Early-Middle Triassic high Sr/Y granitoids in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications for ocean closure in accretionary orogens
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jb014006
Abstract: The key to defining the termination of accretion in an accretionary orogen is to recognize the initial magmatic processes that are generated at the time of ocean closure. We present new age, geochemical, and isotopic… read more here.
Keywords: southern central; closure; ocean closure; orogenic belt ... See more keywords
Moho depth model for the Central Asian Orogenic Belt from satellite gravity gradients
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jb014120
Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to construct a new 3-D model of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) crust, which can be used as a starting point for future lithospheric studies. The CAOB… read more here.
Keywords: model central; model; orogenic belt; gravity ... See more keywords
Forecasting Trade Potential Between China and the Five Central Asian Countries: Under the Background of Belt and Road Initiative
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DOI: 10.1007/s10614-019-09886-y
Abstract: Under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative, this paper constructs a measurement equation for China’s exports to the five Central Asian countries based on the gravity model of international trade for the purpose… read more here.
Keywords: central asian; asian countries; belt road; background belt ... See more keywords
Mantle transition zone structure beneath the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
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DOI: 10.1007/s11430-018-9429-3
Abstract: Over the past decades, there have been hot debates in the geodynamic community regarding to the deep evolution mechanisms of Cenozoic volcanism in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Of all the constraints available, high… read more here.
Keywords: transition zone; mantle transition; orogenic belt; central asian ... See more keywords
Reprint of ``Pre-collisional (> 0.5 Ga) complexes of the Olkhon terrane (southern Siberia) as an echo of events in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt''
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.10.016
Abstract: Abstract The Olkhon terrane is a part of the Early Palaeozoic accretionary-collisional system in the northern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The terrane was produced by an Ordovician collision as a collage of numerous chaotically… read more here.
Keywords: olkhon terrane; orogenic belt; pre collisional; central asian ... See more keywords
Thermo-tectonic history of the Junggar Alatau within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (SE Kazakhstan, NW China): Insights from integrated apatite U/Pb, fission track and (U–Th)/He thermochronology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2019.05.005
Abstract: Abstract The Junggar Alatau forms the northern extent of the Tian Shan within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) at the border of SE Kazakhstan and NW China. This study presents the Palaeozoic–Mesozoic post-collisional thermo-tectonic… read more here.
Keywords: central asian; asian orogenic; fission track; orogenic belt ... See more keywords
Techno-economic modelling to strategize energy exports in the Central Asian Caspian region
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00283
Abstract: This paper studies the concept of energy security from export-oriented countries’ point of view. It aims to test the effects of long-term energy export strategies in the Central Asian Caspian (CAC) region, by exploring the… read more here.
Keywords: energy; techno economic; asian caspian; central asian ... See more keywords
Decrease in growth increment of Populus euphratica upon defoliation by Lepidopteran larvae in a Central-Asian floodplain forest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.06.002
Abstract: Abstract Populus euphratica is a constitutive tree species of the mostly monospecific forests along Central-Asian rivers. In the hyper-arid climate along the Tarim River, Xinjiang, NW China, these trees are phreatophytes with continuous access to… read more here.
Keywords: populus euphratica; river; defoliation; lepidopteran larvae ... See more keywords
Structural and kinematic evolution of strike-slip shear zones around and in the Central Tianshan: Insights for eastward tectonic wedging in the southwest Central Asian Orogenic Belt
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104279
Abstract: In order to better understand the late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), we carried out structural and geochronological studies on the poorly investigated Xiaergou and Wulasitai shear zones around… read more here.
Keywords: central asian; central tianshan; asian orogenic; tianshan ... See more keywords
Ages and origins of granitoids from the Kalatag Cu cluster in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Constraints on Ordovician–Devonian arc evolution and porphyry Cu fertility in the Southern Central Asian orogenic belt
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.02.002
Abstract: Abstract The pre-Carboniferous evolution of the Eastern Tianshan orogen, Xinjiang, NW China, an important Paleozoic tectonic component and Cu metallogenic belt in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), is controversial. New zircon U Pb… read more here.
Keywords: central asian; belt; southern central; evolution ... See more keywords
Ages and nature of the protolith of the Tulovchikha metamorphic complex in the Bureya Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Russia: Evidence from U–Th–Pb, Lu–Hf, Sm–Nd, and 40Ar/39Ar data
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.03.001
Abstract: Abstract The Bureya Massif is located in the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) and its tectonic affinity and Precambrian evolution is highly controversial. Here we present mineralogical, whole-rock geochemical (major and… read more here.
Keywords: central asian; tulovchikha metamorphic; zircon; metamorphic complex ... See more keywords