Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …

Spatial and temporal radiogenic isotopic trends of magmatism in Cordilleran orogens

JB Chapman, MN Ducea, P Kapp, GE Gehrels… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
An intrinsic feature of Cordillera-style orogenic systems is a spatial trend in the radiogenic
isotopic composition of subduction-related magmatism. Magmatism is most isotopically …

Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes

YW Chen, J Wu, J Suppe - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The Andean margin is the plate-tectonic paradigm for long-lived, continuous subduction, yet
its geology since the late Mesozoic era (the past 100 million years or so) has been far from …

Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3–2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze craton, South China: implications for late Archean tectonics

JL Guo, YB Wu, S Gao, ZM Jin, KQ Zong, ZC Hu… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean Kongling Terrane preserves voluminous Paleoarchean-
Paleoproterozoic granitoids, recording the early formation and evolution history of the …

Destabilization of long‐lived Hadean protocrust and the onset of pervasive hydrous melting at 3.8 Ga

N Drabon, BL Byerly, GR Byerly, JL Wooden… - AGU …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The nature of Earth's earliest crust and crustal processes remain unresolved questions in
Precambrian geology. While some hypotheses suggest that plate tectonics began in the …

Coupled zircon Lu–Hf and U–Pb isotopic analyses of the oldest terrestrial crust, the> 4.03 Ga Acasta Gneiss Complex

AM Bauer, CM Fisher, JD Vervoort… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Acasta Gneiss Complex of the Northwest Territories, Canada, contains some of
the earliest terrestrial continental crust and thus provides a critical sample set for …

The relationships between tectonics, climate and exhumation in the Central Andes (18–36 S): Evidence from low-temperature thermochronology

NF Stalder, F Herman, MG Fellin, I Coutand… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Andes between 18° S and 36° S latitude strike north-south for 2000 km
along the Chilean subduction margin, cross several climate zones from hyperarid to humid …

Disparities in oxygen isotopes of detrital and igneous zircon identify erosional bias in crustal rock record

CJ Spencer, AJ Cavosie, TR Morrell, GM Lu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The detrital zircon oxygen isotope record has been used to describe 4.4 billion years of
crustal evolution and maturation. Implicit in the application and use of large databases of …

Temporal histories of Cordilleran continental arcs: Testing models for magmatic episodicity

M Kirsch, SR Paterson, F Wobbe, AMM Ardila… - American …, 2016 - degruyter.com
Magmatic activity in continental arcs is known to vary in a non-steady-state manner, with the
mechanisms driving magmatic activity being a matter of ongoing discussion. Of particular …

Coupled evolution of Neoproterozoic arc mafic magmatism and mantle wedge in the western margin of the South China Craton

JH Zhao, MF Zhou, YB Wu, JP Zheng… - Contributions to Mineralogy …, 2019 - Springer
Subduction of oceanic slabs can physically and chemically modify mantle wedges, but how
mantle wedges are temporally evolved is difficult to be constrained. In this study, we use in …