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 …

Detrital zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope constrains on the generation and reworking of Precambrian continental crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: a synthesis

XH Li, ZX Li, WX Li - Gondwana Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block, consisting of the Yangtze and the Cathaysia blocks, is one
of the largest Precambrian blocks in eastern Asia. However, the early history of the …

Formation and evolution of Precambrian continental lithosphere in South China

SB Zhang, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
An overview is presented for the formation and evolution of Precambrian continental
lithosphere in South China. This is primarily based on an integrated study of zircon U–Pb …

Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and mafic rocks in the Hekou area, SW China: Implication for the reconstruction of the Yangtze Block in Columbia

WT Chen, MF Zhou, XF Zhao - Precambrian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Paleoproterozoic Hekou Group in the western Yangtze Block is a volcano-sedimentary
succession that is intruded by gabbroic plutons. Sedimentary rocks in the group include …

Reviews and new metallogenic models of mineral deposits in South China: An introduction

RZ Hu, WT Chen, DR Xu, MF Zhou - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In South China, the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks were welded together along the
Jiangnan Fold Belt during Neoproterozoic time (∼ 830 Ma). Large-scale mineralization in …

Proterozoic Fe–Cu metallogeny and supercontinental cycles of the southwestern Yangtze Block, southern China and northern Vietnam

MF Zhou, XF Zhao, WT Chen, XC Li, W Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze Block has a Paleoproterozoic and Archean basement and was
traditionally thought to have been cratonized after the Neoproterozoic. Recent studies reveal …

A possible buried Paleoproterozoic collisional orogen beneath central South China: Evidence from seismic-reflection profiling

SW Dong, YQ Zhang, R Gao, JB Su, M Liu, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consisting of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks has
figured importantly in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent of Rodinia. However, its lack of …

Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Craton, South China: New constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes and geochemistry of ca. 2.9–2.6 Ga granitic rocks in the …

K Wang, ZX Li, S Dong, J Cui, B Han, T Zheng… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
We report here new zircon U-Pb age and Hf-isotope as well as geochemical analyses of the
recently discovered Archean-Paleoproterozoic Zhongxiang Complex in the northern-central …

A Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange, Yangtze craton, South China: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic suturing and microcontinent amalgamation

Q Han, S Peng, T Kusky, A Polat, X Jiang, Y Cen… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
We document for the first time the presence of a Paleoproterozoic ophiolitic mélange in the
Archean–Paleoproterozoic Kongling Complex in the northern Huangling Dome, Yangtze …

Paleoproterozoic I-type granites and their implications for the Yangtze block position in the Columbia supercontinent: Evidence from the Lengshui Complex, South …

Z Wang, J Wang, Q Deng, Q Du, X Zhou, F Yang… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
The early history of the Yangtze Block is not well constrained owing to scarce outcrops of the
Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks. In this paper, we report an integrated study of major and …