Tectonic evolution of the Sichuan Basin, southwest China

S Liu, Y Yang, B Deng, Y Zhong, L Wen, W Sun… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Surface deformation in continental interiors is typically coupled to processes at depth.
However, in the Sichuan basin, east of the Tibetan Plateau, recent seismic data detect …

[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 …

Cenozoic tectono-magmatic and metallogenic processes in the Sanjiang region, southwestern China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The Sanjiang region in SE Tibet Plateau, and the western Yunnan region in southwestern
China constitute a collage of Gondwana-derived micro-continental blocks and arc terranes …

Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A preliminary synthesis

J Li, Y Zhang, S Dong, ST Johnston - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China is characterized by widespread
extensional basin and dome generation, voluminous magma intrusion/eruption and …

Tectonic evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts within the North American Cordillera orogenic system

WA Yonkee, AB Weil - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The thin-skin Sevier and thick-skin Laramide belts of the North American Cordillera provide
a long-term record of the interrelations between evolving styles of mountain building and …

[HTML][HTML] The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt

JRM Catalán, K Schulmann, JF Ghienne - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The non-cylindrical character of the Variscan Belt is established via a description of its most
salient geological characteristics and correlations among the main and relatively minor …

Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

Tectonic evolution, superimposed orogeny, and composite metallogenic system in China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li - Gondwana Research, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …

Continental orogenesis from ocean subduction, continent collision/subduction, to orogen collapse, and orogen recycling: The example of the North Qaidam UHPM belt …

S Song, Y Niu, L Su, C Zhang, L Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The North Qaidam ultra-high pressure metamorphic (UHPM) belt in the northern
Tibetan Plateau records a complete history of the evolution of a continental orogen from …

Reconstruction of northeast Asian deformation integrated with western Pacific plate subduction since 200 Ma

S Liu, M Gurnis, P Ma, B Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The configuration and kinematics of continental deformation and its marginal plate tectonics
on the Earth's surface are intrinsic manifestations of plate-mantle coupling. The complex …