Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

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 …

Tectonic architecture and multiple orogeny of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China

Y Dong, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB) is located between the North China and South
China Blocks, and has been considered to have formed by the collision between these …

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 …

Cenozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic processes in the Sanjiang region, southwestern China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau, and the western Yunnan region in southwestern
China constitute a collage of Gondwana-derived micro-continental blocks and arc terranes …

Tethys tectonic evolution and its bearing on the distribution of important mineral deposits in the Sanjiang region, SW China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, C Li, C Wang - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau and NW Yunnan is known to have formed by
amalgamation of Gondwana-derived continental blocks and arc terranes as a result of …

Jiangnan Orogen in South China: Develo** from divergent double subduction

G Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Jiangnan Orogen is considered as a continent–continent collisional belt
resulting from the closure of a Meso-Neoproterozoic ocean separating the southeastern …

Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …

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 …

Tectonic evolution, superimposed orogeny, and composite metallogenic system in China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …