Fig. 3: Tectonic reconstruction of the collision-induced subduction initiations of the Paleo-Asian Ocean during Cambrian.

a Global paleogeographic reconstruction during Cambrian (modified from Zhao et al.³², Cawood et al.⁸⁵ and Zhu et al.²⁴). b Schematic diagrams for the tectonic evolution of the CAOB during Neoproterozoic to Cambrian.