Tectonic architecture and multiple orogeny of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China

Y Dong, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB) is located between the North China and South
China Blocks, and has been considered to have formed by the collision between these …

Developing plate tectonics theory from oceanic subduction zones to collisional orogens

YF Zheng, YX Chen, LQ Dai, ZF Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Crustal subduction and continental collision is the core of plate tectonics theory.
Understanding the formation and evolution of continental collision orogens is a key to …

Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the North Qinling Orogenic Belt in Central China: Insights on continental deep subduction and multiphase exhumation

L Liu, X Liao, Y Wang, C Wang, M Santosh… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Qinling orogenic belt is an important component of Qinling composite
orogen in Central China. High-pressure and ultra-high pressure (HP-UHP) rocks occur as …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic tectonics of Asia: Towards a full-plate model

M Domeier - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Asia is key to a richer understanding of many important lithospheric processes such as
crustal growth, continental evolution and orogenesis. But to properly decipher the secrets …

Metamorphic evolution of the East Tethys tectonic domain and its tectonic implications

Q Zhang, X Gao, R Chen, Y Zheng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The China Central Orogenic System (CCOS), extending in an east-west direction in
the middle part of China, is composed of the Early Paleozoic Altyn-North Qilian-North …

Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the North Qinling orogenic belt: Evidence from geochemistry, phase equilibrium modeling and geochronology of metamorphosed …

L Tang, M Santosh, Y Dong, T Tsunogae, S Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Shangdan suture zone (SSZ) is the main collisional boundary between the North China
Craton and the South China Craton, along which discontinuous Paleozoic ophiolites and …

Recycling of crustal materials through study of ultrahigh-pressure minerals in collisional orogens, ophiolites, and mantle xenoliths: A review

JG Liou, T Tsujimori, J Yang, RY Zhang… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2014 - Elsevier
Newly recognized occurrences of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) minerals including diamonds in
ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) felsic granulites of orogenic belts, in chromitites associated with …

Timing of Orogenic Exhumation Processes of the Qinling Orogen: Evidence From 40Ar/39Ar Dating

Y Dong, F Neubauer, J Genser, S Sun, Z Yang… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt was formed by long‐lived subduction and collision
between the North and South China blocks. Our 40Ar/39Ar geochronological data of …

Non-cratonic diamonds from UHP metamorphic terranes, ophiolites and volcanic sources

LF Dobrzhinetskaya… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The discovery of diamonds in metamorphic rocks of continental affinities occurred shortly
after the discovery of coesite in similar rocks. These important discoveries led to a revolution …

The northern boundary of the Proto-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from structural analysis and U–Pb zircon geochronology of the North Qinling Terrane

S Zhao, S Li, X Liu, M Santosh, ID Somerville… - Journal of Asian earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Qinling Terrane, including the Kuanping, Erlangping and Qinling groups,
is located in the northern part of the Qinling Orogen. Here we present results from structural …