Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

• Published in: Earth-science reviews Vol. 186; pp. 94 - 128
• Main Authors: Xiao, Wenjiao, Windley, Brian F., Han, Chunming, Liu, Wei, Wan, Bo, Zhang, Ji'en, Ao, Songjian, Zhang, Zhiyong, Song, Dongfang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Carboniferous period; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Chara; China; Kazakhstan; lakes; mechanics; Mongolia; Mongolia collage; oceans; Orocline; Orogenic style and architecture; Permian period; Roll-back; Siberia; Syntectonic rifting; tectonics; Triassic period; Mongolia; Kazakhstan; China; Siberia; Mongolia collage; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Orocline; Syntectonic rifting; Roll-back; Orogenic style and architecture

The architecture and mechanics of an orogen can be understood in terms of a system of collages that are characterized by a complex assemblage of multiple components, but the fundamental paleogeographic framework and the tectonic relationships between the different components are often insufficiently...