GEOCHEMISTRY, ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY, ND-HF ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH MUYA BLOCK METASEDIMENTS (NORTHEASTERN CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT)

Abstract

The Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic collage of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt is well-known to include Precambrian continental blocks and microcontinents traditionally attributed to rifting of Siberia or Gondwana prior to CAOB assembly that significantly contributed into the geochemical and isotopic composition of younger subduction- and accretion-related crustal lithologies via processes of crust-mantle interaction and crustal recycling.