Early Paleozoic Orocline in the Central China Orogen

The Altun-Qilian-Kunlun Orogen, as a western segment of the Central China Orogen, has experienced a tectonic evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and the Early Paleozoic orogenic movement, to produce multiple-stage Early Paleozoic structures and rocks. The corresponding ophiolites, metamorphic rocks and granites in the orogen show some similarities in petrology and geochemistry, especially isotopic geochronology. This indicates that they should...