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This research was supported by the 973 Program under grant no. 2015CB453000, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41502109), the Cultivating Program of Middle-Aged Key Teachers of Chengdu University of Technology (KYGG201718), Innovation Team of Sedimentary Geology of Chengdu University of Technology (KYTD201703), and by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M582528). Cawood acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council grant FL160100168.
Highlights
IntroductionThe Central Asian orogenic belt ( known as the Altaids) is sandwiched between the Siberian and Baltic cratons to the north and the Tarim and North China cratons to the south (Fig. 1A)
The Central Asian orogenic belt is sandwiched between the Siberian and Baltic cratons to the north and the Tarim and North China cratons to the south (Fig. 1A)
It has been suggested that the collision along the South Tianshan region terminated in the Late Devonian–early Carboniferous based on a regional unconformity
Summary
The Central Asian orogenic belt ( known as the Altaids) is sandwiched between the Siberian and Baltic cratons to the north and the Tarim and North China cratons to the south (Fig. 1A). It is the largest Phanerozoic accretionary orogen on Earth, recording a major pulse of juvenile crustal growth (Wilhem et al, 2012; Xiao et al, 2015). The proposed timing of the collision between the Tarim craton to the south and the Yili–Central Tianshan block is controversial, varying from Late Devonian to Middle Triassic It has been suggested that the collision along the South Tianshan region terminated in the Late Devonian–early Carboniferous based on a regional unconformity (Xia et al, 2008, 2012; Charvet et al, 2011; X.Y. Xu et al, 2013)
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