Lithotectonic elements of Precambrian basement in the North China Craton: review and tectonic implications

G Zhao, M Zhai - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The North China Craton (NCC) consists of Archean to Paleoproterozoic basement overlain
by Mesoproterozoic to Cenozoic cover. Minor Eoarchean to Mesoarchean basement rocks …

Amalgamation of the North China Craton: key issues and discussion

G Zhao, PA Cawood, S Li, SA Wilde, M Sun… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
Geological and geophysical data indicate that the Precambrian basement of the North China
Craton (NCC) formed by amalgamation of a number of micro-continental blocks. The …

Late Neoproterozoic to Permian tectonic evolution of the Quebec Appalachians, Canada

A Tremblay, N Pinet - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the unique location of the Quebec Appalachians in a re-entrant of the paleo-North
American margin and to the fact that the area largely escaped late Paleozoic deformation …

Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: record in the North China Craton revisited

G Zhao, S Li, M Sun, SA Wilde - International Geology Review, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Columbia is a Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent that was assembled during global
2.0–1.8 Ga collisional events, underwent long-lived, subduction-related accretion at key …

[PDF][PDF] Lithospheric architecture and tectonic evolution of the Canadian Appalachians and associated Atlantic margin

CR van Staal, SM Barr, JA Percival… - Tectonic styles in …, 2012 - eps.harvard.edu
ABSTRACT The Canadian Appalachians are a segment of the long and narrow
Appalachian–Caledonian mountain belt, one of the Earth's classic orogens. The Canadian …

Polyphase deformation of the Fuping Complex, Trans-North China Orogen: structures, SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages and tectonic implications

J Zhang, G Zhao, S Li, M Sun, SA Wilde, S Liu… - Journal of Structural …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Fuping Complex is located in the central part of the Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO),
a Paleoproterozoic collisional belt along which the Eastern and Western Blocks were …

Structural pattern of the Wutai Complex and its constraints on the tectonic framework of the Trans-North China Orogen

J Zhang, G Zhao, S Li, M Sun, LS Chan, W Shen… - Precambrian …, 2012 - Elsevier
Wutai Complex is a key to test controversial models for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-
North China Orogen (TNCO), along which the Eastern and Western Blocks amalgamated to …

Appalachian foreland basin of Canada

D Lavoie - Sedimentary basins of the world, 2008 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Proterozoic breakup of Rodinia led to the formation of Laurentia. The
continent had a paleosouthern jagged margin that consisted of recesses and salients; the …

[PDF][PDF] U-Pb detrital zircon geochronological constraints on the Early Silurian collision of Ganderia and Laurentia along the Dog Bay Line: The terminal Iapetan suture …

JC Pollock, DHC Wilton, CR Van Staal… - American Journal of …, 2007 - ajsonline.org
The Dog Bay Line is a major Silurian terrane boundary in the Exploits Subzone of the
Newfoundland Appalachians. Late Ordovician-Early Silurian rocks northwest of the Dog Bay …

Aeromagnetic study of the Hengshan–Wutai–Fuping region: unraveling a crustal profile of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen

J Zhang, G Zhao, W Shen, S Li, M Sun - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
An integrated crustal profile of the intervening Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO) is one of
the key issues to understanding the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton. However …