“…Among several tectonic units in the Chinese Eastern Tianshan, the Central Tianshan is a microcontinental terrane characterized by Precambrian crustal basements (He et al, ; Hu, Jahn, Zhang, Chen, & Zhang, ; Liu, Guo, Zhang, Li, & Zheng, ). The Mesoproterozoic juvenile crustal growth has been well documented and provided robust evidence for the microcontinental nature of the Central Tianshan (He et al, ; He, Klemd, Yan, Lu, & Zhang, ; He, Klemd, Yan, & Zhang, ). Recently, intensive Palaeozoic granitic rocks have been recognized from the Central Tianshan microcontinent (CTM).…”