Secular evolution of continents and the Earth system

PA Cawood, P Chowdhury, JA Mulder… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of secular evolution of the Earth system is based largely on the rock and
mineral archive preserved in the continental lithosphere. Based on the frequency and range …

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 …

Neoarchean intra-oceanic arc system in the Western Liaoning Province: Implications for Early Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Block of the North China …

W Wang, S Liu, M Santosh, G Wang, X Bai, R Guo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Archean crust–mantle interaction processes provide keys to understanding crustal evolution
in the Early Earth. The North China Craton (NCC) represents a natural laboratory to evaluate …

Formation and evolution of Archean continental crust of the North China Craton

YS Wan, DY Liu, CY Dong, HQ Xie, A Kröner… - Precambrian geology of …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has had a long geological history back to ca. 3.8 Ga
ago. In the Anshan area, northeastern part of the craton, three distinct complexes with ages …

Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of Paleoproterozoic meta-mafic rocks from central Liaodong Peninsula, northeast China: Evidence from zircon U–Pb dating …

E Meng, FL Liu, PH Liu, CH Liu, H Yang, F Wang… - Precambrian …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The central Liaodong Peninsula is located in the northwestern part of the Jiao-Liao-
Ji Belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Surface rocks in this region are …

Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North …

M Wu, G Zhao, M Sun, S Li, Z Bao, PY Tam… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Jiaodong Terrane of the Eastern Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of
the North China Craton (NCC) consists predominantly of Archean granitoid gneisses with …

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 …

Geochemistry, zircon U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf isotopes of metavolcanics from eastern Hebei reveal Neoarchean subduction tectonics in the North China …

R Guo, S Liu, M Santosh, Q Li, X Bai, W Wang - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Neoarchean metavolcanic rocks of Saheqiao occur within the central domain of the
Precambrian terrane in eastern Hebei within the North China Craton. These rocks consist …

Qingyuan high-grade granite–greenstone terrain in the Eastern North China Craton: Root of a Neoarchaean arc

P Peng, C Wang, X Wang, S Yang - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
The Qingyuan high-grade granite–greenstone terrain is one of the first recognized granite–
greenstone terrains in the Eastern North China Craton. Similar to other Archaean terrains, its …

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 …