[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

TM Kusky, A Polat, BF Windley, KC Burke… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Archean cratons have map patterns and rock associations that are diagnostic of the Wilson
Cycle. The North China Craton (NCC) consists of several distinctly different tectonic units …

[HTML][HTML] 华北克拉通构造演化

翟明国 - 地质力学学报, 2019 - cgsjournals.com
华北克拉通是中国大陆的主要构造单元, 从早期到中生代以来的地质记录较完整, 受到国际关注,
是大陆形成和演化研究的天然实验室. 华北克拉通的构造演化可以分为八个大的阶段 …

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 …

Growth, destruction, and preservation of Earth's continental crust

CJ Spencer, NMW Roberts, M Santosh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
From the scant Hadean records of the Jack Hills to Cenozoic supervolcanoes, the
continental crust provides a synoptic view deep into Earth history. However, the information …

Geodynamics of heterogeneous gold mineralization in the North China Craton and its relationship to lithospheric destruction

SR Li, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) hosts some of the world-class gold deposits on the
globe, which can be classified into distinct types as the “Jiaodong type”, explosive breccia …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient deep roots for Mesozoic world-class gold deposits in the north China craton: an integrated genetic perspective

CX Yang, M Santosh - Geoscience Frontiers, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) hosts some of the world-class gold deposits that
formed more than 2 billion years after the major orogenic cycles and cratonization. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic evolution of the North China craton

Z Mingguo - 地质力学学报, 2019 - journal.geomech.ac.cn
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is a major tectonic unit of China. It is brought into
focus to international Earth scientists, because of its complicated and complete geological …

Late Neoarchean subduction-related crustal growth in the Northern Liaoning region of the North China Craton: Evidence from∼ 2.55 to 2.50 Ga granitoid gneisses

W Wang, S Liu, PA Cawood, X Bai, R Guo, B Guo… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC), dominated by∼ 2.6–2.5 Ga tectonothermal events,
provides a natural laboratory to study Neoarchean crustal growth and geodynamic …