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Tectonic geomorphology and Quaternary slip history of the Fuyun fault, southwestern Altai Mountains, central Asia
The Age, Composition, and Provenances of Terrigenous Rocks in the South of the Sangilen Block of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Recognizing big mantle wedges in deep time: Constraints from the Western Mongolia Collage in Central Asia
Large-scale rare-metal pegmatite deposit formation driven by supercontinent assembly
New trilobite assemblage from the lower Cambrian (upper Stage 4) of the Lake Zone, western Mongolia
Transformations of borehole magnetic data in the frequency domain and estimation of the total magnetization direction: A case study from the Mengku iron-ore deposit, Northwest China
Calcitic shells in the aragonite sea of the earliest Cambrian
Intrusive Complexes of the Late Neoproterozoic Island Arc Structure of the Lake Zone (Mongolia): Isotope Systematics and Sources of Melts
Surface Slip Distribution and Earthquake Rupture Model of the Fuyun Fault, China, Based on High-Resolution Topographic Data
Vendian Island-Arc Intrusive Magmatism of the Lake Zone of Western Mongolia (Geological, Geochronological, and Petrochemical Data)
Arnebolagus , the oldest eulagomorph, and phylogenetic relationships within the Eocene Eulagomorpha new clade (Mammalia, Duplicidentata)
Gold and Porphyry Cu–Mo Mineralization of the Bumbat Ore Cluster and Its Relationship with the Early Paleozoic Magmatism of the Lake Zone (Western Mongolia)
Geochemistry, Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr, and Lu–Hf Isotopes, Sources, and Conditions of Formation of Early Paleozoic Plagiogranitoids in the South of the Lake Zone in Western Mongolia
Composition and Age of Plagiogranitoids in the South of the Lake Zone (Western Mongolia)
Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and whole-rock geochemistry of early Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks in the Mongolian Altai: Insights into the tectonic affinity of the whole Altai-Mongolian terrane
Late Paleozoic Accretionary and Collisional Processes along the Southern Peri-Siberian Orogenic System: New Constraints from Amphibolites within the Irtysh Complex of Chinese Altai
ABSTRACT Orogenic belts, the main factories of continental crust and the most efficient agents of continental deformation, are commonly extremely complex structures. Every orogenic belt is unique in detail, but they are generally similar to each other, having mainly been products of subduction and continental collision. Because of that common origin, they all share common functional organs, such as magmatic arcs, various back-arc and retro-arc features, and multifarious fore-arc environments, collisional sutures, etc. The modern orogenic belts usually display adequate detail about these organs, enabling us to identify them even when they are deformed or otherwise dislocated. In reconstructing now-disrupted orogenic belts, we are after one or more Ariadne’s threads to follow the original structure from one package of rock to another. The most prominent, laterally persistent, and easy-to-follow structures among the major orogenic features are the magmatic arcs. As they are the common expression of their subduction zones, they form linear or arcuate lines along the strike, and they usually move episodically inwards or outwards, being located behind sharply defined magmatic fronts. Present-day dating techniques provide high-resolution dates from magmatic rocks, and the migration of the magmatic front is easily detectable. They form the main Ariadne’s thread in orogenic studies. Where they are absent, the most helpful structures possessing lateral persistence are the now-deformed Atlantic-type continental margins and suture zones. We chose two major fossil orogenic belts, namely, the Tethysides, and the Altaids, to emphasize the methodology of comparative anatomy of orogenic belts. There have been many theories regarding the evolution of these orogenic belts. However, they are either local, only dealing with a small portion of orogen, or they are in conflict with presently active processes. We underline the importance of magmatic fronts as reliable witnesses of the geodynamic evolution of major orogenic collages. This paper aims to disperse the mist upon the reconstructions of complexly deformed orogenic belts with the simplest possible interpretations that help us to form testable hypotheses that can be checked with a variety of geological databases.