New Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Amalgamation of the Tuva and Mongolia Blocks From Late Carboniferous Andesites in the Mongolia Block

Abstract

The Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB; also known as the Altaids; Şengör et al., 2018) is located between the Baltica and Siberian cratons to the north and the North China and Tarim cratons to the south (Figure 1a). It is the largest Phanerozoic accretionary orogenic belt worldwide (