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The final subduction and suture of the Paleo-Asia Ocean (PAO) are controversial, and the key to this question is to locate the latest subduction/final suture of the accretionary type orogenic belt. Previous studies mainly focused on the Tianshan, Beishan, Alxa, and Solonker Orogens for this issue. As a Phanerozoic orogenic belt located further south of the Beishan-Alxa Tectonic Belts, the Dunhuang Orogenic Belt (DOB) is becoming a research hotspot for revealing the evolutionary history of the southernmost Central Asia Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The youngest subduction-related arc magmatism is pivotal for constraining the lower limit of subduction of a lost ocean. This study presents integrated investigations of field observation, whole-rock geochemistry, and geochronology, targeting diabase dykes, intermediate-acid magmatic rocks, and garnet-bearing metabasite samples in the middle part of the DOB. LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of zircon yielded episodic magmatism of ca. 274–273 Ma for Xiaohongshan granite and Dongbatu syenogranite, ca. 250 Ma for Keziletage syenite, ca. 243–239 Ma for diabase and granitic dykes in the Kalatashitage area and Mogutai syenogranite, and maximum deposition age of ca. 262 Ma for pyroclastic rock in the Kalatashitage area. Most of those Permian-Triassic magmatic rocks show continental arc-related geochemical features during the subduction stage. The negative ε Hf (t) values and ancient T DM2  model ages of zircon indicate they were mainly derived from the partial melting of ancient crustal materials. The hornblende  40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages of ca. 258–250 Ma of the garnet-bearing metabasite samples also reflect a high heat flow setting during this period possibly triggered by arc activities. These Permian-Triassic magmatic and thermal records in the DOB are similar to contemporaneous records in surrounding South Tianshan-Alxa-Beishan orogens. We suggest that the final subduction of the PAO in the DOB possibly at least lasted to the Middle Triassic.

Permian-Triassic magmatic and thermal events in the Dunhuang orogenic belt: implications for subduction records of the Paleo-Asian Ocean