Abstract:Proto‐Tethyan orogenic processes prior to the late Ordovician collision remain unclear. Both whole‐rock La/Yb‐ and zircon Eu/Eu*‐based crustal thickness proxies along with petrological and geological observations were used to reconstruct mountain‐building history for the West Kunlun orogenic belt, China, over the span of Early Palaeozoic. Here, we demonstrate that Proto‐Tethyan West Kunlun crust has observed significant accretionary orogeneses at 520–480 Ma and 480–450 Ma and collisional orogenesis at 450–400 … Show more
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