[HTML][HTML] Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

TM Kusky, A Polat, BF Windley, KC Burke… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Archean cratons have map patterns and rock associations that are diagnostic of the Wilson
Cycle. The North China Craton (NCC) consists of several distinctly different tectonic units …

Lithotectonic elements of Precambrian basement in the North China Craton: review and tectonic implications

G Zhao, M Zhai - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The North China Craton (NCC) consists of Archean to Paleoproterozoic basement overlain
by Mesoproterozoic to Cenozoic cover. Minor Eoarchean to Mesoarchean basement rocks …

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 …

Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion

G Zhao, PA Cawood, S Li, SA Wilde, M Sun… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
Geological and geophysical data indicate that the Precambrian basement of the North China
Craton (NCC) formed by amalgamation of a number of micro-continental blocks. The …

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 …

U–Pb geochronology and Hf–Nd isotopic geochemistry of the Badu Complex, Southeastern China: implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution and …

JH Yu, SY O'Reilly, MF Zhou, WL Griffin, L Wang - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The oldest rocks of the Cathaysia Block, South China, comprise the Badu Complex and
Paleoproterozoic granites in the Wuyishan area (southern Zhejiang and northwestern Fujian …

UHT sapphirine granulite metamorphism at 1.93–1.92 Ga caused by gabbronorite intrusions: implications for tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the North …

JH Guo, P Peng, Y Chen, SJ Jiao, BF Windley - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Sapphirine granulites occur in the Daqingshan and **ing areas in the Palaeoproterozoic
Khondalite belt, which divides the Western Block of the North China Craton into the Yinshan …

Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton: implications for tectonic models on extreme crustal metamorphism

M Santosh, SJ Liu, T Tsunogae, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphic rocks associated with the 'Khondalite Belt'within
the Inner Mongolia Suture Zone (IMSZ) provide robust evidence for extreme thermal …

Four phases of Orosirian metamorphism in the north North China Craton (NNCC): Insights into the regional tectonic framework and evolution

C Wei, M Zhai, B Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The early Precambrian tectonic framework and evolution of the North China Craton (NCC)
remain diversely contentious. This paper presents an overview mainly of the progresses in …

Neoarchean intra-oceanic arc system in the Western Liaoning Province: Implications for Early Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Block of the North China …

W Wang, S Liu, M Santosh, G Wang, X Bai, R Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Archean crust–mantle interaction processes provide keys to understanding crustal evolution
in the Early Earth. The North China Craton (NCC) represents a natural laboratory to evaluate …