Destruction of the North China craton in the Mesozoic

FY Wu, JH Yang, YG Xu, SA Wilde… - Annual review of earth …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The North China Craton (NCC) was originally formed by the amalgamation of the eastern
and western blocks along an orogenic belt at∼ 1.9 Ga. After cratonization, the NCC was …

Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean

BF Windley, T Kusky, A Polat - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the most contentious areas of Earth Science today is when, or whether or not modern-
style plate tectonics was in operation in the Archean Eon. In this review we present evidence …

Terrestrial heat flow of continental China: Updated dataset and tectonic implications

G Jiang, S Hu, Y Shi, C Zhang, Z Wang, D Hu - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Terrestrial heat flow is a crucial parameter to indicate the thermal state within the Earth,
containing integrated information of the ground temperature, thermal conductivity, and …

[HTML][HTML] Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth

RM Palin, M Santosh, W Cao, SS Li… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

Spatial–temporal relationships of Mesozoic volcanic rocks in NE China: Constraints on tectonic overprinting and transformations between multiple tectonic regimes

WL Xu, FP Pei, F Wang, E Meng, WQ Ji… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages and geochemical data are presented for the
Mesozoic volcanic rocks in northeast China, with the aim of determining the tectonic settings …

Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere

Y Zheng, Z Xu, Z Zhao, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

[HTML][HTML] Study on detoxification and removal mechanisms of hexavalent chromium by microorganisms

X Tang, Y Huang, Y Li, L Wang, X Pei, D Zhou… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extensive industrial activities have led to an increase of the content of chromium in the
environment, which causes serious pollution to the surrounding water, soil and atmosphere …

Destruction of the North China craton

RX Zhu, YG Xu, G Zhu, HF Zhang, QK **a… - Science China Earth …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract A National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) major research project,
Destruction of the North China Craton (NCC), has been carried out in the past few years by …

Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: an overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

YB Wu, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of collisional orogens is a prominent feature in convergent plate margins. It is
generally a complex process involving multistage tectonism of compression and extension …

Continental and oceanic crust recycling-induced melt–peridotite interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U–Pb dating, Hf isotopes and trace elements in zircons …

Y Liu, S Gao, Z Hu, C Gao, K Zong… - Journal of petrology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We present the first finding of continental crust-derived Precambrian zircons in garnet/spinel
pyroxenite veins within mantle xenoliths carried by the Neogene Hannuoba basalt in the …