Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

Abstract The South China Block is situated in the Eastern Asian margin. Since the
Neoproterozoic, its tectonic evolution was constrained by successive consumption-closure …

Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …

Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

Abstract The East Asian continent records a complex geologic and tectonic history that
involved the amalgamation of several small-to medium-sized blocks from Laurasia or …

Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for
analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and developing compositional …

The earliest evidence for subduction, which could have been localized, does not signify
when plate tectonics became a global phenomenon. To test the antiquity of global …

Lithospheric extension plays a pivotal role in governing the evolution of continents and the
birth of oceanic basins on Earth. Despite this, quantifying wide-mode lithospheric extension …

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 …

Abstract The newly identified Cuoke Complex preserves voluminous early Precambrian
granitoids, bearing key information for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block, South China …