Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System

The Kunlun Orogen is generally divided into the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (E-KOB) and the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (W-KOB) by the Altyn Tagh fault. The E-KOB forms part of the western segment of the Central China Orogenic System (CCOS), and is considered to have formed by the collision between the Qaidam Block and Qiangtang or Bayanhar Terrane as a consequence of the closure of the Kunlun Ocean (branch of the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean). Based on a...