Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

S Li, Y Suo, X Li, J Zhou, M Santosh, P Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mesozoic Western Pacific subduction system significantly impacted the North
China and South China blocks along the East Asian continental margin and influenced the …

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 …

Phanerozoic continental growth and gold metallogeny of Asia

RJ Goldfarb, RD Taylor, GS Collins, NA Goryachev… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Asian continent formed during the past 800 my during late Neoproterozoic through
Jurassic closure of the Tethyan ocean basins, followed by late Mesozoic circum-Pacific and …

Triassic southeastward subduction of North China Block to South China Block: Insights from new geological, geophysical and geochemical data

S Li, B Jahn, S Zhao, L Dai, X Li, Y Suo, L Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lithospheric subduction prior to the assembly of the South China and North China blocks is
traditionally considered to be directed northward. However, some critical geological and …

Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China

FY Wu, JQ Lin, SA Wilde, JH Yang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Mesozoic igneous rocks are widespread throughout eastern China, but precise
geochronological constraints were previously lacking. Thirty-two samples, including dolerite …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis

A Yin - Tectonophysics, 2010 - Elsevier
Asia has been a major testing ground for various competing models of continental
deformation due to its relatively well-understood plate boundary conditions in the Cenozoic …

Timing of destruction of the North China Craton

RX Zhu, JH Yang, FY Wu - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The North China Craton (NCC) is the typical example of destruction of an ancient craton.
However, the destruction mechanism and geodynamic controlling factors still remain …

Petrogenesis of adakitic porphyries in an extensional tectonic setting, Dexing, South China: implications for the genesis of porphyry copper mineralization

Q Wang, JF Xu, P Jian, ZW Bao, ZH Zhao… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The Dexing adakitic porphyries (quartz diorite–granodiorite porphyries), associated with
giant porphyry Cu deposits, are located in the interior of a continent (South China). They …

Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

L Ratschbacher, BR Hacker, A Calvert, LE Webb… - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The Qinling orogen preserves a record of late mid-Proterozoic to Cenozoic tectonism in
central China. High-pressure metamorphism and ophiolite emplacement (Songshugou …

What drove late Mesozoic extension of the northern China–Mongolia tract?

QR Meng - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The northern China–Mongolia tract exhibited a tectonic transition from contractional to
extensional deformation in late Mesozoic time. Late Middle to early Late Jurassic crustal …