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Accretionary Orogenesis

Accretionary Orogenesis is a geological process, within the broader category of orogenic development, that specifically involves the growth of continental margins through the progressive addition of accreted terranes at convergent plate boundaries.

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Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Brian F. Windley, D. V. Alexeiev, Wenjiao Xiao et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 2006 · 3.4K citations · Full text

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Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

Ian Metcalfe · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2013 · 2K citations

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Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent

Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood, Simon A. Wilde et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 2002 · 1.6K citations

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Orogenic gold and geologic time: a global synthesis

Richard J. Goldfarb, David I. Groves, S. J. Gardoll · Ore Geology Reviews · 2001 · 1.4K citations

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A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion

Wenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley, Shu Sun et al. · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2015 · 1.3K citations

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    Wenjiao Xiao

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    52 publications · 9.1K citations

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    Min Sun

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    43 publications · 10.3K citations

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    Brian F. Windley

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 11.5K citations

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    Peter A. Cawood

    Monash University, Australia

    29 publications · 7.3K citations

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    M. Santosh

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    24 publications · 3.5K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    65 h-index

    459 publications

    67.1K citations

  2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    53 h-index

    251 publications

    45.7K citations

  3. China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

    Beijing, China

    42 h-index

    160 publications

    10.9K citations

  4. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    42 h-index

    66 publications

    13K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    42 h-index

    233 publications

    25.7K citations

  6. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    41 h-index

    136 publications

    28K citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    62 publications

    17.7K citations

  8. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

    Guangzhou, China

    35 h-index

    154 publications

    20.4K citations

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  1. Precambrian Research

    124 publications · 12.3K citations

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  2. Gondwana Research

    94 publications · 10.4K citations

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  3. Tectonophysics

    59 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. Lithos

    66 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

    51 publications · 7.2K citations

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