Late Cretaceous to Early Cenozoic extension in the Lower Yangtze region (East China) driven by Izanagi-Pacific plate subduction

Reactivated Margin of the Western North China Craton in the Late Cretaceous: Constraints From Zircon (U‐Th)/He Thermochronology of Taibai Mountain

“…The dashed line (A‐A′) represents the cross section of (b). (b) Schematic lithospheric section of the NCC in the Late Cretaceous (modified after Fan et al., 2019; Zhu & Xu, 2019; X. Xu et al., 2021). The reactivated margin of the western NCC in the context of WNW‐ESE extension was triggered by slab rollback during Izanagi‐Plate subduction.…”

“…Wu et al., 2019; Y.‐G. Xu, 2001; Zhu et al., 2011). Comparing the western and eastern NCC, we find that the pre‐rifting conditions of the circum‐Ordos area may shed light on how the craton evolved from a relatively stable one into a thinned one.…”

“…The dashed line (A-A′) represents the cross section of (b). (b) Schematic lithospheric section of the NCC in the Late Cretaceous (modified afterFan et al, 2019;Zhu & Xu, 2019;X. Xu et al, 2021).…”

Supplemental Material: Phanerozoic cratonization by plume welding

“…S10) are processed by time-to-depth conversion according to the velocity model of the sediment lithology package (Laborde et al, 2019). Yangtze (Xu et al, 2021b), North China (Zhao et al, 2004) and Tarim (Xu et al, 2021a) cratons; The global total-field magnetic anomaly intensity (ΔT) map was prepared using the Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid Version (EMAG2) database (Maus et al, 2009). (Dong et al, 2015).…”

Styles of Trench‐Parallel Mid‐Ocean Ridge Subduction Affect Cenozoic Geological Evolution in Circum‐Pacific Continental Margins

“…The distinct slab dips between the northwest and southeast Pacific subduction zones (e.g., Axen et al., 2018; Ficini et al., 2017; Hu & Gurnis, 2020; Lallemand et al., 2005) may be an import variate controlling the style of mid‐ocean ridge subduction. The massive near‐trench arc volcanics in the Eurasian continental margin (Figure 1a) indicate the Izanagi slab should have a normal‐to‐steep subduction style, at least from the late Cretaceous to Paleogene (Ma & Xu, 2021; Wu, Yang, et al., 2019; Xu et al., 2021). This may be related to (a) the high‐dip angle of trench, for example, ca.…”