Reconstructing South China in phanerozoic and precambrian supercontinents

PA Cawood, G Zhao, J Yao, W Wang, Y Xu… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The history of the South China Craton and the constituent Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks are
directly linked to Earth's Phanerozoic and Precambrian record of supercontinent assembly …

Stable isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogen in China: implications for geodynamics and fluid regime

YF Zheng, B Fu, B Gong, L Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Discovery of coesite, diamond, and extreme 18O-depletion in eclogites from the Dabie–Sulu
orogen in central-east China has contributed much to our understanding of subduction of …

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: a synthesis

ZX Li, SV Bogdanova, AS Collins, A Davidson… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents a brief synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the formation and
break-up of the early-Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia, and the subsequent assembly …

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 …

Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: evidence for a mantle superplume …

ZX Li, XH Li, PD Kinny, J Wang, S Zhang, H Zhou - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic granitic intrusions in South China have traditionally been interpreted as
related to orogenesis, marking the cratonisation of the Yangtze Block. However, a number of …

History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up

J Wang, ZX Li - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
We present here a first-order analysis of the Neoproterozoic continental rift basins in South
China, focusing on the north-south trending Kangdian basin in the western part, and the …

Petrogenesis of adakitic porphyries in an extensional tectonic setting, Dexing, South China: implications for the genesis of porphyry copper mineralization

Q Wang, JF Xu, P Jian, ZW Bao, ZH Zhao… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The Dexing adakitic porphyries (quartz diorite–granodiorite porphyries), associated with
giant porphyry Cu deposits, are located in the interior of a continent (South China). They …

Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: crustal melting above a mantle plume at ca. 825 Ma?

XH Li, ZX Li, W Ge, H Zhou, W Li, Y Liu… - Precambrian …, 2003 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic pre-rifting granitoids are widespread in the Yangtze craton, South China.
Mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical characteristics indicate that there are two …

Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments

Y Wang, X Qian, PA Cawood, H Liu, Q Feng… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Phanerozoic record of Southeast Asia preserves the history of opening and
subsequent consumption of the Paleotethyan Ocean and the assembly of continental …

Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …