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Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents by Kusky, T.M., Polat, A., Windley, B.F., Burke, K.C., Dewey, J.F., Kidd, W.S.F., Maruyama, S., Wang, J.P., Deng, H., Wang, Z.S., Wang, C., Fu, D., Li, X.W., Peng, H.T.

“…Archean cratons have map patterns and rock associations that are diagnostic of the Wilson Cycle. The North China Craton (NCC) consists of several distinctly…”
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End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and metallogeny of Central Asia by Xiao, W. J., Windley, B. F., Huang, B. C., Han, C. M., Yuan, C., Chen, H. L., Sun, M., Sun, S., Li, J. L.

“…The Altaids is one of the largest accretionary orogenic collages in the world with the highest rate of Phanerozoic continental growth and significant…”
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Palaeozoic accretionary and convergent tectonics of the southern Altaids; implications for the growth of Central Asia by Xiao, W, Windley, B. F, Badarch, G, Sun, S, Li, J, Qin, K, Wang, Z

“…The southern Altaids present a unidirectional section from Mongolia to China through an accretionary orogen that youngs progressively from Neoproterozoic in…”
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Zircon age and occurrence of the Adaatsag Ophiolite and Muron shear zone, central Mongolia; constraints on the evolution of the Mongol-Okhotsk ocean, suture and orogen by Tomurtogoo, O, Windley, B. F, Kröner, A, Badarch, G, Liu, D. Y

“…The Adaatsag ophiolite in eastern Mongolia is situated in the Mongol-Okhotsk suture zone, which extends from central Mongolia through Transbaikalia to the Sea…”
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Accretionary Tectonics of the Western Kunlun Orogen, China: A Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic, Long‐Lived Active Continental Margin with Implications for the Growth of Southern Eurasia by Xiao, W. J., Windley, B. F., Liu, D. Y., Jian, P., Liu, C. Z., Yuan, C., Sun, M.

“…Our new SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon ages from the Western Kunlun Orogen allow us to constrain the history of an active continental margin developed on the southern…”
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Ordovician eclogites from the Chinese Beishan: implications for the tectonic evolution of the southern Altaids by QU, J. F., XIAO, W. J., WINDLEY, B. F., HAN, C. M., MAO, Q. G., AO, S. J., ZHANG, J. E.

“…Numerous lenses of eclogite occur in a belt of augen orthogneisses in the Gubaoquan area in the southern Beishan orogen, an eastern extension of the Tianshan…”
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Triassic eclogite from northern Vietnam: inferences and geological significance by NAKANO, N., OSANAI, Y., SAJEEV, K., HAYASAKA, Y., MIYAMOTO, T., MINH, N. T., OWADA, M., WINDLEY, B.

“…The first finding of low‐temperature eclogites from the Indochina region is reported. The eclogites occur along the Song Ma Suture zone in northern Vietnam,…”
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Age and evolution of late Mesozoic metamorphic core complexes in southern Siberia and northern Mongolia by Donskaya, Tatiana V, Windley, B. F, Mazukabzov, Anatoliy M, Kröner, Alfred, Sklyarov, E. V, Gladkochub, Dmitry P, Ponomarchuk, V. A, Badarch, G, Reichow, M. K, Hegner, E

“…Numerous Cretaceous metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) extend from Transbaikalia in Russia to northern Mongolia within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. We…”
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Silurian clastic sediments in the North Qilian Shan, NW China: Chemical and isotopic constraints on their forearc provenance with implications for the Paleozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau by Yan, Z., Xiao, W.J., Windley, B.F., Wang, Z.Q., Li, J.L.

“…The North Qilian Shan is an accretion–collision orogenic belt in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau that connects the North China plate to the…”
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Spatial variations of effective elastic thickness over the Ninetyeast Ridge and implications for its structure and tectonic evolution by Ratheesh Kumar, R.T., Windley, B.F.

