnetic field means
that paleolongitude is indeterminate, paleomagnetism is otherwise the only truly quantitative …

Intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan Orogen in response to India-Asia collision

W Li, Y Chen, X Yuan, W Xiao, BF Windley - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
How the continental lithosphere deforms far away from plate boundaries has been long
debated. The Tianshan is a type-example of ongoing lithospheric deformation in an …