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 …

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 …

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 …

Cross Orogenic Belts in Central China: Implications for the tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the East Asian continental collage

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, B Hui, J Sun, F Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Introduction to tectonics of China

YF Zheng, WJ **ao, G Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The continental crust of China is a mosaic of cratonic blocks and orogenic belts, containing
small cratons and terranes with various tectonic settings. They have diverse origins and …

Tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, China: review and synthesis

Y Dong, G Zhang, F Neubauer, X Liu, J Genser… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
This contribution reviews the tectonic structure and evolution of the Qinling orogenic belt,
which extends east–west nearly 2500 km across Central China and is a giant orogenic belt …

Geology and metallogeny of tungsten and tin deposits in China

J Mao, H Ouyang, S Song, M Santosh, S Yuan, Z Zhou… - 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Tungsten and Sn deposits in China are widely distributed in the South China block (ie,
Yangtze craton-Cathaysian block), Himalaya, Tibetan, Sanjiang, Kunlun, Qilian, Qinling …

Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic granitoid magmatism in the Qinling Orogen, China: Constraints on orogenic process

X Wang, T Wang, C Zhang - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
The Qinling Orogen is one of the main orogenic belts in Asia and is characterized by multi-
stage orogenic processes and the development of voluminous magmatic intrusions. The …

Mesozoic intracontinental orogeny in the Qinling Mountains, central China

Y Dong, Z Yang, X Liu, S Sun, W Li, B Cheng… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic belt has been well documented that it was formed by multiple
steps of convergence and subsequent collision between the North China and South China …