Geochemistry and U-Pb-Hf detrital zircon geochronology of metamorphic rocks in terranes of the West Kunlun Orogen: Protracted subduction in the northernmost Proto-Tethys Ocean

Timing of the final closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from provenance of early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in West Kunlun, NW China

(2020) Peng Wang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Early Paleozoic magmatism and metallogeny related to Proto-Tethys subduction: Insights from volcanic rocks in the northeastern Altyn Mountains, NW China

(2019) Cheng-Ming Wang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Trace element discrimination of arc, slab failure, and A-type granitic rocks

(2019) Joseph B. Whalen et al.   LITHOS

Cambrian mafic and granitic intrusions in the Mazar-Tianshuihai terrane, West Kunlun Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the subduction orientation of the Proto-Tethys Ocean

(2019) Xiao-Qiang Liu et al.   LITHOS

Geochronology and geochemistry of the late Neoproterozoic A-type granitic clasts in the southwestern Tarim Craton: petrogenesis and tectonic implications

(2018) Guanghui Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW

Timing of subduction initiation in the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Evidence from the Cambrian gabbros from the NE Pamir Plateau

(2018) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   LITHOS

Paleoproterozoic assembly of the North and South Tarim terranes: New insights from deep seismic profiles and Precambrian granite cores

(2018) Haijun Yang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

A newly identified Precambrian terrane at the Pamir Plateau: The Archean basement and Neoproterozoic granitic intrusions

(2018) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Resolving the crustal composition paradox by 3.8 billion years of slab failure magmatism and collisional recycling of continental crust

(2018) Robert S. Hildebrand et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Tectonic evolution of the NE section of the Pamir Plateau: New evidence from field observations and zircon U-Pb geochronology

(2018) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Tectonic evolution of the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the assembly of the Tarim terrane to Gondwana

(2018) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

Constraints of late Cambrian mafic rocks from the Qushi'ang ophiolite on a back-arc system in a continental margin, East Kunlun Orogen, Western China

(2018) Ruibao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Early Paleozoic polyphase metamorphism in northern Tibet, China

(2017) Jianxin Zhang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

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

(2017) Lei Zhang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

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

(2017) Jun Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

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

(2017) Yunpeng Dong et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

(2017) Sanzhong Li et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

The 1.0Ga S–type granite in the East Kunlun Orogen, Northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the Meso– to Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution

(2016) Dengfeng He et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Geological characteristics and age of the Dahongliutan Fe-ore deposit in the Western Kunlun orogenic belt, Xinjiang, northwestern China

(2016) Jun Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

The syncollisional granitoid magmatism and continental crust growth in the West Kunlun Orogen, China – Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry of the Arkarz pluton

(2016) Yu Zhang et al.   LITHOS

Zircon U–Pb–Hf evidence for subduction related crustal growth and reworking of Archaean crust within the Palaeoproterozoic Birimian terrane, West African Craton, SE Ghana

(2016) A. Petersson et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Neoproterozoic sedimentary basin evolution in southwestern Tarim, NW China: New evidence from field observations, detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions

(2016) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Tarim and North China cratons linked to northern Gondwana through switching accretionary tectonics and collisional orogenesis

(2015) Yigui Han et al.   GEOLOGY

Origin of Late Triassic high-K calc-alkaline granitoids and their potassic microgranular enclaves from the western Tibet Plateau, northwest China: Implications for Paleo-Tethys evolution

(2015) Zheng Liu et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Recognition and tectonic implications of an extensive Neoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary rift basin along the southwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, northwestern China

(2015) Chao Wang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

A Proterozoic Wilson cycle identified by Hf isotopes in central Australia: Implications for the assembly of Proterozoic Australia and Rodinia

(2014) R.G. Smits et al.   GEOLOGY

Arc and Slab-Failure Magmatism in Cordilleran Batholiths I – The Cretaceous Coastal Batholith of Peru and its Role in South American Orogenesis and Hemispheric Subduction Flip

(2014) Robert S. Hildebrand et al.   GEOSCIENCE CANADA

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of Neoproterozoic strata in the Aksu area, northwestern Tarim Craton: Implications for supercontinent reconstruction and crustal evolution

(2014) Jingwen He et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic long-lived accretionary orogeny in the northern Tarim Craton

(2014) Rongfeng Ge et al.   TECTONICS

Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: A fragment of greater India lithosphere?

