The nature of Paleoproterozoic basement in the northern Yangtze and its geological implication

X Yuan, M Niu, Q Cai, G Zhu, Q Wu, X Li, Y Sun… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Archean-Paleoproterozoic crystalline basements are sporadically distributed in the Yangtze
Craton, but the fundamental problems about the formation and evolution of these …

Evidence for continental rifting from two episodes of mid-Neoproterozoic silicic magmatism in the northeastern Yangtze Block, China

Q Cai, M Niu, X Yuan, Q Wu, G Zhu, X Li, Y Sun… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mid-Neoproterozoic (850–720 Ma) magmatism around the periphery of the Yangtze
Block records an intense extensional event related to the breakup of Rodinia. However, the …

The nature of Neoproterozoic magmatism in the northeastern Yangtze Craton: Implications for breakup of Rodinia supercontinent

X Yuan, M Niu, Q Cai, G Zhu - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Rocks recording Neoproterozoic geological events related to the Precambrian
supercontinent cycle are widely distributed in the Yangtze Craton, and can be used to …

Geochemistry and geochronology of I–type granites of the Feidong Complex, eastern China: Implications for the Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Yangtze …

S Chen, J Li, F Yuan, L Li, Y Deng, SM Jowitt… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
The early history of the Yangtze Craton is not well constrained as a result of the lack of
outcropping Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks. This study presents new elemental and …

Lateral seismic anisotropy variations record interaction between Tibetan mantle flow and plume‐strengthened Yangtze Craton

W Li, Y Chen, X Liang, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The southeastern Tibetan Plateau experienced intense Cenozoic shortening and
extrusion along the western Yangtze Craton, SW China, where the Permian Emeishan flood …

Bimodal volcanic rocks in the northeastern margin of the Yangtze Block: Response to breakup of Rodinia supercontinent

X Yuan, M Niu, Q Cai, Q Wu, G Zhu, X Li, Y Sun, C Li - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Mid-Neoproterozoic protoliths of high–ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the
northeastern margin of the Yangtze Block preserve one of the best examples of 18 O …

Mid–late Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the northern margin of the Yangtze Block, South China, as constrained from the detrital zircon record

R Wang, Z Xu, M Santosh - Bulletin, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The northern margin of the Yangtze Block (NYB) experienced distinct tectonomagmatic
evolution during the mid-and late-Neoproterozoic, as compared with the northwestern …

Neoproterozoic tectonic transition in the South Qinling Belt: New constraints from geochemistry and zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes of diorites from the Douling Complex

J Zhang, HF Zhang, L Li - Precambrian Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Douling Complex, which represents the oldest rock unit found in the South
Qinling Belt (SQB), was intruded by voluminous Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks. These …

Neoproterozoic alkaline intrusive complex in the northwestern Yangtze Block, Micang Mountains region, South China: petrogenesis and tectonic significance

BP Gan, SC Lai, JF Qin, RZ Zhu… - International Geology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Voluminous Neoproterozoic mafic–ultramafic, felsic, and alkaline intrusions are found in the
northern Yangtze Block, South China. Here, we present whole-rock major and trace …

Dating Strike‐Slip Ductile Shear Through Combined Zircon‐, Titanite‐and Apatite U–Pb Geochronology Along the Southern Tan‐Lu Fault Zone, East China

E Qiu, Y Zhang, KP Larson, B Li - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dating the timing of ductile shear deformation is critical to the understanding of complex,
multi‐episode kinematics that commonly occur within the study of continental tectonics. The …