Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

L Shu, J Yao, B Wang, M Faure, J Charvet… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block is situated in the Eastern Asian margin. Since the
Neoproterozoic, its tectonic evolution was constrained by successive consumption-closure …

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 …

Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

S Li, Y Suo, X Li, J Zhou, M Santosh, P Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mesozoic Western Pacific subduction system significantly impacted the North
China and South China blocks along the East Asian continental margin and influenced the …

Jiangnan orogen, South China: a~ 970–820 Ma Rodinia margin accretionary belt

J Yao, PA Cawood, L Shu, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neoproterozoic Jiangnan Orogen in South China records a succession of arc-
trench-basin assemblages culminating in accretion of the bounding Yangtze and Cathaysia …

Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and …

Q Wang, L Yang, H Zhao, DI Groves, W Weng… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the term orogenic gold has become widely accepted over the past 20 years for
disseminated-to lode-style gold deposits that formed in a variety of tectonic environments …

The giant South China Mesozoic low-temperature metallogenic domain: Reviews and a new geodynamic model

R Hu, S Fu, Y Huang, MF Zhou, S Fu, C Zhao… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton was formed by amalgamation of the Yangtze and
Cathaysia Blocks during the Neoproterozoic. During the Mesozoic, voluminous granitic …

Evolution of the Cryogenian cratonic basins in China, paleo-oceanic environment and hydrocarbon generation mechanism of ancient source rocks, and exploration …

G Zhu, Z Zhang, H Jiang, L Yan, W Chen, T Li… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep and ancient strata are significant successor fields for future oil and gas exploration.
Recently, a unit of thick high-quality interglacial black rock series was discovered between …

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 …

Deep shale gas in the Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi formations of the Sichuan Basin, SW China: Insights from reservoir characteristics, preservation …

H Nie, Z **, P Li, BJ Katz, W Dang, Q Liu, J Ding… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shale gas at a burial depth greater than 3500 m is an important potential strategic target for
exploration and development in China. Due to the complex geological and engineering …