caa a22 4500 477064442 CHVBK 20180405111408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02440106 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02440106 A traverse through the western Kunlun (Xinjiang, China): tentative geodynamic implications for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic [Elektronische Daten] [F. Mattern, W. Schneider, Y. Li, X. Li] The northern part of the western Kunlun (southern margin of the Tarim basin) represents a Sinian rifted margin. To the south of this margin, the Sinian to Paleozoic Proto-Tethys Ocean formed. South-directed subduction of this ocean, beneath the continental southern Kunlun block during the Paleozoic, resulted in the collision between the northern and southern Kunlun blocks during the Devonian. The northern part of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean, located to the south of the southern Kunlun, was subducted to the north beneath the southern Kunlun during the Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic. This caused the formation of a subduction-accretion complex, including a sizeable accretionary wedge to the south of the southern Kunlun. A microcontinent (or oceanic plateau?), which we refer to as "Uygur terrane,” collided with the subduction complex during the Late Triassic. Both elements together represent the Kara-Kunlun. Final closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean took place during the Early Jurassic when the next southerly located continental block collided with the Kara-Kunlun area. From at least the Late Paleozoic to the Early Jurassic, the Tarim basin must be considered a back-arc region. The Kengxiwar lineament, which "connects” the Karakorum fault in the west and the Ruogiang-Xingxingxia/Altyn-Tagh fault zone in the east, shows signs of a polyphase strike-slip fault along which dextral and sinistral shearing occurred. Springer-Verlag, 1996 China nationallicence Kunlun nationallicence Kara-Kunlun nationallicence Proto-Tethys nationallicence Paleo-Tethys nationallicence Kudi ophiolite nationallicence Kengxiwar lineament nationallicence Plate tectonics nationallicence Accretion mylonites nationallicence Mattern F. Institut für Geologie, Geophysik und Geoinformatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, D-12249, Berlin, Germany aut Schneider W. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelsstrasse 4, D-38023, Braunschweig, Germany aut Li Y. Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 16 Yonkao Beil Road, 830000, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China aut Li X. Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 16 Yonkao Beil Road, 830000, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China aut Geologische Rundschau Springer-Verlag 85/4(1996-12-01), 705-722 0016-7835 85:4<705 1996 85 531 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440106 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440106 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mattern F. Institut für Geologie, Geophysik und Geoinformatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, D-12249, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schneider W. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelsstrasse 4, D-38023, Braunschweig, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Y. Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 16 Yonkao Beil Road, 830000, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li X. Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 16 Yonkao Beil Road, 830000, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geologische Rundschau Springer-Verlag 85/4(1996-12-01), 705-722 0016-7835 85:4<705 1996 85 531 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer