Metamorphic chemical geodynamics in continental subduction zones

YF Zheng - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Chemical geodynamics is an integrated discipline that studies the geochemical structure
and tectonic evolution of geospheres with the aim of linking tectonic processes to …

Partial melting, fluid supercriticality and element mobility in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks during continental collision

YF Zheng, QX **a, RX Chen, XY Gao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Partial melting at continental lithosphere depths plays an important role in generating
geochemical variations in igneous rocks. In particular, dehydration melting of ultrahigh …

Geochemistry and magmatic history of eclogites and ultramafic rocks from the Chinese continental scientific drill hole: subduction and ultrahigh-pressure …

Y Liu, K Zong, PB Kelemen, S Gao - Chemical Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
Three distinct groups of eclogites (low-Mg–Ti eclogites, high-Ti eclogites and Mg-rich
eclogites) and ultramafic rocks from the depth interval of 100–680 m of the Chinese …

Zircon as the best mineral for P–T–time history of UHP metamorphism: a review on mineral inclusions and U–Pb SHRIMP ages of zircons from the Dabie–Sulu UHP …

FL Liu, JG Liou - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Zircon is the best mineral to record the complex evolution history of ultrahigh-pressure
(UHP) metamorphic rocks as mineralogical and geochemical tracers of UHP metamorphism …

A perspective view on ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and continental collision in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt

YF Zheng - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008 - Springer
The study of continental deep-subduction has been one of the forefront and core subjects to
advance the plate tectonics theory in the twenty-first century. The Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt …

Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes–the view from China

JG Liou, WG Ernst, RY Zhang, T Tsujimori… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to mineralogical modifications of continental
and oceanic crustal protoliths±associated mafic-ultramafic rocks initially formed or emplaced …

The Dabie–Sulu continental collision zone: a comprehensive review

RY Zhang, JG Liou, WG Ernst - Gondwana Research, 2009 - Elsevier
The Dabie–Sulu Triassic orogen in central-eastern China was created by northward
subduction of the Yangtze cratonal plate beneath the Sino-Korean craton. Eclogites, garnet …

Chemical geodynamics of continental subduction-zone metamorphism: insights from studies of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) core samples

YF Zheng, RX Chen, ZF Zhao - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
The Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt of east-central China has long been a type location for the
study of geodynamic processes associated with ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) tectonics. Much of …

Metamorphic growth and recrystallization of zircon: distinction by simultaneous in-situ analyses of trace elements, U–Th–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes in zircons from …

RX Chen, YF Zheng, L **e - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
Simultaneous in-situ analyses of trace elements, U–Th–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes were carried
out on distinct domains of zircons in ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) eclogite-facies metamorphic …

Zircon U–Pb age and geochemical constraints on the tectonic affinity of the Jiaodong terrane in the Sulu orogen, China

J Tang, YF Zheng, YB Wu, B Gong, X Zha, X Liu - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Because of tectonic mixture by subduction erosion during Triassic continental collision
between the North and South China Blocks, identifying the tectonic affinity of the Jiaodong …