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Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2019The North China Craton (NCC) was originally formed by the amalgamation of the eastern and western blocks along an orogenic belt at ∼1.9 Ga. After cratonization, the NCC was essentially stable until the Mesozoic, when intense felsic magmatism and related mineralization, deformation, pull-apart basins, and exhumation of the deep crust widely occurred ...
Jin-Hui Yang, Simon Wilde, Yigang Xu
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Thermal regime of the North China Craton: Implications for craton destruction
Earth-Science Reviews, 2015Abstract This paper presents an overview of the thermal studies dealing with heat flow data, lithospheric thermal thickness, basin thermal history, and thermal modeling in the North China Craton (NCC), with aim to provide ideas for geodynamical mechanism on the NCC destruction.
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Timing, scale and mechanism of the destruction of the North China Craton
Science China Earth Sciences, 2011The North China Craton (NCC) is a classical example of ancient destroyed cratons. Since the initiation of the North China Craton Destruction Project by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, numerous studies have been conducted on the timing, scale, and mechanism of this destruction through combined interdisciplinary research. Available data
Ling Chen, Junlai Liu, Rixiang Zhu
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Differential destruction of the North China Craton: A tectonic perspective
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) provides one of the classic examples of craton destruction, although the mechanisms and processes of its decratonization are yet to be fully understood. Here we integrate petrological, geochemical, geochronological and geophysical information from the NCC and conclude that the destruction of the craton involved ...
Ji-Feng Ying, M Santosh, Yan-Jie Tang
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Tectonophysics, 2014
Abstract The mechanisms of growth and destruction of continental lithosphere have been long debated. We define and test a unifying plate tectonic driving mechanism that explains the numerous petrological, geophysical, and geological features that characterize the destruction of cratonic lithospheric roots.
Zhensheng Wang +2 more
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Abstract The mechanisms of growth and destruction of continental lithosphere have been long debated. We define and test a unifying plate tectonic driving mechanism that explains the numerous petrological, geophysical, and geological features that characterize the destruction of cratonic lithospheric roots.
Zhensheng Wang +2 more
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Nature versus Nurture: Preservation and Destruction of Archean Cratons
Tectonics, 2021The factors that promote stability of Archean cratons are investigated from a combined geodynamic, geological, and geophysical perspective in order to evaluate the relative importance of nature —the initial conditions of a craton—versus nurture —the subsequent ...
H. Bedle, C. M. Cooper, C. D. Frost
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Catastrophic craton destruction via wholesale lithosphere delamination
Geology, 2023Abstract The nuclei of continents, manifested as cratons, are the most long-lived parts of Earth’s lithosphere. However, ancient cratons in some areas can be substantially destroyed through mechanisms that are not fully understood. We used experimentally calibrated geobarometers to calculate the equilibrium pressures of mafic magmas in ...
Hao Chen, Ming Tang, Shuguang Song
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Delamination and destruction of the North China Craton
Science Bulletin, 2009This article presents an overview on recent developments in studies of chemical and physical processes of lithospheric delamination with respect to destruction of the North China Craton. It is emphasized that the pyroxenite source resulting from interaction between eclogite-derived melt and peridotite is a direct consequence of delamination.
Shan Gao +3 more
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On the timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton
Science Bulletin, 2009The timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton, which is pivotal to understanding the destruction mechanism and its geodynamic controlling factors, still remain controversial. On the basis of the principles of magma genesis and evolution, first we outline magmatic expressions that can be related to cratonic destruction, then use ...
YiGang Xu +3 more
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