Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

L Shu, J Yao, B Wang, M Faure, J Charvet… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block is situated in the Eastern Asian margin. Since the
Neoproterozoic, its tectonic evolution was constrained by successive consumption-closure …

Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A preliminary synthesis

J Li, Y Zhang, S Dong, ST Johnston - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China is characterized by widespread
extensional basin and dome generation, voluminous magma intrusion/eruption and …

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 …

The South China block-Indochina collision: Where, when, and how?

M Faure, C Lepvrier, V Van Nguyen, T Van Vu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study uses new field observations and existing studies to shed new light on the origin
and significance of two NW–SE striking orogens in NW and NE Vietnam. We conclude that …

Destruction of the eastern North China Craton in a backarc setting: Evidence from crustal deformation kinematics

G Zhu, D Jiang, B Zhang, Y Chen - Gondwana Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The eastern North China Craton (NCC) west of the Pacific Ocean has a long history of rifting
from Early Cretaceous to the end of Paleogene when the craton experienced destruction …

Late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene tectonic development of SE Asia

CK Morley - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The Late Cretaceous–Early Palaeogene history of the continental core of SE Asia
(Sundaland) marks the time prior to collision of India with Asia when SE Asia, from the …

Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental convergence and intracontinental orogenesis in East Asia: A synthesis of the Yanshan Revolution

S Dong, Y Zhang, F Zhang, J Cui, X Chen… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The basic tectonic framework of continental East Asia was produced by a series of nearly
contemporaneous orogenic events in the late Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous …

Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China

M Faure, L Shu, B Wang, J Charvet, F Choulet… - Terra …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China consists of three litho‐tectonic elements,
from top to bottom: a sedimentary Upper Unit, a metamorphic Lower Unit and a gneissic …

Timing and processes of late Mesozoic mid-lower-crustal extension in continental NE Asia and implications for the tectonic setting of the destruction of the North China …

T Wang, L Guo, Y Zheng, T Donskaya, D Gladkochub… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
Late Mesozoic large-scale crustal extension occurred across the northeastern section of
continental Asia, and metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) are the major features in this …

An Andean-type retro-arc foreland system beneath northwest South China revealed by SINOPROBE profiling

J Li, S Dong, PA Cawood, G Zhao, ST Johnston… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Mesozoic, South China was situated along the convergent margin between
the Asian and Pacific plates, providing an excellent laboratory to understand the interactions …