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 …

Carboniferous–Triassic subduction in the Qinling orogen

T Bader, L Ratschbacher, L Franz, RL Romer… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu Orogen links two cratons, North China
and South China, and records the reorganization and transfer of plates from Rodinia to …

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 …

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 of the Huashanguan A-type granite complex and its implications for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block

G Zhou, Y Wu, H Wang, Z Qin, W Zhang, J Zheng… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
An integrated study of petrography, zircon U-Pb ages, Hf-O isotope compositions, as well as
whole rock geochemistry was carried out for a Paleoproterozoic granite complex in the …

Neoproterozoic IAT intrusion into Mesoproterozoic MOR Miaowan Ophiolite, Yangtze Craton: evidence for evolving tectonic settings

H Deng, S Peng, A Polat, T Kusky, X Jiang, Q Han… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Miaowan Complex in the Northern Yangtze Craton consists mainly of layered
fine-grained metabasites, pillow lavas, sheeted dikes, gabbros, sepentinized harzburgite …

Petrogenesis of Archean TTGs and potassic granites in the southern Yangtze Block: Constraints on the early formation of the Yangtze Block

T Zhao, J Li, G Liu, PA Cawood, JW Zi, K Wang… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
The southern Yangtze is underlain by Mesoarchean igneous rocks that were emplaced in
two pulses, including trondhjemites at ca. 3092–3071 Ma followed by potassic granites at …