Silurian to early Permian slab melting and crustal growth in the southern Altaids: insights from adakites and associated mineral deposits in the Dananhu arc, Eastern Tianshan, NW China

Mao, QG; Ao, SJ; Song, DF; Xiao, WJ; Windley, BF; Sang, M; Tan, Z; Wang, H; Li, R

Mao, QG; Xiao, WJ (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Res Ctr Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China.; Mao, QG (corresponding author), Redrock Min CO Ltd, Hami 839000, Peoples R China.; Ao, SJ; Xiao, WJ (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China.; Ao, SJ; Xiao, WJ (corresponding author), Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, People

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, 2021; 110 (6): 2115

Abstract

The mechanics of crustal growth in the Altaids during the Phanerozoic is still not well understood. This paper reports new geochronological, geochemic......

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