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 …

Detrital zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope constrains on the generation and reworking of Precambrian continental crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: a synthesis

XH Li, ZX Li, WX Li - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block, consisting of the Yangtze and the Cathaysia blocks, is one
of the largest Precambrian blocks in eastern Asia. However, the early history of the …

Formation and evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in South China

SB Zhang, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
An overview is presented for the formation and evolution of Precambrian continental
lithosphere in South China. This is primarily based on an integrated study of zircon U–Pb …

Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and mafic rocks in the Hekou area, SW China: Implication for the reconstruction of the Yangtze Block in Columbia

WT Chen, MF Zhou, XF Zhao - Precambrian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Paleoproterozoic Hekou Group in the western Yangtze Block is a volcano-sedimentary
succession that is intruded by gabbroic plutons. Sedimentary rocks in the group include …

Reviews and new metallogenic models of mineral deposits in South China: An introduction

RZ Hu, WT Chen, DR Xu, MF Zhou - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In South China, the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks were welded together along the
Jiangnan Fold Belt during Neoproterozoic time (∼ 830 Ma). Large-scale mineralization in …

Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam

MF Zhou, XF Zhao, WT Chen, XC Li, W Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze Block has a Paleoproterozoic and Archean basement and was
traditionally thought to have been cratonized after the Neoproterozoic. Recent studies reveal …

A possible buried Paleoproterozoic collisional orogen beneath central South China: Evidence from seismic-reflection profiling

SW Dong, YQ Zhang, R Gao, JB Su, M Liu, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consisting of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks has
figured importantly in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent of Rodinia. However, its lack of …

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 …

“Grenvillian” intra-plate mafic magmatism in the southwestern Yangtze Block, SW China

WT Chen, WH Sun, W Wang, JH Zhao, MF Zhou - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Tectonic affinity of Grenvillian magmatism in the South China Block is important for
understanding the role of the block in the reconstruction of the Rodinia supercontinent …