Tectonics of the North Qilian orogen, NW China[J]. Gondwana Research, 2013, 23(4): 1378-1401. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.004 CrossRef Google Scholar SONG S G, NIU Y L, SU L, et al. Continental orogenesis from ocean subduction, continent collision/subduction, to orogen collapse, and...
Recently, damage structures in the lithosphere have been linked to the origin of plate tectonics. Despite seismological imaging suggesting that inherited mantle lithosphere heterogeneities are ubiquitous, their plate tectonic role is rarely considered. Here we show that deep lithospheric anomalies can ...
Between the Alashan block (here considered coherent with the North China craton from the mid-Paleozoic) and the northern Qaidam block lies the Qilian orogen, which has been treated in various ways, but is usually subdivided into a North Qilian arc-accretionary belt, a Central/South Qilian block...
In contrast, a collision between strong blocks tends to produce a narrow orogenic belt, such as the Qinling-Dabie orogen formed during the convergence between the south and north China cratons (Dong et al., 2011). In one viewpoint, the crust of Tibetan Plateau is weak and its north ...