... ( Fig. 1B ). The Qimantage area is bounded by the Qimantage Mountains to the north and the Cenozoic Kumukuli basin to the south ( Mo et al., 2007 ; Li et al., 2008 ; Gao et al., 2010 ). The Qimantage Mountains are composed mainly of intermediate to felsic intrusions. The Qimantage area...

... , A.K. , Cao , J.H. , Chen , X.N. , Feng , Y.L. , et al. 2014 . Late Silurian to Early Devonian granitoids in the Qimantage area, east Kunlun mountains: LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages, geochemical features and geological setting . Geological Review , 60 : 201 – 215 (in Chinese...

... sources. The south part shows stable heavy minerals, and it may be supplied mainly by Qimantag-east Kunlun orogen and partly by Altyn Mountain. The Yueyashan district is supplied by Altyn Mountain and exposed rocks around. The evidence mentioned shows that several small-scale sedimentary basins existed...

... of Xiaojianshan gabbro in Qimantage Mountain, eastern Kunlun orogenic belt : Geotectonica et Metallogenia , v. 39 , p. 1176 – 1184 [ in Chinese with English abstract ]. Argand , E. , 1924 , La tectonique de l’Asie : Proceedings of the VIIIth International Geological Congress Brussels , p. 181...

... in Qimantage Mountain, Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt [ in Chinese with English abstract ]: Geotectonica et Metallogenia , v. 39 , no. 6 , p. 1176 – 1184 . Avouac , J.P. , Tapponnier , P. , Bai , M. , You , H. , and Wang , G. , 1993 , Active thrusting and folding along...

... of the Central China Orogenic System Earth-Science Reviews 2018 186 231 261 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.006 2-s2.0-85039545945 Cui M. H. Meng F. C. Wu X. K. Early Ordovician island arc of Qimantag Mountain, eastern Kunlun: evidences from geochemistry, Sm-Nd isotope and geochronology...

... northward. A series of magmatic and metamorphic events was associated with this subduction event, as certified by the 507 ± 8 Ma Qingshuiquan granulite in the Central East Kunlun Suture zone ( He et al., 2023 ) and the 480 ± 3 Ma Yaziquan island-arc diorite in the Qimantag Mountains ( Cui et al., 2011 ; Li...

... elevation model showing the location of the East Kunlun orogenic belt in Central China orogenic system and Tibetan Plateau. (B) Schematic map showing the tectonic division and ophiolitic mélanges in East Kunlun orogenic belt (modified after Dong et al., 2018b ). QXM—Qimantag-Xiangride ophiolitic mélange...

... by the peripheral Paleozoic orogens of the Tianshan, West Kunlun, and the Arejin Mountains ( Zhang et al., 2008 ). These orogens caused the strata within the Tarim Basin to be affected by different tectonic movements during their formation processes, which contributed to the differences in fault expressions within...

..., Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the Late Triassic syenogranite in Qimantag area: East Kunlun Mountains: Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, v. 37, p. 197 210 [in Chinese with English abstract]. Zhang, S., Huang, F., Xu, J., Zeng, Y., Lv, M., Su, C., Tian, Y., Tian, Y., Fan, H., and Wang, S., 2024...

... driven by metasomatism . Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology , 157 , 491 – 504 . Cui , M.H. , Meng , F.C. , and Wu , X.K. ( 2011 ) Early Ordovician island arc of Yaziquan, west of Qimantag Mountain, Eastern Kunlun: evidences from geochemistry, Sm–Nd isotopes and geochronology...

.... , Chen , X.N. , Feng , Y.L. , and Li , X. 2014 . Late Silurian to Early Devonian granitoids in the Qimantage area, East Kunlun mountains: LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb ages, geochemical features and geological setting . Geological Review , 60 : 201 – 215 [ in Chinese with English abstract...

... mixed sediments is similar to that of Silurian granite in Qimantag Mountain, but is different from that of Triassic granite in this area and Palaeozoic granites in the northern Qaidam Basin (Fig.  8 c, d). On the whole, the source rocks of the fine-grained mixed sediments are Palaeozoic granites, which...

... , Y.L. 2011 . The discovery of Early Silurian intrusive rocks in Qimantage area and its geological significance . Qinghai Science Technology , 5 : 26 – 30 . [In Chinese with English abstract.] Chen , J. , Xie , Z.Y. , Li , B. , Tan , S.X. , Ren , H. , Zhang , Q.M...

... the evolution of the basin ( Ren 1993 ; Shen et al. 1994 a , b ). The Qaidam Basin, with an area of 129 000 km 2 , is bounded by the Aljin Mountains to the northwest, the Qilian Mountains to the northeast, the Qimantager Mountains to the southeast and East Kunlun Mountains to the southwest ( Fig.1...

... of boninites , in Crawford A.J. , ed., Boninites and related rocks : Unwin Hyman , p. 1 – 49 . Cui M.H. Meng F.C. Wu X.K. , 2011 , Early Ordovician island arc of Yaziquan, west of Qimantag Mountain, eastern Kunlun: Evidences from geochemistry, Sm-Nd isotope and geochronology...

.... The EKOB was divided into four tectonic units, namely, the North Qimantag belt, the Central Kunlun belt, the Southern Kunlun belt, and the Bayanhar terrane by three ophiolitic mélange zones, from north to south: the Qimantagh–Xiangride mélange zone, Aqikekulehu–Kunzhong mélange zone, and Muztagh–Buqingshan...

... . Cui , M.H. , Meng , F.C. , and Wu , X.K. ( 2011 ) Early Ordovician island arc of Yaziquan, west of Qimantag mountain, Eastern Kunlun: evidences from geochemistry, Sm–Nd isotope and geochronology of intermediate-basic igneous rocks. Acta Petrologica Sinica , 27 , 3365 – 3365...