The geology of North Korea: an overview

M Zhai, XH Zhang, YB Zhang, FY Wu, P Peng… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Korean Peninsula (KP) occupies a junction area of three big tectonic domains
that are the Paleo-Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Paleo-Tethyan Orogenic Belt and the …

Tectonic evolution of Precambrian basement massifs and an adjoining fold-and-thrust belt (Gyeonggi Marginal Belt), Korea: An overview

M Cho, Y Lee, T Kim, W Cheong, Y Kim, SR Lee - Geosciences Journal, 2017 - Springer
This contribution provides an overview on geology, geochronology, and tectonics of
Precambrian basement massifs and adjoining Gyeonggi Marginal Belt (GMB), Korea. The …

[HTML][HTML] Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the proto-Korean Peninsula along the East Asian continental margin from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope …

Y Jang, SW Kim, VO Samuel, S Kwon, SI Park… - Geoscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Detrital zircon geochronology and Hf isotope analysis can be used for inferring provenance
characteristics, and to evaluate the tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins and their link …

The Neoproterozoic continental extension tectonic event in the Chuncheon area of the northern Gyeonggi massif in the Korean Peninsula and its implication for the …

BY Lee, CW Oh, BC Lee - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic Gubongsan group in the Chuncheon area of the
northern Gyeonggi massif in the southern Korean Peninsula was studied to check its …

Correlation of Paleoproterozoic igneous and metamorphic events of the Korean Peninsula and China; Its implication to the tectonics of Northeast Asia

CW Oh, BC Lee, SB Yi, HI Ryu - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Correlation of the Paleoproterozoic rocks of the Korean Peninsula and China has been
considered to be important for the tectonic evolution of Northeast Asia, yet it is still unclear …

Permo-Triassic and Paleoproterozoic metamorphism related to continental collision in Yangpyeong, South Korea

CW Oh, T Imayama, SY Lee, SB Yi, K Yi, BC Lee - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Gneisses and migmatites exposed in the Yangpyeong area in the northern Gyeonggi Massif
provide insight into the Paleoproterozoic and Triassic metamorphic events in South Korea …

Paleoproterozoic to Triassic crustal evolution of the Gyeonggi Massif, Korea: Tectonic correlation with the North China craton

M Cho, T Kim, S Yang, K Yi - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Gyeonggi Massif, Korea, consists of basement gneisses and supracrustal
rocks migmatized to varying degrees. We conducted a petrologic-geochronologic study of …

Paleoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Hongcheon area, southern margin of the Northern Gyeonggi Massif in the Korean Peninsula, and their …

BC Lee, CW Oh, KS Yengkhom, K Yi - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The Hongcheon area is located at the northern part of Gyeonggi Massif (NGM) in the Korean
Peninsula. The metamorphic rocks of the NGM at the Hongcheon area are composed of the …

A massif‐type (~ 1.86 Ga) anorthosite complex in the Yeongnam Massif, Korea: late‐orogenic emplacement associated with the mantle delamination in the North …

Y Lee, M Cho, W Cheong, K Yi - Terra Nova, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To unravel the petrogenesis of a massif‐type anorthosite in terms of the crust‐mantle
geodynamics, we dated zircons separated from six samples from the Sancheong‐Hadong …

Paleoproterozoic (2.0–1.97 Ga) subduction-related magmatism on the north–central margin of the Yeongnam Massif, Korean Peninsula, and its tectonic implications …

BC Lee, CW Oh, DL Cho, K Yi - Gondwana Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Muju area, located on the north–central margin of the Yeongnam Massif, mainly
consists of Precambrian orthogneisses (granitic, leucogranitic, augen and dioritic gneisses) …