The North Tianshan Belt (NTB) formed by the subduction and accretion of Junggar Ocean is a key area for reconstructing Paleozoic tectonic evolution southern Central Asian Orogenic (CAOB). Despite numerous studies, interpretation late NTB meets no consensus yet. We conducted field investigations LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating on metamorphic rocks from Julideneng Metamorphic Complex (JMC) in Harlik...

Lithological, structural, metamorphic and geochronological data for the North China Craton enable its division into the Western and Eastern Blocks of Archean to Paleoproterozoic age separated by a north–south trending Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt: the Central Zone. The Central Zone is divisible into a series of lowto medium-grade granite–greenstone belts and high-grade metamorphic terrains co...