Tectonic evolution of China and adjacent crustal fragments

U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the paragneisses of the Quanji Massif, NW China: Implications for its early tectonic evolutionary history

“…In recent years, significant advances have been made in understanding their evolutionary histories. We understand that the NCC became a stable continental block through amalgamation of small Archean blocks, while dispute exists on the timing of amalgamation (Wu and Zhong, 1998;Zhao et al, 2001Zhao et al, , 2005Zhao et al, , 2006Kusky et al, 2001Kusky et al, , 2004Wilde et al, 2002;Kusky and Li, 2003;Wilde and Zhao, 2005;Guo et al, 2005;Kröner et al, 2005aKröner et al, ,b, 2006Wan et al, 2006a, b;Polat et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2006Zhang et al, , 2009Li and Kusky, 2007;Faure et al, 2007;Trap et al, 2007Trap et al, , 2008Trap et al, , 2009aZhai et al, 2007Zhai et al, , 2010Kusky, 2011;Nutman et al, 2011;Zhai and Santosh, 2011 and references therein). The YC had a different evolutionary history from the NCC (e.g.…”

Geochronological and geochemical constrains on petrogenesis of the Huangyangshan A-type granite from the East Junggar, Xinjiang, NW China

“…1a), one of the largest accretionary orogenic belts in the world (Sengör et al, 1993;Windley et al, 2002;Xiao et al, 2003;Jahn, 2004;Zhai et al, 2007), is bounded between the Siberian and Kazakhstan plates and the Tianshan Range (Fig. 1b).…”

Geochronological and geochemical comparison of Precambrian meta-mafic volcanics in Zhongtiaoshan and Lüliangshan Regions in Shanxi, North China Craton

“…At about 1.85 Ga, the western block subducted eastward toward to the eastern Block caused continental-(arc-)continental collision and merged to form a unified Early Cambrian basement of the North China Craton. Zhai et al (2000Zhai et al ( , 2007 and Zhai (2011) divided the North China Craton into seven major micro-continental blocks (Jiaoliao, qianhuai, Ordos, Jining, Xuchang, Xuhuai, and Alxa) by identifying important ancient tectonic boundaries. They considered that the formation of the North China Craton experienced two stages of cratonization.…”