Provenance analysis of Permian sandstones from the Solonker area in central Inner Mongolia, China: Constraints from detrital zircon U‐Pb geochronology and whole‐rock geochemistry

We undertook an integrated approach incorporating whole‐rock geochemistry and detrital zircon U‐Pb geochronology from Permian sedimentary rocks in the Solonker area of central Inner Mongolia, China with the aim of constraining the tectonic evolution of the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Geochemical analysis reveals a close relationship between the sedimentary and volcanic rock suites in the study region. Detrital zircons...