From the past to the present: How do irregular oceans close? How do curved orogenic belts develop? (IMAGE)

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From the past to the present: How do irregular oceans close? How do curved orogenic belts develop?

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The distribution of U-Pb zircon ages defines a series of tightly folded Carboniferous-Jurassic magmatic belts around the Mongol-Okhotsk Orocline, providing key evidence for the rollback-scissor closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean.

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