Tectonic evolution of the Sichuan basin, southwest China

S Liu, Y Yang, B Deng, Y Zhong, L Wen, W Sun… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface deformation in continental interiors is typically coupled to processes at depth.
However, in the Sichuan basin, east of the Tibetan Plateau, recent seismic data detect …

Tectonics of South China continent and its implications

GW Zhang, AL Guo, YJ Wang, SZ Li, YP Dong… - Science China Earth …, 2013 - Springer
This paper aims at exploring the tectonic characteristics of the South China Continent (SCC)
and extracting the universal tectonic rules from these characteristics, to help enrich the plate …

Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental convergence and intracontinental orogenesis in East Asia: A synthesis of the Yanshan Revolution

S Dong, Y Zhang, F Zhang, J Cui, X Chen… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The basic tectonic framework of continental East Asia was produced by a series of nearly
contemporaneous orogenic events in the late Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous …

The Yanshan orogeny and late Mesozoic multi-plate convergence in East Asia—Commemorating 90th years of the “Yanshan Orogeny”

S Dong, Y Zhang, H Li, W Shi, H Xue, J Li… - Science China Earth …, 2018 - Springer
The Yanshan movement/orogeny has been proposed for 90 years, which is of special
significance in the history of geological research in China. This study conducted a review by …

An Andean-type retro-arc foreland system beneath northwest South China revealed by SINOPROBE profiling

J Li, S Dong, PA Cawood, G Zhao, ST Johnston… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Mesozoic, South China was situated along the convergent margin between
the Asian and Pacific plates, providing an excellent laboratory to understand the interactions …

Cretaceous episodic extension in the south China block, east Asia: Evidence from the Yuechengling massif of central south China

Y Chu, W Lin, M Faure, Z Xue, W Ji, Z Feng - Tectonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the Cretaceous, the subduction of the Izanagi/Paleo‐Pacific plates beneath the South
China Block (SCB) created a wide back‐arc domain characterized by numerous extensional …

Pre-Cenozoic geologic history of the central and northern Tibetan Plateau and the role of Wilson cycles in constructing the Tethyan orogenic system

C Wu, A Yin, AV Zuza, J Zhang, W Liu… - Lithosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In order to better constrain the evolution of the Tethyan orogenic system, we conducted an
integrated investigation involving U-Pb dating of igneous and detrital zircon, geochemical …

Mesozoic intracontinental orogeny in the Qinling Mountains, central China

Y Dong, Z Yang, X Liu, S Sun, W Li, B Cheng… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic belt has been well documented that it was formed by multiple
steps of convergence and subsequent collision between the North China and South China …

Global Meso-Neoproterozoic plate reconstruction and formation mechanism for Precambrian basins: Constraints from three cratons in China

S Li, X Li, G Wang, Y Liu, Z Wang, T Wang, X Cao… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic period, sometimes referred to as the 'boring billion'or
'Earth's middle age', spans the interval between the formation of the Columbia and Rodina …

A possible buried Paleoproterozoic collisional orogen beneath central South China: Evidence from seismic-reflection profiling

SW Dong, YQ Zhang, R Gao, JB Su, M Liu, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consisting of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks has
figured importantly in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent of Rodinia. However, its lack of …