“…We present new data on the strength of oceanic lithosphere along the Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) from two independent methods: spectral analysis (Bouguer coherence)…”
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Tectonic inheritance of the Indian Shield: New insights from its elastic thickness structure by Ratheesh-Kumar, R.T., Windley, B.F., Sajeev, K.

“…A new evaluation of the elastic thickness (Te) structure of the Indian Shield, derived from isotropic fan wavelet methodology, documents spatial variations of…”
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The Tectonic “Umbilical Cord” Linking India and Sri Lanka and the Tale of their Failed Rift by Ratheesh‐Kumar, R. T., Dharmapriya, P. L., Windley, B. F., Xiao, W. J., Jeevan, U.

“…Geophysical studies of the tectonic links between Sri Lanka and India are limited, and consequent paleo‐fit configurations differ and remain uncertain. Here,…”
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Petrogenesis of Cenozoic Basalts from Mongolia: Evidence for the Role of Asthenospheric versus Metasomatized Lithospheric Mantle Sources by BARRY, T. L., SAUNDERS, A. D., KEMPTON, P. D., WINDLEY, B. F., PRINGLE, M. S., DORJNAMJAA, D., SAANDAR, S.

“…Diffuse Cenozoic volcanism in Mongolia forms part of a widespread tectono-magmatic province that extends from NE China to Lake Baikal, Siberia. Mafic lavas…”
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Multiple garnet growth in garnet–kyanite–staurolite gneiss, Pangong metamorphic complex, Ladakh Himalaya: New constraints on tectonic setting by Thanh, N.X., Sajeev, K., Itaya, T., Windley, B.F.

“…Garnet–kyanite–staurolite gneiss in the Pangong complex, Ladakh Himalaya, contains porphyroblastic euhedral garnets, blades of kyanite and resorbed staurolite…”
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Major episodic increases of continental crustal growth determined from zircon ages of river sands; implications for mantle overturns in the Early Precambrian by Rino, Shuji, Komiya, Tsuyoshi, Windley, Brian F., Katayama, Ikuo, Motoki, Akihisa, Hirata, Takafumi

“…In order to better understand continental growth history, we have determined the U–Pb age of about 1500 detrital zircons from river sands in three major rivers…”
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Mineral isograds and metamorphic zones of the Anglesey blueschist belt, UK: implications for the metamorphic development of a Neoproterozoic subduction-accretion complex by KAWAI, T., WINDLEY, B. F., TERABAYASHI, M., YAMAMOTO, H., MARUYAMA, S., ISOZAKI, Y.

“…The 560–550 Ma blueschists and associated rocks in Anglesey, UK were derived from a subduction–accretion complex. The blueschist unit is divided into three…”
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New zircon ages and regional significance for the evolution of the Pan-African Orogen in Madagascar by Kröner, A, Windley, B. F, Jaeckel, P, Brewer, T. S, Razakamanana, T

“…New 207Pb/206Pb single zircon evaporation ages for granulites, gneisses and granites in southern and central Madagascar record a widespread Pan-African…”
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Large P–T gap between Ballantrae blueschist/garnet pyroxenite and surrounding ophiolite, southern Scotland, UK: Diapiric exhumation of a Caledonian serpentinite mélange by Kawai, T., Windley, B.F., Shibuya, T., Omori, S., Sawaki, Y., Maruyama, S.

“…The Ballantrae ophiolite in southern Scotland includes a NEE–SWW-trending serpentinite mélange that contains blocks of mafic blueschist and high-pressure,…”
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Grenvillian age decompression of eclogites in the Glenelg-Attadale Inlier, NW Scotland by Brewer, T. S, Storey, C. D, Parrish, R. R, Temperley, S, Windley, B. F

“…The Glenelg-Attadale Inlier is the largest basement inlier within the Caledonian Moine nappe of NW Scotland. In the eastern part of the inlier…”
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RIDGE SUBDUCTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT: EVIDENCE AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF AN ACCRETIONARY OROGEN by Windley, B. F., Xiao, W. J.

“…Cenozoic ridge subduction and the resultant slab windows have been well documented worldwide [Sisson et al., 2003], especially along the western margins of…”
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