Zircon: The metamorphic mineral

D Rubatto - Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A mineral that forms under conditions as variable as diagenesis to deep subduction, melt
crystallization to low temperature alteration, and that retains information on time …

Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

S Li, S Zhao, X Liu, H Cao, S Yu, X Li, I Somerville… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a complex paleo-ocean located between the Tarim-North China and the
Sibumasu/Baoshan blocks, the Proto-Tethys Ocean was opened from the rifting of the …

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 …

Precambrian geology of China

G Zhao, PA Cawood - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
China contains three major Precambrian blocks, the North China, South China and Tarim
cratons, separated and sutured by Phanerozoic orogenic belts. The North China Craton …

Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: an overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

YB Wu, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of collisional orogens is a prominent feature in convergent plate margins. It is
generally a complex process involving multistage tectonism of compression and extension …

Reappraisement and refinement of zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analyses by LA-ICP-MS

YS Liu, ZC Hu, KQ Zong, CG Gao, S Gao, J Xu… - Chinese Science …, 2010 - Springer
A protocol was established for simultaneous measurements of zircon U-Pb ages and trace
elements by LA-ICP-MS at spot sizes of 16–32 μm. This was accomplished by introducing …

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 …

Formation and evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in South China

SB Zhang, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
An overview is presented for the formation and evolution of Precambrian continental
lithosphere in South China. This is primarily based on an integrated study of zircon U–Pb …

3.45 Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: implications for Early Archean crustal growth

JL Guo, S Gao, YB Wu, M Li, K Chen, ZC Hu… - Precambrian …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Zircon U–Pb–Lu–Hf–O isotopic compositions of two granitic gneisses from the
Kongling Terrain in the Yangtze Craton, South China were determined by SIMS, LA-ICP-MS …

Late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic Dongchuan Group in Yunnan, SW China: implications for tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block

XF Zhao, MF Zhou, JW Li, M Sun, JF Gao, WH Sun… - Precambrian …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Dongchuan Group including the Yinmin, Luoxue, Etouchang, and Luzhijiang
Formations from the base upward has extensive outcrops in the western Yangtze Block. It …