(2013) Peter A. Cawood et al.   GEOLOGY

Origin of Middle Cambrian and Late Silurian potassic granitoids from the western Kunlun orogen, northwest China: a magmatic response to the Proto-Tethys evolution

(2013) Zheng Liu et al.   MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

The Sugetbrak basalts from northwestern Tarim Block of northwest China: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for Rodinia breakup and ice age in the Late Neoproterozoic

(2013) Bei Xu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Tectonic framework and crustal evolution of the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Block in NW China: New geochronological evidence from deep drilling samples

(2013) Zhi-Qin Xu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Zircon U–Pb ages and Lu–Hf isotopes of Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the Korla Complex, NW China: Implications for metamorphic zircon formation and geological evolution of the Tarim Craton

(2013) Rongfeng Ge et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

New age constraints on Neoproterozoic diamicites in Kuruktag, NW China and Precambrian crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton

(2013) Jingwen He et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Detrital zircon record and tectonic setting

(2012) P.A. Cawood et al.   GEOLOGY

Tectonic framework and evolution of the Tarim Block in NW China

(2012) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Origin of Middle Triassic high-K calc-alkaline granitoids and their potassic microgranular enclaves from the western Kunlun orogen, northwest China: A record of the closure of Paleo-Tethys

(2012) Yao-Hui Jiang et al.   LITHOS

Early Pan-African magmatism in the Tarim Craton: Insights from zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf isotope and geochemistry of granitoids in the Korla area, NW China

(2012) Rongfeng Ge et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data

(2011) William J. Collins et al.   Nature Geoscience

Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Precambrian Aksu blueschist terrane, northwestern Tarim, China: Insights from LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages and geochemical data

(2011) Wenbin Zhu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Reworking of the Tarim Craton by underplating of mantle plume-derived magmas: Evidence from Neoproterozoic granitoids in the Kuluketage area, NW China

(2011) Xiaoping Long et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Multiple phases of the Neoproterozoic igneous activity in Quruqtagh of the northeastern Tarim Block, NW China: Interaction between plate subduction and mantle plume?

(2011) Chuan-Lin Zhang et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

When Continents Formed

(2011) B. Dhuime et al.   SCIENCE

Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Tarim Block, NW China: New geochronological insights from the Quruqtagh domain

(2010) L.S. Shu et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Subducting sediment-derived arc granitoids: evidence from the Datong pluton and its quenched enclaves in the western Kunlun orogen, northwest China

(2010) Shi-Yong Liao et al.   MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Isotopic evidence for rapid continental growth in an extensional accretionary orogen: The Tasmanides, eastern Australia

(2009) A.I.S. Kemp et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Use of U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to infer maximum depositional ages of strata: A test against a Colorado Plateau Mesozoic database

(2009) William R. Dickinson et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

An island arc origin of plagiogranites at Oytag, western Kunlun orogen, northwest China: SHRIMP zircon U–Pb chronology, elemental and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic geochemistry and Paleozoic tectonic implications

(2008) Yao-Hui Jiang et al.   LITHOS

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb age constraints on Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh diamictites in NW China

(2008) B XU et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

U-Pb dating of zircon from the Central Zone of the East Kunlun Orogen and its implications for tectonic evolution

(2008) NengSong Chen et al.   Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences

Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

(2007) Wenjiao Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Geological and geochronological evidence for the Precambrian evolution of the Tarim Craton and surrounding continental fragments

(2007) Songnian Lu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

(2007) Z.X. Li et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH