Late Paleozoic post-collisional setting of the North Tianshan, NW China: New insights from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd isotopic compositions of the Permian Nileke volcanic rocks

The northern margin of the Yili Block, NW China, contains widespread Permian volcanic rocks that provide insight into the late Paleozoic evolution of the North Tianshan Orogenic Belt in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. This paper presents geochronological, geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic data for Permian volcanic rocks of the Hamisite and Wulang formations in the Nileke area of the western Awulale Mountains, and provides new...