Neoproterozoic (~900Ma) Sariwon sills in North Korea: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for the evolution of the south-eastern margin of the North China Craton

Peng, Peng; Zhai, Mingguo; Li, Qiuli; Wu, Fu‐Yuan; Hou, Quanlin; Zhong, Li; Li, Tiesheng; Zhang, Yanbin

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“…The boundary between the Unnamed System and the Qingbaikou System is still marked by the Qinyu Uplift unconformity interface. Recent studies (Peng et al 2011a(Peng et al , 2011b) also distinguish ca. 900 Ma mafic dikes in the central and eastern NCB and the northern Korea.…”

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General Precambrian Geology in China

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Zhou

2015

Precambrian Geology of China

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The Earth has an evolving history ca. 4.6 Ga old. Precambrian continents experienced complex geological evolution since the Early Precambrian onward and carry important records of the secular changes in tectonics and metallogeny, including, at least, three important tectonic events that are Neoarchean enormous crustal growth, tectonic regime inversion from pre-plate tectonics to plate tectonics, and Paleoproterozoic great oxygen event (GOE). Without question, Precambrian geology is a key issue to understand continental geology. Precambrian rocks are extensively distributed in China, not only in cratons, but also in Phanerozoic orogenic belts. The Chinese continent consists of several cratons and surrounding Phanerozoic orogenic belts (folded belts). The main old lands in China include the North China Block (NCB), South China Block (SCB), and Tarim Block (TRB), all of which have individual tectonic evolving histories. The NCB experienced complex geological evolution since the Early Precambrian onward and carries important records from the old continental nuclei, giant crustal growth episode, and cratonization (stabilization), then to the Paleoproterozoic rifting-subduction-accretioncollision with imprints of the GOE, and to the Late PaleoproterozoicNeoproterozoic multistage rifting representing North China platform tectonic features. The TRB has two-layer basement of the Early Precambrian metamorphic complexes and Neoproterozoic sedimentary sequences. Three till sheets have been reported. The SCB consists of the Yangtze Block (YZB) and Cathaysia Block (CTB) that were cohered in the Neoproterozoic. The YZB recorded tectonic processes of the Early Precambrian crustal growth, 1.0-0.9 and 0.8-0.6 Ga metamorphic-magmatic events, and two Neoproterozoic glaciations. The CTB consists of ca. 1.8, 1.0-0.9 Ga, and ca. 0.8 Ga granitic gneisses and metamorphic rocks, indicating there was a vast Precambrian basement. The Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks overlie partly on the basement. That the YZB and CTB have a Neoproterozoic uniform cover layer illustrates the SCB should form, at least, during 1.0-0.9 Ga. The Nanhua Rift System developed in the SCB in ca. 0.8-0.7 Ga, which probably represented a global event indicating breakup of the Rodinia Supercontinent. The Central Chinese Orogenic System with high-ultra-high-pressure metamorphic rocks supports a suggestion that the above-mentioned three old lands were collided to assemble a unified Chinese continent during the Pangea orogenic period.

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General Precambrian Geology in China

Zhai

Zhou

2015

Precambrian Geology of China

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“…Rocks northwest of it belong to the NCC and the ultra high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks southeast of the fault belong to the Su-Lu orogen which separating the NCC and the South China Craton Zhang et al, 2009;Li SZ et al, 2009). The Precambrian metamorphic rocks of the NCC northwest of the Yantai-Wulian Fault are mainly Archean gneiss-granulite complexes that are traditionally called the Jiaodong complex and Taishan complex (Ying, 1980;Jahn et al, 2008) and Paleoproterozoic metamorphic sedimentary rocks that are traditionally called the Jingshan Group and Fenzishan Group Peng et al, 2011. ) (BGMRSP, 1991).…”

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“…It has been suggested that the Kuhyon System is coeval with the Nanhua System in South China considering the calcareous conglomerate being correlated with the tillites of the Nanhua System (Paek et al, 1993). Mafic sills named the Sariwon sills (Peng et al, 2011) intruded the Sangwon System and were overlain by the Kuhyon System ( Fig. 4; Ryu et al, 1990;Paek et al, 1993).…”

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Mesoproterozoic magmatic events in the eastern North China Craton and their tectonic implications: Geochronological evidence from detrital zircons in the Shandong Peninsula and North Korea

Zhai

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“…Usually, the parallel dyke swarms are controlled by the regional extensional stress field in which tectonic forces arise from the boundaries of the plate, this is evident in the stress field modeling results of the Late Paleoproterozoic North China Craton, which suggest that the NNWtrending mafic dyke swarms in the craton are controlled by the regional extension stress field which tectonic forces come from the The North China Craton is a stable continent with triangular shape bounded by the Qilian-Qinling Ocean (a passive continental margin) along its southern margin, an Andean-style orogen (IMNHO: Inner Mongolia-North Hebei Orogen) along its northern margin and the Tanlu Fault (strike-slip margin) along its eastern margin ( Fig. 3) (Zhai and Liu, 2003;Kusky et al, 2007;Hou et al, 2008b;Peng et al, 2011;Santosh et al, in press). During Late Paleoproterozoic, the North China Craton was subjected to the tectonic forces along these above-mentioned margins of the craton.…”

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“…A: Hole Model for small radiating dyke swarm mode; B: Plug Model for giant radiating dyke swarm model. North China, North Korea, Southern India and Canadian Shield areas (Hou et al, 2008b;Santosh, 2010;Peng et al, 2011). These giant radiating dyke swarms are usually related to a mantle plume that triggers the continental rifting and breakup of a supercontinent.…”

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Mechanism for three types of mafic dyke swarms

Hou

2012

Geoscience Frontiers

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This study proposes three models to explain the mechanism of the three major types of mafic dyke swarms. Parallel dyke swarms form in response to a regional stress field, e.g. the mafic dyke swarms in the North China Craton, whereas small radiating dyke swarm forms due to stress constructions around a plutonic or volcanic edifice, such as the dyke swarm at Spanish Peak, USA. The third type of radiating dyke swarm is giant fan-shaped dyke swarm such as the Mackenzie dyke swarm. Fractures that formed prior to magmatism may play a vital role in dictating the dyke swarm geometry. In most of the cases, the pre-existing fractures are induced by tectonic stresses and not by magma injection though magma injection can increase the fracture size by propagation at the dyke tip. ª 2011, China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Peking University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Neoproterozoic (~900Ma) Sariwon sills in North Korea: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for the evolution of the south-eastern margin of the North China Craton

Cited by 162 publications

References 57 publications

General Precambrian Geology in China

General Precambrian Geology in China

Mesoproterozoic magmatic events in the eastern North China Craton and their tectonic implications: Geochronological evidence from detrital zircons in the Shandong Peninsula and North Korea

Mechanism for three types of mafic dyke swarms

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