Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …

Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

PA Cawood, W Wang, T Zhao, Y Xu, JA Mulder… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contrasting models for internal and external locations of South China within the Nuna and
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …

Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3–2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze craton, South China: implications for late Archean tectonics

JL Guo, YB Wu, S Gao, ZM **, KQ Zong, ZC Hu… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean Kongling Terrane preserves voluminous Paleoarchean-
Paleoproterozoic granitoids, recording the early formation and evolution history of the …

Geochronology and geochemistry of igneous rocks from the Kongling terrane: Implications for Mesoarchean to Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block

L Li, S Lin, DW Davis, W **ao, G **ng, C Yin - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Kongling terrane is a high grade metamorphic complex, exposed in the northern part of
the Yangtze Block. It mainly consists of TTG gneisses, amphibolites, migmatites and …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of 3.1–1.9 Ga granitoids in the Cuoke Complex, SW China

X Cui, J Wang, XC Wang, SA Wilde, G Ren, S Li… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The newly identified Cuoke Complex preserves voluminous early Precambrian
granitoids, bearing key information for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block, South China …

Identification of ca. 2.65 Ga TTGs in the Yudongzi complex and its implications for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block

G Zhou, Y Wu, L Li, W Zhang, J Zheng, H Wang… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this contribution, we carry out an integrated study of petrology, whole-rock geochemistry,
as well as zircon morphology, trace element, U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes for granitic gneisses …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Craton, South China: New constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemistry of ca. 2.9–2.6 Ga granitic rocks in the …

K Wang, ZX Li, S Dong, J Cui, B Han, T Zheng… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
We report here new zircon U-Pb age and Hf-isotope as well as geochemical analyses of the
recently discovered Archean-Paleoproterozoic Zhongxiang Complex in the northern-central …

Early Mesozoic magmatism and tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for oblique continental collision

F Hu, S Liu, MN Ducea, JB Chapman, F Wu… - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt in Central China is formed by an oblique continental
collision between the North China and South China Blocks. In this review, we summarize the …

Episodic crustal growth and reworking of the Yudongzi terrane, South China: Constraints from the Archean TTGs and potassic granites and Paleoproterozoic …

Q Chen, M Sun, G Zhao, J Zhao, W Zhu, X Long… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The Yudongzi terrane is featured by well-preserved lithologic outcrops of basement rocks,
including the~ 2.7 Ga tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTGs),~ 2.5 Ga potassic granites …

A Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange, Yangtze craton, South China: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic suturing and microcontinent amalgamation

Q Han, S Peng, T Kusky, A Polat, X Jiang, Y Cen… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
We document for the first time the presence of a Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange in the
Archean–Paleoproterozoic Kongling Complex in the northern Huangling Dome, Yangtze …