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 …

Temporal and spatial variations of Mesozoic magmatism and deformation in the North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning and decratonization

SH Zhang, Y Zhao, GA Davis, H Ye, F Wu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Mesozoic (Triassic–Cretaceous) magmatic rocks and structural deformation are
widely distributed in the North China Craton (NCC) and are crucial to understanding the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Timing, scale and mechanism of the destruction of the North China Craton

RX Zhu, L Chen, FY Wu, JL Liu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is a classical example of ancient destroyed cratons.
Since the initiation of the North China Craton Destruction Project by the National Natural …

Recycling lower continental crust in the North China craton

S Gao, RL Rudnick, HL Yuan, XM Liu, YS Liu, WL Xu… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Foundering of mafic lower continental crust into underlying convecting mantle has been
proposed as one means to explain the unusually evolved chemical composition of Earth's …

The boron and lithium isotopic composition of mid-ocean ridge basalts and the mantle

HR Marschall, VD Wanless, N Shimizu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
A global selection of 56 mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) glasses were analysed for Li and B
abundances and isotopic compositions. Analytical accuracy and precision of analyses …

Heat production and geotherms for the continental lithosphere

D Hasterok, DS Chapman - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
We propose a continental lithosphere heat production model based on the petrology of crust
and mantle, heat production measurements of surface and xenolith samples, and tectono …

[PDF][PDF] Age and growth of the Archean Kongling terrain, South China, with emphasis on 3.3 Ga granitoid gneisses

S Gao, J Yang, L Zhou, M Li, Z Hu, J Guo… - American Journal of …, 2011 - ajsonline.org
The North China craton and the Yangtze craton (South China) both contain Archean rocks in
eastern China. Unlike the North China craton, where Archean rocks are widespread, in the …