“…However, neither scheme is supported by the latest chronostratigraphic data (Z. S. Li, Jia, et al, 2020; Su, 2016; H. Zhang et al, 2019; Zhu et al, 2020). The provenance areas of the Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic strata in Lushi–Luanchuan and Mianchi–Queshan subregions were located in the north and south, respectively (G. H. Hu, Zhao, & Zhou, 2014; X. Y. Li, Li, et al, 2020; M. Li, Wang, & Wang, 2013; X. F. Liu et al, 2019; M. Wang et al, 2020a; M. Wang, Zhou, & Zhang, 2020b; Yue & Liu, 2017; Zhu et al, 2011; Zhu, Qiu, Pang, & Zhai, 2019; Zuo, Li, Zhang, et al, 2019), indicating that the Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic palaeogeographic patterns of the XER were remarkably different. Similar provenance transition is obtained in the Wufoshan Group of the Song–Ji subregion from the subsequent provenance analysis, indicative of comparable sedimentary sequences and basin evolution among three subregions of the XER.…”