Tectonic architecture and multiple orogeny of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China

Y Dong, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB) is located between the North China and South
China Blocks, and has been considered to have formed by the collision between these …

The supercontinent cycle: a retrospective essay

RD Nance, JB Murphy, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The recognition that Earth history has been punctuated by supercontinents, the assembly
and breakup of which have profoundly influenced the evolution of the geosphere …

The early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: a synoptic overview

MG Zhai, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The crustal growth and stabilization of the North China Craton (NCC) relate to three major
geological events in the Precambrian:(1) a major phase of continental growth at ca. 2.7 …

Assembling North China Craton within the Columbia supercontinent: the role of double-sided subduction

M Santosh - Precambrian Research, 2010 - Elsevier
An evaluation of recent S-wave receiver functions, S-wave velocities and two versions of P-
wave tomographic images along various transects in the North China Craton provides some …

The Columbia supercontinent revisited

JG Meert, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Just over 15 years ago, a proposal forwarded by Rogers and Santosh (2002) posited the
existence of a pre-Rodinia supercontinent which they called Columbia. The conjecture …

Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian …

Y Rojas-Agramonte, A Kröner, A Demoux, X **a… - Gondwana …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt contains many Precambrian crustal fragments whose origin
is unknown, and previous speculations suggested these to be derived from either Siberia …

What's in a name? The Columbia (Paleopangaea/Nuna) supercontinent

JG Meert - Gondwana Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Supercontinents play an important role in Earth's history. The exact definition of what
constitutes a supercontinent is difficult to establish. Here the argument is made, using …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-stage crustal growth and cratonization of the North China Craton

M Zhai - Geoscience Frontiers, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has a complicated evolutionary history with multi-
stage crustal growth, recording nearly all important geological events in the early …

Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: record in the North China Craton revisited

G Zhao, S Li, M Sun, SA Wilde - International Geology Review, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Columbia is a Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent that was assembled during global
2.0–1.8 Ga collisional events, underwent long-lived, subduction-related accretion at key …

Metallogeny and craton destruction: records from the North China Craton

SR Li, M Santosh - Ore Geology Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The link between metallogeny and craton destruction in the North China Craton (NCC)
remains poorly understood, particularly the mechanisms within the interior of the craton. In …