Central Asian Orogenic Belt

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geological region orogenic belt

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt is a vast, geologically complex mountain-building region in Eurasia formed by the long-term collision and accretion of multiple continental and oceanic terranes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Asian Orogenic Belt segments in northern China 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Altaid Tectonic Collage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Asian Fold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
closedOcean Paleo-Asian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Altai Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Junggar region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakh orocline NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongolian Altai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tianshan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
extendsAcross Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern China ⓘ
southern Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsFrom Ural Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo Pacific margin ⓘ
formationBegan Neoproterozoic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy accretion of oceanic terranes ⓘ
collision of continental terranes ⓘ
subduction-related processes ⓘ
geologicalAge Neoproterozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProcess continental collision ⓘ
crustal thickening ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
knownFor abundant granitoid magmatism ⓘ
complex tectonic history ⓘ
large-scale crustal growth ⓘ
significant mineral resources ⓘ
lithology metamorphic rocks ⓘ
plutonic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorGrowth Paleozoic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
orogenyType accretionary orogen ⓘ
partOf Asian highlands ⓘ
researchField geodynamics ⓘ
metallogeny ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting accretionary complexes ⓘ
island arcs ⓘ
multiple microcontinents ⓘ
oceanic plateaus ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Siberian Craton → boundedBy → Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
North China Craton → borderedBy → Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
Chinese continental crust → hasPart → Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Asian Orogenic Belt segments in northern China