Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …

Comparisons of large igneous provinces (LIPs) and black shales from different cratons can
provide important constraints on Precambrian paleogeographic reconstructions and a better …

Large‐scale strike‐slip faulting commonly occurs in active tectonic margins, but rarely, if
ever, do large faults cut deep into ancient continental nuclei known as cratons. With thick …

An integrated study involving both bulk rock and mineral compositions was conducted on a
newly identified mafic sill in Helanshan area from northwest of China. Apatite U-Pb dating …

Abstract The Statherian Period (1.8–1.6 Ga), currently the final period of the
Paleoproterozoic Era, is named “stable, firm” for the interval following orogenesis (the …

The existence of a 0.3 Ga “great unconformity” between the Mesoproterozoic “Undefined
System” **amaling Formation and the “Neoproterozoic” Longshan Formation has long been …

Abstract The Ectasion Period (1400–1200 Ma) represents a transition stage from Columbia
(Nuna) to Rodinia supercontinents. LIPs and mafic magmatic events during this period can …

Carbonatite and the associated alkaline intrusive complexes are the primary sources of light
rare earth element (REEs). Our field investigations in the western margin of the North China …

To evaluate the processes facilitating the W enrichment in peraluminous granites, three
peraluminous granitic intrusions in the Chinese Altai have been investigated. The Yilaike …

Abstract In the ca. 1.0 Ga paleogeographic reconstruction, the North China Craton (NCC) is
placed near Siberia, Laurentia, the Northern Australia Craton (NAUS), Baltica or India. To …