Cambrian mafic and granitic intrusions in the Mazar-Tianshuihai terrane, West Kunlun Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the subduction orientation of the Proto-Tethys Ocean

The West Kunlun Orogenic Belt (WKOB) carries key information about the evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean. In order to have a better understanding of the early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the WKOB and to unravel the process of the Tarim assemblage to Gondwana, we report field observations, petrography, ages, chemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions of the newly identified Cambrian mafic and granitic intrusions in the Mazar...