Source characteristics and provenance of metasedimentary rocks from the Kangxiwa Group in the Western Kunlun Orogenic Belt, NW China: Implications for tectonic setting and crustal growth
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.02.014
Abstract: Abstract The West Kunlun Orogenic Belt is a result of the closure of Proto– and Paleo–Tethys Ocean and subsequent continental collision. In order to better understand the tectonic evolution of this orogenic belt, whole-rock geochemistry… read more here.
Keywords: kangxiwa group; kunlun orogenic; orogenic belt; crustal growth ... See more keywords
Field and zircon U–Pb geochronological evidence for the occurrence of Cambrian banded iron formations in the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt, China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.05.024
Abstract: Abstract Abundant bedded iron deposits have been discovered recently in the Taxkorgan Terrane, West Kunlun Orogenic Belt, China. Magnetite is the dominant iron mineral, which is interbedded with amphibolite-facies metamorphic silicate minerals, quartz, and calcite.… read more here.
Keywords: field; west kunlun; iron orebodies; kunlun orogenic ... See more keywords
Provenance and tectonic setting of siliciclastic rocks associated with the Neoproterozoic Dahongliutan BIF: Implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt, NW China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.07.018
Abstract: Abstract The Late Neoproterozoic Dahongliutan BIF is associated with siliciclastic rocks in the Tianshuihai terrane of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt (WKO), NW China. The sedimentary rocks have various weathering indices (e.g., CIA = 57–87, PIA = 61–96 and… read more here.
Keywords: siliciclastic rocks; neoproterozoic dahongliutan; dahongliutan bif; kunlun orogenic ... See more keywords
Shoshonitic- and adakitic magmatism of the Early Paleozoic age in the Western Kunlun orogenic belt, NW China: Implications for the early evolution of the northwestern Tibetan plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.06.013
Abstract: Abstract The Western Kunlun orogenic belt in the northwestern margin of the Tibetan plateau contains two magmatic belts; early Paleozoic belt in the northern part of Western Kunlun Terrane (WKT), and early Mesozoic belt in… read more here.
Keywords: early paleozoic; belt; western kunlun; kunlun orogenic ... See more keywords
A slab break-off model for mafic–ultramafic igneous complexes in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, northern Tibet: insights from early Palaeozoic accretion related to post-collisional magmatism
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DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2018.1501618
Abstract: ABSTRACT The East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB) in northern Tibet provides an important record of the amalgamation of the Wanbaogou oceanic basalt plateau and the Qaidam Block. Here we report geochemical, geochronological, and Hf isotopic… read more here.
Keywords: mafic ultramafic; northern tibet; east kunlun; igneous complexes ... See more keywords
Triassic granitoids in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Northwestern China: magmatic source and implications for geodynamic evolution
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DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2020.1848647
Abstract: Granitoids, an important part of the continental crust, are the direct and indelible evidence of the accretion and reworking process of the continental crust in different tectonic settings. Therefo... read more here.
Keywords: belt northwestern; east kunlun; kunlun orogenic; orogenic belt ... See more keywords