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 …

Deconstructing South China and consequences for reconstructing Nuna and Rodinia

PA Cawood, W Wang, T Zhao, Y Xu, JA Mulder… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contrasting models for internal and external locations of South China within the Nuna and
Rodinia supercontinents can be resolved when the current lithotectonic associations of …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of 3.1–1.9 Ga granitoids in the Cuoke Complex, SW China

X Cui, J Wang, XC Wang, SA Wilde, G Ren, S Li… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The newly identified Cuoke Complex preserves voluminous early Precambrian
granitoids, bearing key information for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block, South China …

The temporal distribution of Earth's supermountains and their potential link to the rise of atmospheric oxygen and biological evolution

Z Zhu, IH Campbell, CM Allen, JJ Brocks… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
We use the distribution of low-Lu and low-Lu/Dy zircons, derived from the eroded roots of
mountains, where trace amounts of zircon compete with abundant garnets for heavy rare …

Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Yangtze Block: New evidence from ca. 2.36 to 2.22 Ga magmatism and 1.96 Ga metamorphism in the Cuoke complex, SW …

X Cui, J Wang, G Ren, Q Deng, Z Sun, F Ren… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
The infrequent early Paleoproterozoic rocks are essential for investigating the early
evolution of the Yangtze Block and its reconstruction in the global supercontinent. Here, we …

Geochronology and petrogenesis of the TTG gneisses and granitoids from the Central Bundelkhand granite-greenstone terrane, Bundelkhand Craton, India …

PK Singh, SK Verma, VK Singh, JA Moreno… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this contribution we present field relations, U-Pb zircon geochronology, in-situ Lu-Hf
isotopes, bulk-rock Sm-Nd isotopes and geochemistry of the tonalite-trondhjemite …

Neoarchean granitic rocks from the Jiamiao area of the Dabie orogen: Implications on the formation and early evolution of the Yangtze Craton

Y Tian, W Wang, W Jin, Y Wu, J Wang, X Deng… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Archean rock exposures in the Yangtze Craton of South China are scarce and have been
only studied in small-scale outcrops for understanding its early crustal evolution. Geological …

Petrogenesis of Archean TTGs and potassic granites in the southern Yangtze Block: Constraints on the early formation of the Yangtze Block

T Zhao, J Li, G Liu, PA Cawood, JW Zi, K Wang… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
The southern Yangtze is underlain by Mesoarchean igneous rocks that were emplaced in
two pulses, including trondhjemites at ca. 3092–3071 Ma followed by potassic granites at …

Geochemical and detrital zircon age constraints on Meso-to Neoproterozoic sedimentary basins in the southern Yangtze Block: Implications on Proterozoic …

L Sun, W Wang, MK Pandit, G Lu, E Xue, B Huang… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
The late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic sedimentary sequences in the
southwestern Yangtze Block, represented by the Julin, Huili, and Kunyang groups, provide …

Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic K-rich granites in the Phan Si Pan Complex, north Vietnam: Constraints on the early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block

T Zhao, PA Cawood, K Wang, JW Zi, Q Feng… - Precambrian …, 2019 - Elsevier
Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Phan Si Pan Complex, North Vietnam,
constitute the southern extension of the Yangtze Block, and provide a valuable record of the …