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 …

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 …

Discovery of Neoarchean suprasubduction zone ophiolite suite from Yishui Complex in the North China Craton

M Santosh, XM Teng, XF He, L Tang, QY Yang - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The Archean tectonic realm of the North China Craton (NCC) is considered in recent models
as a collage of several microblocks which were amalgamated along zones of ocean closure …

Mantle plume-triggered rifting closely following Neoarchean cratonization revealed by 2.50–2.20 Ga magmatism across North China Craton

Y Zhou, M Zhai - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The Earth experienced fundamental tectonic transformation and paleoclimatic upheavals
during the early Paleoproterozoic (2.50–2.20 Ga). However, the tectonic framework of this …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Neoarchean granite-greenstone belts and related ore mineralization in the North China Craton: an overview

L Tang, M Santosh - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Tectonic processes involving amalgamations of microblocks along zones of ocean closure
represented by granite-greenstone belts (GGB) were fundamental in building the Earth's …

Mesozoic magmatism in the eastern North China Craton: Insights on tectonic cycles associated with progressive craton destruction

F Yang, M Santosh, SW Kim - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) provides a classic example for lithospheric thinning
associated with craton destruction (or decratonization) through multiple tectonic events. The …

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 …

Petrogenesis of the 2115 Ma Haicheng mafic sills from the Eastern North China Craton: Implications for an intra-continental rifting

X Wang, P Peng, C Wang, S Yang - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rhyacian (2300–2050 Ma) is a special era of the Paleoproterozoic represented
by large layered intrusions in many cratons. It is well known that there are widespread …