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 …

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 …

Zircon U–Pb chronology, Hf isotope analysis and whole-rock geochemistry for the Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic Yudongzi complex, northwestern margin of the …

B Hui, Y Dong, C Cheng, X Long, X Liu, Z Yang… - Precambrian …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean-Paleoproterozoic high-grade basement of Yudongzi complex is a key
to understanding the early Precambrian crustal evolution of the Yangtze craton. It comprises …

Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3–2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze craton, South China: implications for late Archean tectonics

JL Guo, YB Wu, S Gao, ZM **, KQ Zong, ZC Hu… - Precambrian …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean Kongling Terrane preserves voluminous Paleoarchean-
Paleoproterozoic granitoids, recording the early formation and evolution history of the …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of 3.1–1.9 Ga granitoids in the Cuoke Complex, SW China

X Cui, J Wang, XC Wang, SA Wilde, G Ren, S Li… - Precambrian …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The newly identified Cuoke Complex preserves voluminous early Precambrian
granitoids, bearing key information for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block, South China …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Craton, South China: New constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemistry of ca. 2.9–2.6 Ga granitic rocks in the …

K Wang, ZX Li, S Dong, J Cui, B Han, T Zheng… - Precambrian …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We report here new zircon U-Pb age and Hf-isotope as well as geochemical analyses of the
recently discovered Archean-Paleoproterozoic Zhongxiang Complex in the northern-central …

Neoarchean granitic rocks from the Jiamiao area of the Dabie orogen: Implications on the formation and early evolution of the Yangtze Craton

Y Tian, W Wang, W **, Y Wu, J Wang, X Deng… - Science China Earth …, 2022‏ - Springer
Archean rock exposures in the Yangtze Craton of South China are scarce and have been
only studied in small-scale outcrops for understanding its early crustal evolution. Geological …

A Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange, Yangtze craton, South China: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic suturing and microcontinent amalgamation

Q Han, S Peng, T Kusky, A Polat, X Jiang, Y Cen… - Precambrian …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
We document for the first time the presence of a Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange in the
Archean–Paleoproterozoic Kongling Complex in the northern Huangling Dome, Yangtze …

Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block: New evidence from ca. 2.36 to 2.22 Ga magmatism and 1.96 Ga metamorphism in the Cuoke complex, SW …

X Cui, J Wang, G Ren, Q Deng, Z Sun, F Ren… - Precambrian …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The infrequent early Paleoproterozoic rocks are essential for investigating the early
evolution of the Yangtze Block and its reconstruction in the global supercontinent. Here, we …

Petrogenesis and geochronology of Paleoproterozoic magmatic rocks in the Kongling complex: Evidence for a collisional orogenic event in the Yangtze craton

Q Han, S Peng, A Polat, T Kusky - Lithos, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The early Precambrian crustal evolution of the Yangtze craton, especially the
Paleoproterozoic orogenic event, has drawn great attention. The early Precambrian …