Accretionary growth and crust formation in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and comparison with the Arabian-Nubian shield

Kröner, Alfred; F. Windley, Brian; Badarch, Gombosuren; Tomurtogoo, O.; Hegner, E.; Jahn, Bor‐ming; Gruschka, S.; V. Khain, E.; Demoux, A.; Wingate, M.T.D.

doi:10.1130/2007.1200(11)

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Accretionary growth and crust formation in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and comparison with the Arabian-Nubian shield

Published in Memoir - Geological Society of America • Jan 1, 2007

Authors:

Alfred Kröner

Brian F. Windley

Gombosuren Badarch

Abstract

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt is one of the largest accretionary terrains on Earth and records a ca. 800 Ma history of arc and microcontinent accretion, from south to north, during evolution and closure of the southwest Pacific-type Paleo-Asian ocean in the period ca. 1020 to ca. 325 Ma. We contes...

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Geology

Accretion (finance)

Crust

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