“…R2 plot, they plot primarily in the late-orogenic granitoid field. Because the Proto-Tethys closed during the Early Devonian (Bian et al, 2004;Harrowfield and Wilson, 2005;Jiang et al, 1992;Pan et al, 1996;Reid et al, 2005;Roger et al, 2003;Sengör, 1987;Xu et al, 2003;Yang et al, 1996;Yang et al, 2009;Yin and Harrison, 2000), we suggest that during the Anisian, the EKO may still have been affected by the post-collision deformation between the South Kunlun belt and Middle Kunlun belt, which formed late-orogenic granitoids such as the Balugou granite dike.…”