Dear colleague,

You are warmly welcomed to submit an abstract to the following session at EGU 2016:

TS6.5 Tectonics of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and comparisons to other Circum-Pacific accretionary orogens

Abstract submission: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21679

Abstract deadline: 13 January 2016

Session description:

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt, one of the largest accretionary orogen in the world, represents an important episode of continental growth during the Phanerozoic. The accretion and evolution of this orogenic collage may have involved both vertical addition of mantle-sourced magmatic rocks, and lateral accretion of continental and oceanic crust via continuous subduction, trench migration, oroclinal bending, terrane accretion and strike-slip systems. All these tectonic processes have inevitably contributed to continental growth. Recent work has highlighted similarities between accretionary processes in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and other Circum-Pacific orogenic belts (e.g. Tasmanides, eastern Australia), which could potentially shed new light on the origin of accretionary orogens and their contribution to continental growth. This session embraces all aspects of research on accretionary orogenesis and continental growth, and will particularly welcome contributions from studies on the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and other Circum-Pacific orogenic belts.

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!

Kind regards,

Pengfei Li, Gideon Rosenbaum, Wenjiao Xiao, Karel Schulmann, Keda Cai