Supplementary Materials for: Delineating convergent continental margin basin systems in the North Altyn belt: implications for diachronous closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean

This database contains the Chondrite-normalized REE patterns for detrital zircons from Elantage Formation and the Lapeiquan Group; Early Paleozoic Magmatic rocks in NAOB and CAB; Summary of sample locality, lithology, and analytical information for the early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the North Altyn; LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating result of sedimentary rocks from the North Altyn; Lu-Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the early Paleozoic sedimentary samples; Major- and Trace- element analytical results of samples from the early Paleozoic strata; Lu-Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the early Paleozoic sedimentary samples and granites.