Mélanges through time: Life cycle of the world's largest Archean mélange compared with Mesozoic and Paleozoic subduction-accretion-collision mélanges

T Kusky, J Wang, L Wang, B Huang, W Ning, D Fu… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mélanges represent a significant component of collisional and accretionary orogenic belts.
We present a comparison of subduction-accretion mélanges of different ages to test how …

Four phases of Orosirian metamorphism in the north North China Craton (NNCC): Insights into the regional tectonic framework and evolution

C Wei, M Zhai, B Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The early Precambrian tectonic framework and evolution of the North China Craton (NCC)
remain diversely contentious. This paper presents an overview mainly of the progresses in …

Geology of a Neoarchean suture: evidence from the Zunhua ophiolitic mélange of the Eastern Hebei Province, North China Craton

J Wang, X Li, W Ning, T Kusky, L Wang… - GSA …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mélanges characterize Phanerozoic convergent plate boundaries, but have rarely been
reported from Archean orogens. In this paper, we document a Neoarchean ophiolitic …

Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic reactivation of a Paleozoic‐early Mesozoic orogen

C Wu, AV Zuza, X Chen, L Ding, DA Levy, C Liu… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Eastern Kunlun Range in north Tibet, located along the northern margin of the
eastern Tethyan orogenic system, records evidence for continental break‐up and ocean …

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 …

Proterozoic–phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Qilian shan and Eastern kunlun range, northern Tibet

C Wu, J Li, AV Zuza, PJ Haproff, X Chen… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Proterozoic–Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Qilian Shan, Qaidam Basin,
and Eastern Kunlun Range was key to the construction of the Asian continent, and …

Vestiges of early Earth's deep subduction and CHONSP cycle recorded in Archean ophiolitic podiform chromitites

T Kusky, Y Huang, L Wang, PT Robinson, R Wirth… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ophiolitic podiform chromitites from Phanerozoic orogens have been shown to preserve a
wealth of textures and inclusions that, in some way, trace earlier episodes of subduction and …

Paleoproterozoic high-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Yinshan Block, North China craton

Z Yang, C Wei, S Song, W Tian, B Wang - Precambrian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yinshan Block located in the northern margin of the North China Craton (NCC)
has been regarded as a typical Archean cratonic block, but it is argued whether the block …

Neoarchean SSZ and MOR ultra-/high-pressure ophiolitic mélanges of the Eastern Hebei Complex, North China Craton: dynamics of an Archean paleo-subduction …

W Ning, T Kusky, L Wang, J Wang, H Deng… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ophiolitic mélange is a significant geological component in ancient convergent plate
margins. Characterization of block and matrix types, their igneous, sedimentary and …

Punctuated orogeny during the assembly of Asia: Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the North China craton and the Qilian Shan from the Paleoproterozoic to early …

C Wu, AV Zuza, A Yin, X Chen, PJ Haproff, J Li, B Li… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Proterozoic‐Phanerozoic evolution of the Tarim and North China cratons is
integral to the construction of the Eurasian continent. Throughout the Paleozoic, these …