Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean

JB Zhou, SA Wilde, GC Zhao, J Han - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The microcontinental blocks in the CAOB include the combined NE China blocks
(comprising the Erguna, **ng'an, Songliao and Jimusi-Khanka blocks) in the eastern …

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 …

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 continental record and the generation of continental crust

PA Cawood, CJ Hawkesworth, B Dhuime - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Continental crust is the archive of Earth history. The spatial and temporal distribution of
Earth's record of rock units and events is heterogeneous; for example, ages of igneous …

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 …

The crustal accretion history and tectonic evolution of the NE China segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

JB Zhou, SA Wilde - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The basement rocks in parts of NE China constitute a khondalitic sequence of sillimanite-
and garnet-bearing gneisses, hornblende–plagioclase gneiss and various felsic …

[KİTAP][B] Introduction to ore-forming processes

L Robb - 2020 - books.google.com
A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised
second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of …

Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits through Earth history: Implications for origin, lithospheric setting, and distinction from other epigenetic iron oxide deposits

DI Groves, FP Bierlein, LD Meinert… - Economic …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) group of deposits, initially defined following discovery of
the giant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au deposit, has progressively become too-embracing when …