Final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean basin in the early Triassic

Zhou Tan; Wenjiao Xiao; Qigui Mao; Hao Wang; Miao Sang; Rui Li; Limin Gao; Yuhong Guo; Jingmin Gan; Yanhong Liu; Bo Wan

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00578-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

Final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean basin in the early Triassic

Zhou Tan,
Wenjiao Xiao,
Qigui Mao,
Hao Wang,
Miao Sang,
Rui Li,
Limin Gao,
Yuhong Guo,
Jingmin Gan,
Yanhong Liu,
Bo Wan

Affiliations

Zhou Tan: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjiao Xiao: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qigui Mao: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao Wang: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Miao Sang: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rui Li: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Limin Gao: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuhong Guo: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingmin Gan: National Key Laboratory of Ecological Security and Resource Utilization in Arid Areas, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanhong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bo Wan: Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00578-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The suturing of the southern Altaids and final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean within Pangea occurred during the early Triassic, according to geochemical and detrital zircon provenance analyses of sandstones in the Muzitekexie fore-arc accretionary basin

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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