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 …

Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

S Li, S Zhao, X Liu, H Cao, S Yu, X Li, I Somerville… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a complex paleo-ocean located between the Tarim-North China and the
Sibumasu/Baoshan blocks, the Proto-Tethys Ocean was opened from the rifting of the …

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 …

Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: an overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

YB Wu, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of collisional orogens is a prominent feature in convergent plate margins. It is
generally a complex process involving multistage tectonism of compression and extension …

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 …

Ophiolites in the **ng'an‐Inner Mongolia accretionary belt of the CAOB: Implications for two cycles of seafloor spreading and accretionary orogenic events

S Song, MM Wang, X Xu, C Wang, Y Niu, MB Allen… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The **ng'an‐Inner Mongolia accretionary belt in the southeastern segment of the
Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) was produced by the long‐lived subduction and …

HP–UHP metamorphic belt in the East Kunlun Orogen: Final closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and formation of the Pan-North-China continent

S Song, H Bi, S Qi, L Yang, MB Allen, Y Niu… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The East Kunlun Orogen, the northwestern part of the Central China Orogenic Belt,
is a long-lived accretionary orogenic belt that records the evolution and eventual destruction …

Cambrian bimodal volcanism in the Lhasa Terrane, southern Tibet: record of an early Paleozoic Andean-type magmatic arc in the Australian proto-Tethyan margin

DC Zhu, ZD Zhao, Y Niu, Y Dilek, Q Wang, WH Ji… - Chemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reports new zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age and Hf-isotope, whole-rock major and
trace element, and Sr–Nd isotope data from Cambrian metavolcanic rocks in the central …

Grenville-age orogenesis in the Qaidam-Qilian block: The link between South China and Tarim

S Song, L Su, X Li, Y Niu, L Zhang - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The link between the South China and Tarim blocks is a key issue in defining the tectonic
framework of China. We report here that rocks from the Paleozoic (Caledonian) ultrahigh …

Insight into zircon REE oxy-barometers: A lattice strain model perspective

X Zou, K Qin, X Han, G Li, NJ Evans, Z Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zircon rare earth element (REE) oxy-barometers have been widely used to calculate magma
oxygen fugacity. However, sometimes confusing results are obtained, such as extremely …