Reconstructing South China in phanerozoic and precambrian supercontinents

PA Cawood, G Zhao, J Yao, W Wang, Y Xu… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The history of the South China Craton and the constituent Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks are
directly linked to Earth's Phanerozoic and Precambrian record of supercontinent assembly …

Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

PA Cawood, W Wang, T Zhao, Y Xu, JA Mulder… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contrasting models for internal and external locations of South China within the Nuna and
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …

Geological archive of the onset of plate tectonics

PA Cawood, CJ Hawkesworth… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plate tectonics, involving a globally linked system of lateral motion of rigid surface plates, is
a characteristic feature of our planet, but estimates of how long it has been the modus …

Neoarchean granitic rocks from the Jiamiao area of the Dabie orogen: Implications on the formation and early evolution of the Yangtze Craton

Y Tian, W Wang, W **, Y Wu, J Wang, X Deng… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Archean rock exposures in the Yangtze Craton of South China are scarce and have been
only studied in small-scale outcrops for understanding its early crustal evolution. Geological …

Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block: New evidence from ca. 2.36 to 2.22 Ga magmatism and 1.96 Ga metamorphism in the Cuoke complex, SW …

X Cui, J Wang, G Ren, Q Deng, Z Sun, F Ren… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
The infrequent early Paleoproterozoic rocks are essential for investigating the early
evolution of the Yangtze Block and its reconstruction in the global supercontinent. Here, we …

Slab break-off triggered lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction at a convergent margin: The Neoproterozoic bimodal magmatism in NW India

W Wang, MK Pandit, JH Zhao, WT Chen, JP Zheng - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neoproterozoic Malani Igneous Suite (MIS) is described as the largest felsic
igneous province in India. The linearly distributed Sindreth and Punagarh basins located …

Evolving passive-and active-margin tectonics of the Paleoproterozoic Aravalli Basin, NW India

W Wang, PA Cawood, MK Pandit, MF Zhou… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The sedimentary record of the Paleoproterozoic Aravalli Supergroup in northwest India
provides evidence for a progression from passive margin to active margin and back to …

Early Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.36 Ga) post-collisional granitoids in Yunnan, SW China: Implications for linkage between Yangtze and Laurentia in the Columbia …

X Cui, J Wang, Z Sun, W Wang, Q Deng, G Ren… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
The early Paleoproterozoic is an essential period for understanding the early tectonic
evolution of the Yangtze Block and its reconstruction in the Columbia supercontinent …

Archean crustal evolution of the Aravalli Banded Gneissic Complex, NW India: Constraints from zircon U-Pb ages, Lu-Hf isotope systematics, and whole-rock …

P Kaur, A Zeh, N Chaudhri - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Aravalli Banded Gneissic Complex forms a block of Archean gneisses and
granitoids in the southern domain of the Aravalli orogen in NW India. Results of U-Pb-Hf …

Towards resolving the 'jigsaw puzzle'and age-fossil inconsistency within East Gondwana

Z Lan, S Zhang, XH Li, SK Pandey, M Sharma… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lack of high quality zircon U-Pb age data has hampered us from ascertaining the relative
positions of various continental blocks within East Gondwana, which also resulted in age …