Cretaceous long-distance lithospheric extension and surface response in South China

J Li, S Dong, PA Cawood, H Thybo, PD Clift… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithospheric extension plays a pivotal role in governing the evolution of continents and the
birth of oceanic basins on Earth. Despite this, quantifying wide-mode lithospheric extension …

The Longmenshan Tectonic Complex and adjacent tectonic units in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: A review

DP Yan, Y Zhou, L Qiu, ML Wells, H Mu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Longmenshan Tectonic Complex (LSTC), along the eastern margin of the
Tibetan Plateau, the site of devastating earthquakes such as the magnitude 8.0 (Wenchuan) …

Phanerozoic tectonics of the South China Block: Key observations and controversies

Y Wang, W Fan, G Zhang, Y Zhang - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Phanerozoic tectonic regimes of the South China Block (SCB) hold a key to
understanding of its geodynamic evolution with respect to formation of numerous mineral …

Cretaceous episodic extension in the south China block, east Asia: Evidence from the Yuechengling massif of central south China

Y Chu, W Lin, M Faure, Z Xue, W Ji, Z Feng - Tectonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the Cretaceous, the subduction of the Izanagi/Paleo‐Pacific plates beneath the South
China Block (SCB) created a wide back‐arc domain characterized by numerous extensional …

New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of south China: Part 1, polyphase deformation in the Jiuling and Lianyunshan domains of the central Jiangnan Orogen

J Li, S Dong, Y Zhang, G Zhao… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The central Jiangnan Orogen, genetically formed by the Proterozoic Yangtze‐
Cathaysia collision, presents as a composite structural feature in the Phanerozoic with …

New insights into Phanerozoic tectonics of South China: Early Paleozoic sinistral and Triassic dextral transpression in the east Wuyishan and Chencai domains, NE …

J Li, Y Zhang, G Zhao, ST Johnston, S Dong… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The northeast Cathaysia area is characterized by an archetypical, transpressional system
with widespread strike‐slip shear zones whose geometries, kinematics, and ages are critical …

Intracontinental deformation in a frontier of super-convergence: A perspective on the tectonic milieu of the South China Block

S Li, M Santosh, G Zhao, G Zhang, C ** - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Since Mesozoic, the South China region has been located at the center of a triangular area
surrounded by westward subduction of the Pacific plate, northward subduction of the India …

Differential deformation on two sides of Qiyueshan Fault along the eastern margin of Sichuan Basin, China, and its influence on shale gas preservation

S Li, Y Li, Z He, K Chen, Y Zhou, D Yan - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural deformation is one of the main factors controlling shale gas preservation in
Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin. The exploration practices demonstrate …

Multi‐Phase Non‐Coaxial Orogenic Growth: Propagation of the Longmen Shan Thrust Belt on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Z Zhou, D Yan, L Qiu, R Kong, H Song, D **ao… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructing the deformation sequence and strain history of the Longmen Shan thrust belt
(LSTB) has significant implications for the growths of the SW Qinling orogenic belt and the …

Late Triassic to middle Jurassic tectonic evolution of the South China block: geodynamic transition from the paleo-Tethys to the paleo-Pacific regimes

X Xu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-plate convergence around a nuclear block and the geodynamic transition occurred
generally after the onset of plate tectonics. Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic geodynamics of …