Gold mineralization in China: Metallogenic provinces, deposit types and tectonic framework

J Deng, Q Wang - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a review of major gold mineralization events in China and a summary of
metallogenic provinces, deposit types, metallogenic epochs and tectonic settings. Over 200 …

Tectonic evolution, superimposed orogeny, and composite metallogenic system in China

J Deng, Q Wang, G Li - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Continental China is a mosaic of numerous tectonic blocks, which amalgamated from
Neoarchean to Cenozoic broadly coeval with the cycles of global supercontinents such as …

Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic terrane assembly and Wilson cycle in the North China Craton: an overview from the central segment of the Trans-North China Orogen

L Tang, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the important Precambrian nuclei of the
globe as well as an integral component of the Paleoproterozoic supercontinent Columba …

Microblock amalgamation in the North China Craton: evidence from Neoarchaean magmatic suite in the western margin of the Jiaoliao Block

QY Yang, M Santosh, AS Collins, XM Teng - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Archaean Earth is considered to have been characterized by microcontinents
that formed, dominantly, through the accretion of oceanic arcs and plateaus. The North …

Mantle plume-triggered rifting closely following Neoarchean cratonization revealed by 2.50–2.20 Ga magmatism across North China Craton

Y Zhou, M Zhai - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The Earth experienced fundamental tectonic transformation and paleoclimatic upheavals
during the early Paleoproterozoic (2.50–2.20 Ga). However, the tectonic framework of this …

Paleoproterozoic crustal growth in the North China Craton: evidence from the Lüliang Complex

M Santosh, QY Yang, X Teng, L Tang - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The building of continental blocks and their assembly into supercontinents are linked to
episodic crustal growth through Earth history, where both vertical and horizontal accretions …

Spatio-temporal analysis of big data sets of detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data: Tests of tectonic models for the Precambrian evolution of the North …

ZJ Zhang, T Kusky, M Gao, QM Cheng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The formation mechanism of the North China Craton (NCC) is controversial, with one model
(Model 1) suggesting that it was formed by progressive accretion of arcs by generally …

The building of an Archean microcontinent: evidence from the North China Craton

QY Yang, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Continents on the early earth are considered to have been built through the accretion of
microterranes, oceanic arcs and plateaus. The North China Craton (NCC), envisaged in …

Growth and evolution of Precambrian continental crust in the southwestern Tarim terrane: New evidence from the ca. 1.4 Ga A-type granites and Paleoproterozoic …

XT Ye, CL Zhang, M Santosh, J Zhang, XK Fan… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Precambrian tectonic evolution and growth of continental crust in the southwestern
Tarim Craton in NW China remain enigmatic. In this contribution, we report petrography …

Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of two contrasting Neoarchean charnockitic rock series in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Implications for …

X Bai, S Liu, R Guo, W Wang - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Zunhua–Qinglong microblock in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton, exposes
two contrasting charnockitic rock series in the Yuhuzhai–Taipingzhai and Cuizhangzi areas …