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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Alpine-style nappes thrust over ancient North China continental margin demonstrate large Archean horizontal plate motions

Y Zhong, T Kusky, L Wang, A Polat, X Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Whether modern-style plate tectonics operated on early Earth is debated due to a paucity of
definitive records of large-scale plate convergence, subduction, and collision in the Archean …

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 …

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 …

Generation of Archaean TTG gneisses through amphibole‐dominated fractionation

P Liou, J Guo - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The early continental crust is characterized by the tonalite‐trondhjemite‐granodiorite
gneisses (TTG) of Archaean terrains. There is a consensus that TTGs were formed by partial …

Geochemical constraints on the nature of Late Archean basaltic-andesitic magmatism in the North China Craton

X Wang, WB Zhu, YF Zheng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is distinguished from the majority of Archean
cratons in the world by its extensive records of late Neoarchean (2.6–2.5 Ga) mafic …

A Neoarchean arc–back-arc system in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Constraints from zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of dioritic–tonalitic …

X Bai, S Liu, R Guo, W Wang - Precambrian Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Dioritic–tonalitic–trondhjemitic–granodioritic (DTTG) gneisses are widely exposed
in the Zunhua–Qinglong microblock of Eastern Hebei, North China Craton (NCC). LA-ICP …

Neoarchean Andean-type active continental margin in the northeastern North China Craton: Geochemical and geochronological evidence from metavolcanic rocks in …

B Guo, S Liu, J Zhang, W Wang, J Fu, M Wang - Precambrian Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The Jiapigou granite-greenstone belt of Southern Jilin Province is located at the
northeastern margin of the North China Craton (NCC). The Neoarchean metavolcanic rocks …

Zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes and geochemistry of two contrasting Neoarchean charnockitic rock series in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton: Implications for …

X Bai, S Liu, R Guo, W Wang - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Zunhua–Qinglong microblock in Eastern Hebei, North China Craton, exposes
two contrasting charnockitic rock series in the Yuhuzhai–Taipingzhai and Cuizhangzi areas …