The ancient Central Asian Orogenic Belt formed during a period of extensive continental crust formation. Comparison with modern continent-building systems suggests that the processes that operate today were already active at that time.
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Schulmann, K., Paterson, S. Asian continental growth. Nature Geosci 4, 827–829 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1339
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