...T.M. Kilian; N.L. Swanson-Hysell; U. Bold; J. Crowley; F.A. Macdonald Abstract A narrow extensional basin on the Zavkhan terrane of Mongolia exposes a >1.8-km-thick succession of basalt flows within the Teel Formation, along with rhyolites and interflow sediments. We present new U-Pb zircon ages...

...Uyanga Bold; James L. Crowley; Emily F. Smith; Oyungerel Sambuu; Francis A. Macdonald Abstract The Zavkhan terrane is a Proterozoic cratonic fragment in southwestern Mongolia that forms the core of the Central Asian orogenic belt. We provide new geologic and U-Pb zircon geochronologic constraints...

...Figure 1. (A) Shaded outcrop of Zavkhan terrane showing major fault blocks. (B) Terrane map of Mongolia. Area of Figure 1D is boxed in dark blue. Map is adapted from Bucholz et al. (2014) . (C) δ 13 C profile from Macdonald et al. (2009) and this study plotted against generalized early...

... occurs in the lowermost phosphorite horizon in foreland basin deposits on the Khuvsgul terrane; lithostratigraphic and δ 13 C correlation with the Zavkhan terrane of southwestern Mongolia establishes a latest Ediacaran age for the fossiliferous phosphorites. Thus, this is the youngest Doushantuo-type...

... juvenile crust, whereas the source area also supplied enhanced Cr fluxes into the sedimentary basin. This type of provenance dominated in the Zavkhan Basin, the Maly Karatau, the terranes of Cadomian fold belts, and possibly in the Siberian platform ( Şengör, Natal’in & Burtman, 1993...

... of the Dzabkhan terrane was subducted beneath the Khantayshir-Dariv arc. *E-mail: fmacdon@fas.harvard.edu . 21 1 2008 23 9 2008 6 10 2008 © 2009 Geological Society of America 2009 The cap carbonate of the Ol member is composed of fine-laminated micropeloids and contains tubestone...

.... , Smith , E.F. , Sambuu , O. , and Macdonald , F.A. , 2016a , Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Zavkhan terrane of Mongolia: Implications for continental growth in the Central Asian orogenic belt : Lithosphere , v. 8 , no. 6 , p. 729 – 750 , doi:10.1130/L549.1...

... a thorough examination of the utility and temporal resolution allowed by each correlation technique in comparison to the others. The article by Smith et al. (2016) is a welcome contribution to understanding the Upper Ediacaran(?)–Lower Cambrian succession of the Zavkhan terrane in the Khasagt-Khairkhan...

... , F.Ő. , Ramezani , J. , Crowley , J.L. , Schrag , D.P. , and Macdonald , F.A. , 2016 , Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Zavkhan terrane of Mongolia: The backbone for Cryogenian and early Ediacaran chemostratigraphic records : American Journal of Science , v. 316 , p. 1 – 63...

.... , Bold , U. , and Briggs , D.E.G. , 2014 , Taphonomy of eukaryotic microfossils between Cryogenian ice ages explored in the Zavkhan terrane, southwestern Mongolia : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs , v. 46 , no. 6 , p. 542 . Andrews , S.C. , Robinson , A.K...

... from the Zavkhan terrane: Implications for Paleozoic paleogeography in Mongolia and the growth of continental crust : Lithosphere , v. 8 , p. 699 – 715 , doi:10.1130/L552.1. Lefebvre , V. , Servais , T. , François , L. , and Averbuch , O. , 2010 , Did a Katian large igneous...

... of carbonaceous black shale were collected from the Mwashya subgroup over a vertical interval of 6.49 m up to ∼0.5 m below the Grand Conglomerate for Re-Os geochronology (MJCZ9 drill core; Bodiselitsch et al., 2005 ). The Tsagaan-Olom Group of the Zavkhan terrane in southwest Mongolia consists of as much...

... to the above referred works, recent studies suggest that the whole Beishan Orogen can be regarded as a single continental terrane formed as early as the Paleoproterozoic, which is based on Hf model age peaks at ca. 1.0 0.8 Ga and 2.0 1.8 (He et al., 2018b). In the studied area located in the southern part...

... of Balkatach was diachronous, proceeding from west to east in the Triassic–Jurassic. Our model expands the Wu et al. (2016) Wilson-cycle evolution of the southern margin of Asia into a more global tectonic setting. Figure 2. Simplified tectonic map of Central Asia showing the terranes and cratons...

... the Cryogenian Taishir Formation of the Tsagaan Olom Group on the Zavkhan Terrane of Mongolia ( Fig. 1 ; Macdonald et al. 2009 ; Macdonald 2011 ). The cap carbonate at the base of the Taishir Formation has been correlated globally with Sturtian cap carbonates using C and Sr isotope chemostratigraphy...