Subduction and closure of the Proto-Tethys and Palaeo-Tethys oceans were important
events in the assembly of Eurasia, and created the Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) …

Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

The status of Pannotia as an Ediacaran supercontinent, or even its mere existence as a
coherent large landmass, is controversial. The effect of its hypothesized amalgamation is …

Using Gondwana as an example, we show how the geological record can be interrogated to
detect significant changes in mantle convection patterns at critical junctures in Earth's …

Primitive arc magmas in oceanic island arcs are probes of sub-arc magmatic processes and
are crucial for understanding oceanic subduction. We report data for an Early Paleozoic …

The metasomatism of mantle wedge peridotite by slab fluids is a common mechanism to
generate mafic arc igneous rocks in oceanic subduction zones, which provides us with an …

Forearc magmatism in IBM-type intra-oceanic arc systems is crucial for understanding the
processes of subduction initiation and subsequent evolution of the arc system. Here we …

Intra-oceanic arcs are one of the major building blocks of continents, and the rarely exposed
calc-alkaline plutons in intra-oceanic arcs are a critical component of arc crust. These calc …

Abstract The Ediacaran to Cambrian succession in the NW Yangtze Block has long been
considered to have formed in a passive margin. The Ediacaran is dominated by thick …

Abstract The West Qinling Orogen (WQO) is located in the western part of the Qinling
Orogen and in the transition zone of Qilian Orogen, Songpan-Garze Orogen and Yangtze …