Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

L Shu, J Yao, B Wang, M Faure, J Charvet… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Block is situated in the Eastern Asian margin. Since the
Neoproterozoic, its tectonic evolution was constrained by successive consumption-closure …

Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Jiangnan orogen, South China: a~ 970–820 Ma Rodinia margin accretionary belt

J Yao, PA Cawood, L Shu, G Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Neoproterozoic Jiangnan Orogen in South China records a succession of arc-
trench-basin assemblages culminating in accretion of the bounding Yangtze and Cathaysia …

Granitic record of the assembly of the Asian continent

T Wang, Y Tong, H Huang, H Zhang, L Guo, Z Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

Eastward tectonic migration and transition of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Andean-type continental margin along Southeast China

Y Suo, S Li, C Jin, Y Zhang, J Zhou, X Li, P Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
A Mesozoic Andean-type active continental margin is believed to have developed along the
Southeast China continental margin, which has been investigated in detail. However, the …

Building Southeast China in the late Mesozoic: Insights from alternating episodes of shortening and extension along the Lianhuashan fault zone

J Li, PA Cawood, L Ratschbacher, Y Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the Mesozoic intraplate structural response of South China inboard of the
Paleo-Pacific-South China convergent margin is a key issue in unravelling the continental …

Mantle influx compensates crustal thinning beneath the Cathaysia Block, South China: Evidence from SINOPROBE reflection profiling

S Dong, J Li, PA Cawood, R Gao, Y Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The crustal architecture of the Cathaysia Block, South China, is a key element in
understanding the late Mesozoic tectono-magmatic history of East Asia, and includes a …

Tectonic evolution of the eastern Jiangnan region, South China: New findings and implications on the assembly of the Rodinia supercontinent

L Shu, J Wang, J Yao - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Jiangnan orogenic belt in South China, formed by the collision of the Yangtze and
Cathaysia sub-blocks, represents a key to reconstruct the assembly of the Rodinia …

The joining of North and South China during the Permian: Coherent metamorphic evidence from East Asia orogenesis

L Zhao, H Tang, RN Mitchell, QL Li, XW Zhou… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The joining of the North and South China blocks marks the formation of the united East
Asian continent, which is an integral part of Pangea. The amalgamation of these two …

Late Triassic to middle Jurassic tectonic evolution of the South China block: geodynamic transition from the paleo-Tethys to the paleo-Pacific regimes

X Xu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-plate convergence around a nuclear block and the geodynamic transition occurred
generally after the onset of plate tectonics. Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic geodynamics of …