Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

The Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage occupies the southwestern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and was assembled by collision/accretion of several continental blocks and island arcs during late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic time, following the consumption of the Junggar and South Tianshan oceanic basins in the western segment of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Considerable and continuing controversy has surrounded when, where, and how this...