Deep Structure and Metallogenic Processes of the Altai-Junggar-Tianshan Collage in Southern Altaids
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Wenjiao XIAO
Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011 China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDongfang SONG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorChunming HAN
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorBo WAN
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorJien ZHANG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorSongjian AO
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhiyong ZHANG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Wenjiao XIAO
Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011 China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDongfang SONG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorChunming HAN
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorBo WAN
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorJien ZHANG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorSongjian AO
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhiyong ZHANG
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029 China
Search for more papers by this authorAbout the first and corresponding author:
XIAO Wenjiao, born in 1967 in Hunan province; professor at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Urumqi). His primary research interests focus on sedimentology, tectonics and structural geology, accretionary tectonics of the Altaids, and comparative studies across Phanerozoic orogenic belts. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract
The Altai-Junggar-Tianshan collage in southern Altaids is an important metallogenic domain in Central Asia that contain world-class copper-iron-nickel deposits. As an accretionary-type metallogenic system, the metallogenic processes of the Altai-Junggar-Tianshan collage is essential in understanding the genetic mechanism of ore deposits in general. Here in this paper we present a brief introduction to the project on the western part of the Southern Altaids, entitled “The deep structure and metallegenic processes of the North China accretionary metallogenic systems”. This project mainly focuses on the deep structure and metallogenic background of the Altai-Junggar-Tianshan collage by integrated studies from field geology, structural mapping, geochemistry and geophysical exploration. Multiple new geological and geophysical methods will be applied to make transparency of the Kalatongke and Kalatage ore clusters. This will update our understanding of the geodynamic processes of metallogenesis and lead to the development and foundation of new metallogenic theories in accretionary orogens.
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