Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere

Y Zheng, Z Xu, Z Zhao, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

Thinning and destruction of the lithospheric mantle root beneath the North China Craton: A review

J Liu, R Cai, DG Pearson, JM Scott - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that the lithosphere beneath the eastern portion of the North China
Craton (NCC) has suffered extensive thinning and destruction since the Mesozoic. The …

Archean cratonic mantle recycled at a mid-ocean ridge

CZ Liu, HJB Dick, RN Mitchell, W Wei, ZY Zhang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Basalts and mantle peridotites of mid-ocean ridges are thought to sample Earth's upper
mantle. Osmium isotopes of abyssal peridotites uniquely preserve melt extraction events …

Timing of destruction of the North China Craton

RX Zhu, JH Yang, FY Wu - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The North China Craton (NCC) is the typical example of destruction of an ancient craton.
However, the destruction mechanism and geodynamic controlling factors still remain …

Giant Mesozoic gold ores derived from subducted oceanic slab and overlying sediments

KF Qiu, J Deng, C Laflamme, ZY Long, RQ Wan… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Orogenic gold deposits account for more than 30% of the global gold resources. To
understand the genesis of orogenic gold deposits and ultimately target new orogenic gold …

Reactivation of the Archean lower crust: implications for zircon geochronology, elemental and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic geochemistry of late Mesozoic granitoids from …

KF Yang, HR Fan, M Santosh, FF Hu, SA Wilde, TG Lan… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The late Mesozoic granitoids widely distributed in the northwestern Jiaodong Terrane are
important markers of cratonic destruction and lithospheric thinning of the eastern North …

Combined chemical separation of Lu, Hf, Rb, Sr, Sm and Nd from a single rock digest and precise and accurate isotope determinations of Lu–Hf, Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd …

Y Yang, H Zhang, Z Chu, L **e, F Wu - International Journal of Mass …, 2010 - Elsevier
A combined procedure for separating Lu, Hf, Rb, Sr, Sm and Nd from a single sample
digestion is presented in this paper. The procedure consists of the following four steps:(1) …

Metasomatized lithospheric mantle for Mesozoic giant gold deposits in the North China craton

Z Wang, H Cheng, K Zong, X Geng, Y Liu… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The origin of giant lode gold deposits of Mesozoic age in the North China craton (NCC) is
enigmatic because high-grade metamorphic ancient crust would be highly depleted in gold …

[PDF][PDF] Delamination/thinning of sub-continental lithospheric mantle under Eastern China: the role of water and multiple subduction

BF Windley, S Maruyama, WJ **ao - American Journal of Science, 2010 - ajsonline.org
We present a new model to explain one of the biggest tectonic problems of Earth Sciences
today, namely, how and why did the Archean sub-continental lithospheric mantle under the …

Zinc isotope fractionation during mantle melting and constraints on the Zn isotope composition of Earth's upper mantle

ZZ Wang, SA Liu, J Liu, J Huang, Y **ao, ZY Chu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The zinc (Zn) stable isotope system has great potential for tracing planetary formation and
differentiation processes due to its chalcophile, lithophile and moderately volatile character …