Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8911616 | Lithos | 2018 | 56 Pages |
Abstract
The isotopic and trace elemental variations with time elapse of the Wusun Mountain magmatic belt show an important clue for strengthening depletion of the magma sources. Considering the distinctive temporal-spatial character of the Carboniferous volcanic rocks, two separate subduction systems in the southern and northern margins of the Yili-Central Tianshan Block were suggested to be the causes for extensive emplacements of the igneous products, which may be in an association with synchronous subduction of the South Tianshan and the North Tianshan oceanic plates, respectively. In this tectonic context, the Carboniferous magmatic rocks of the Wusun Mountain may be a tectonic response to the change in magma sources due to back-arc propagation in the western Chinese Tianshan.
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Authors
Wenbo Su, Keda Cai, Min Sun, Bo Wan, Xiangsong Wang, Zihe Bao, Wenjiao Xiao,