Multiple accretionary orogenesis and episodic growth of continents: Insights from the Western Kunlun Range, central Asia

	Multiple accretionary orogenesis and episodic growth of continents: Insights from the Western Kunlun Range, central Asia
	Xiao, WJ ; Han, FL ; Windley, BF ; Yuan, C ; Zhou, H ; Li, JL
刊名	INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
	2003-04-01
卷号	45 期号:4 页码:303-328
ISSN号	0020-6814
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The Western Kunlun Range in northwestern Tibet records a history of enlargement of the Central Asian crust. In the Early Ordovician a south-dipping intra-oceanie subduction-accretion complex was accreted to the Tarim block, forming an Andean-type margin in the Late Ordovician. This margin grew southward (present-day coordinates) in the Early Silurian, with an accretionary complex on its southern side against which the Kudi gneiss-schist complex was attached. Clastic sediments continued to infill forearc/intra-arc basins on the top of the arc-accretionary complexes during Devonian-Carboniferous time. In the Early to Mid-Carboniferous, tectonic and magmatic quiescence is indicated by an absence of volcanic and plutonic rocks in the Kudi area, whereas subduction was still active in the western part of the range in the Gaz area near the present-day Pamir syntaxis. A Late Carboniferous-Permian to Early Mesozoic accretionary arc and forearc developed in front of the Andean-type margin, indicating that north-dipping subduction was renewed in the Late Carboniferous. Final collision of the Karakoram-North Qiangtang block to the western Kunlun orogenic collage by the Mid-Jurassic resulted in closure of Paleo-Tethys. The accretion and development of the Western Kunlun orogen contributed huge quantities of material for the crustal growth of Asia.
WOS关键词	CHINESE TIEN-SHAN ; NORTHWESTERN CHINA ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION ; NORTHERN TIBET ; GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION ; EASTERN PAMIR ; KONGUR-SHAN ; XINJIANG ; TARIM ; MOUNTAINS
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	V H WINSTON & SON INC
WOS记录号	WOS:000184258500002
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/78247]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Xiao, WJ
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Lithosphere Tecton Evolut, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 2.Shaanxi Inst Geol Survey, Xianyang 712000, Shannxi, Peoples R China 3.Univ Leicester, Dept Geol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, Guangzhou 410540, Peoples R China 5.Peking Univ, Bur Sci & Technol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Lithosphere Tecton Evolut, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiao, WJ,Han, FL,Windley, BF,et al. Multiple accretionary orogenesis and episodic growth of continents: Insights from the Western Kunlun Range, central Asia[J]. INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW,2003,45(4):303-328.
APA	Xiao, WJ,Han, FL,Windley, BF,Yuan, C,Zhou, H,&Li, JL.(2003).Multiple accretionary orogenesis and episodic growth of continents: Insights from the Western Kunlun Range, central Asia.INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW,45(4),303-328.
MLA	Xiao, WJ,et al."Multiple accretionary orogenesis and episodic growth of continents: Insights from the Western Kunlun Range, central Asia".INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW 45.4(2003):303-328.