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Precambrian Evolution of the North China Craton
2014The North China Craton is one of the oldest cratonic blocks in the world, containing rocks as old as 3.85 billion years. Focusing on Neoarchean mantle plumes and Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics, this book combines the results from modern geological research to provide you with a detailed synthesis of the geology, structure, and evolution of the North ...
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Recycling lower continental crust in the North China craton
Nature, 2004Foundering of mafic lower continental crust into underlying convecting mantle has been proposed as one means to explain the unusually evolved chemical composition of Earth's continental crust, yet direct evidence of this process has been scarce. Here we report that Late Jurassic high-magnesium andesites, dacites and adakites (siliceous lavas with high ...
Shan, Gao +9 more
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Post-cratonization deformation processes and tectonic evolution of the North China Craton
Earth-Science Reviews, 2018Abstract The timing of events during the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton (NCC) and the east China region is debated. Extension, compression, transpression, and shearing occurred throughout the NCC since ~ 320 Ma. These main structural stages and the temporal evolution of the structural framework and kinematics are summarized.
Yu Wang +4 more
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Eastern Ancient Terrane of the North China Craton
Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 2016AbstractBased on the spatial distribution of ancient rocks and zircons, three ancient terranee older than ca. 2.6 Ga have recently been identified in the North China Craton, namely the Eastern, Southern, and Central Ancient Terranee. The Eastern Ancient Terrane is the best studied and understood of the three ancient terranes.
WAN Yusheng +9 more
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North China and Tarim Cratonic Blocks
2012In this chapter the Archaean and Palaeoproteroic geology and geodynamic evolution of the North China Craton and the Tarim Craton are described, from published literature. The North China Craton consists of a Western Block and an Eastern Block, separated by the north-trending Trans-North China Orogen, which developed through a series of subduction ...
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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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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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Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2005link_to_subscribed_fulltext
Wilde, SA, Zhao, G
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Accretion and reworking beneath the North China Craton
Lithos, 2012Abstract How has the Earth's continental lithosphere evolved? Most of our knowledge is derived from surface exposures, but xenoliths carried in volcanic rocks can be an important source of information. The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the oldest in the world and Phanerozoic volcanic rocks with abundant xenoliths are widespread, making it an ...
J.P. Zheng +8 more
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∼2.7Ga crust growth in the North China craton
Precambrian Research, 2010Abstract Numerous U–Pb zircon geochronological data show that rocks of the Precambrian basement from the North China craton (NCC) have two age peaks at 1.8–1.9 and ∼2.5 Ga, respectively. Whether the most prominent peak at ∼2.5 Ga really registered a period of major crustal growth in the NCC thus making it different from the global major crustal ...
Neng Jiang +3 more
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