The Qiman Tagh Orogen as a window to the crustal evolution in northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Yu, M., Feng, C. Y., Santosh, M., Mao, J. W., Zhu, Y. F., Zhao, Y. M., Li, D. X., Li, B.
• Other Authors: Feng, CY (reprint author), CAGS, Inst Mineral Resources, MLR Key Lab Metallogeny & Mineral Assessment, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China., CAGS, Inst Mineral Resources, MLR Key Lab Metallogeny & Mineral Assessment, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci & Resources, 29 Xueyuan Rd, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China., Univ Adelaide, Ctr Tecton Explorat & Res, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia., Northwest Univ Xian, Dept Geol, Northern Taibai Str 229, Xian 710069, Peoples R China., Cent S Univ, Sch Geosci & Infophys, Key Lab Metallogen Predict Nonferrous Met & Geol, Minist Educ, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 2017
• Subjects: East Kunlun; Qiman Tagh Orogen; Tectonic-magmatic evolution; Arc-continent collision; Continental growth; Orocline; EAST KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; U-PB AGE; HF ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LATE TRIASSIC GRANITOIDS; ZIRCON U; ISLAND-ARC; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CONTINENTAL-CRUST; VOLCANIC-ROCKS; Altun; Young Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/474233; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.02.008

The Qiman Tagh Orogenic Belt (QTOB), located along the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, was constructed through protracted accretion and collision of a collage of terranes during subduction and closure of the Qiman Tagh Ocean, a branch of Paleo-Tethys Ocean from the Neoproterozoic to Earl...