Zircons from the Tarim basement provide insights into its positions in Columbia and Rodinia supercontinents

The positions of the Tarim Craton in two Precambrian supercontinents Columbia and Rodinia still remain unknown or controversial, as the craton is largely covered by desert in the central part and only sparse Precambrian basement rocks are scattered at its margins. In this contribution, we attempt to use new in situ zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic data, combined with comprehensive compiled data from Precambrian basement rocks at its margins, to...