Detrital zircon ages of the Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the southern Yili Block: Implications for tectonic affinities of the microcontinents in SW Central Asian Orogenic Belt

• Published in: Precambrian research Vol. 350; p. 105926
• Main Authors: Zhu, Xiaoyan, Wang, Bo, Sun, Zhaochen, Liu, Jiashuo, He, Zhiyuan, Zhong, Linglin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB); Kazakhstan microcontinent; Proterozoic; Rodinia and Columbia supercontinents; Tianshan (Tien Shan) Orogen; Yili Block; Kazakhstan microcontinent; Proterozoic; Rodinia and Columbia supercontinents; Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB); Yili Block; Tianshan (Tien Shan) Orogen

•Maximum deposition age and provenances of the Tekesi Group, southern Yili Block are constrained.•The South Yili has close affinities with North Yili, Central Tianshan and Kyrgyz North Tianshan.•Ribbon-like continental blocks in SW CAOB formed on the margins of major cratonic plates. The origins and...