Understanding and study perspectives on tectonic evolution and crustal structure of the Paleozoic Chinese Tianshan

Qingchen Wang (1) , Liangshu S. Shu (2) , Jacques Charvet (3) , Michel Faure (3) , Huadong Ma (4) , Boris Natal'In (5) , Jun Gao (1) , Alfred Kroner (6) , Wenjiao Xiao (1) , Jinyi Liu (7) , Brian Windley (8) , Yan Chen (3) , Richard Glen (9) , Ping Jian (10) , W Zhang (10) , Reimar Seltmann (11) , Simon Wilde (12) , Flavien Choulet (13) , Bo Wan (1) , Cameron Quinn (9) , Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte (10) , Qinghua Shang (14) , Wei Zhang (10) , Bo Wang (15) , Wei Lin (1)

1 SKL - State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution
2 Department of Earth Sciences [Nanjing]
3 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans
4 National 305 Project Office
5 ITU, Maden Fakultesi
6 Institut für Geowissenschaften [Mainz]
7 CAGS - Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences [Beijing]
8 Department of Geology [Leicester]
9 Geological Survey of NSW
10 Shrimp Laboratory [Beijing]
11 Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies
12 TIGeR - The Institute for Geoscience Research [Perth]
13 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327
14 Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
15 State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research

The Chinese Tianshan Belt is one of the key regions for the understanding of tectonics of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). An international field excursion and workshop were organized to conduct a common observation and discussion on the tectonic evolution of the Chinese Tianshan. This report summarizes the main achievements, including acknowledged geological features, controversial and remaining scientific problems, and discussion of a tentative geodynamic model. Thus, it is helpful to clarify what has been done in the past, what should be improved and what needs to be done in the future and therefore to better understand the tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan Belt and the CAOB as well.

Domains: Tectonics

Qingchen Wang, Liangshu S. Shu, Jacques Charvet, Michel Faure, Huadong Ma, et al.. Understanding and study perspectives on tectonic evolution and crustal structure of the Paleozoic Chinese Tianshan. Episodes Journal of International Geoscience, 2010, 33 (4), pp.242-266. ⟨insu-01286089⟩