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 …

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 …

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 …

Abstract The East Asian continent records a complex geologic and tectonic history that
involved the amalgamation of several small-to medium-sized blocks from Laurasia or …

The Phanerozoic tectonic regimes of the South China Block (SCB) hold a key to
understanding of its geodynamic evolution with respect to formation of numerous mineral …

Granite petrogenesis is associated with the formation and evolution of continental crust
along convergent plate boundaries. While magmatic processes such as partial melting and …

The North China craton and the Yangtze craton (South China) both contain Archean rocks in
eastern China. Unlike the North China craton, where Archean rocks are widespread, in the …

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 …

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 …

The genetic links among rift magmatism, crustal growth and water–rock interaction are an
important issue about mass and heat transfer between mantle and crust during …