Open AccessTHE LATE PALEOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA: A PERSPECTIVE FROM METAMORPHIC STUDY
Author(s) -
J. R. Zhang,
Chunjing Wei,
HaoTsu Chu,
Y. P. Chen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geodinamika i tektonofizika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.336
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2078-502X
DOI - 10.5800/gt-2017-8-3-0306
Subject(s) - geology , paleozoic , subduction , mesozoic , devonian , paleontology , china , accretion (finance) , metamorphic rock , late devonian extinction , tectonics , east asia , earth science , geography , carboniferous , structural basin , archaeology , physics , astrophysics
The Xing’an-Inner Mongolia Orogenic Belt (XIMOB) exposed in the eastern section of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) is generally thought to have resulted from closure of the Paleo-Asian ocean [Şengör et al., 1993]. However, the current hot debate is focused on whether the orogen formed through continuous subduction and accretion over a prolonged period of time until the closure of the Paleo-Asian ocean at the Early Triassic [Xiao et al., 2003], or through the subduction of the Paleo-Asian ocean and related collision in the Early-Mid Devonian [Xu et al., 2013], and the tectonic setting in the Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic has been a pivotal issue