%0 Journal Article %T PaleozoicTectono-MetallogenyintheTianshan-AltayRegion,CentralAsia %A WAN %A Tianfeng* %A ZHAO %A Qingle %A and %A WANG %A Qianqian %J µØÖÊѧ±¨ %P 1120-1132 %D 2015 %X TheresearchonPaleozoictectonicsandendogenicmetallogenyintheTianshan-AltayregionofCentralAsiaisanimportantandsignificantproject.TheAltayregion,asacollisionzoneoftheEarlyPaleozoic(500£¿397Ma),andtheTianshanregion,asacollisionzoneoftheearlyperiodintheLatePaleozoic(LateDevonian-EarlyCarboniferous,385£¿323Ma),arealltheresultofnearlyN-Strendingshorteningandcollision(accordingtorecentmagneticorientation).IntheLateDevonian-EarlyCarboniferousperiod(385£¿323Ma),regionalNWtrendingfaultsdisplayedfeaturesofdextralstrike-slipmotionintheAltayandJunggarregions.IntheTianshanregion,nearlyEW-trendingregionalfaultsaremotionsofthethrusts.However,intheLateCarboniferous-EarlyPermianperiod(323£¿260Ma),influencedbythelong-distanceeffectinducedfromtheUralcollisionzone,thoseareassufferedweakereastwardcompression,theexistingNWtrendingfaultsconvertedintosinistralstrike-slipintheAltayandJunggarregions,andtheexistingnearlyE-Wtrendingfaultstransferredintodextralstrike-slipfaultsintheTianshanregion.TheRocksofthoseregionsintheLateCarboniferous-EarlyPermianperiod(323£¿260Ma)weremoderatelyrupturedtoacertaintension-shear,andthusformedanumberofworldfamousgiantendogenicmetaloredepositsintheTianshan-Altayregion.AstotheCentralAsiancontinent,themostpowerfulcollisionperiodmaynotcoincidewiththemostfavorableendogenicmetallogenicperiod.Itshouldbetreatedto¡°theorogenicmetallogenyhypothesis¡±withcautioninthatregion. %K tectonics %K endogenicmetallogeny %K longdistanceeffect %K Tianshan-Altayregion %U http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxb/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201504005&flag=1