Growth of continental crust in intra-oceanic and continental-margin arc systems: Analogs for Archean systems

T Kusky, L Wang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Earth's continental crust has grown and been recycled throughout geologic history along
convergent plate margins. The main locus of continental crustal growth is in intra-oceanic …

Geochemical constraints on the nature of Late Archean basaltic-andesitic magmatism in the North China Craton

X Wang, WB Zhu, YF Zheng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is distinguished from the majority of Archean
cratons in the world by its extensive records of late Neoarchean (2.6–2.5 Ga) mafic …

Tectonic evolution of convergent plate margins and its geological effects

Y Zheng, Y Chen, R Chen, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Oceanic lithosphere is generated at divergent plate boundaries and disappears at
convergent plate boundaries. Seafloor spreading and plate subduction together constitute …

Plate tectonics in the Archean: Observations versus interpretations

YF Zheng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Plate tectonics theory, established in the 1960s, has been successful in explaining many
geological phenomena, processes and events that occurred in the Phanerozoic. However …

Early Paleoproterozoic TTG gneisses and potassic granitoids in the southern Trans-North China Orogen: Key constraints on the tectonic setting during the tectono …

J Wang, X Long - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Magmatic rocks in the North China Craton (NCC) are crucial to unraveling the tectonic
background during the tectono-magmatic lull (TML, 2.45–2.20 Ga) and to constraining the …

Homogenization of HfNd isotopes induced by hydrothermal fluids during the differentiation of granitic magmas into pegmatites

ZX Li, SB Zhang, YF Zheng, GC Sun - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Whole-rock and zircon Hfsingle bondNd isotopes offer crucial insights into the origin of
granites and the evolution of continental crust. However, factors contributing to variations in …

Mobilization and fractionation of HFSE and REE by high fluorine fluid of magmatic origin during the alteration of amphibolite

ZX Li, SB Zhang, YF Zheng, ST Wu, WC Li, FY Sun… - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
High field strength elements (HFSE) and rare earth elements (REE) are normally immobile
in hydrothermal fluids whereas experimental studies indicate some anionic ligands can …

Tectonic switch from a lithospheric rift to an active continental margin in the Paleoproterozoic: Evidence from low δ18O granites from the Trans-North China Orogen in …

X Wang, WB Zhu, YF Zheng, RF Ge - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Tectonic switch from rift zones to subduction zones is common along convergent plate
boundaries. While this process is susceptible to retrieving from Phanerozoic rock records …

Low δ18O and δ30Si TTG at ca. 2.3 Ga Hints at an Intraplate Rifting Onset of the Paleoproterozoic Supercontinent Cycle

Y Zhou, M Zhai, RN Mitchell… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The start of the Paleoproterozoic supercontinent cycle is typically taken as the initiation of
orogenesis at ca. 2.1 Ga leading to the assembly of Earth's first supercontinent, Columbia …

Successful subduction of oceanic plate after failed attempts in the Late Archean: Petrological and geochemical constraints

X Wang, RF Ge, YF Zheng, WB Zhu, SZ Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
When and how plate tectonics started and evolved to the style as we know it today is a
fundamental yet highly controversial question. Numerical geodynamic modelling predicts …