Central China orogenic belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, J Zhao, J Sun, D He… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central China Orogenic Belt (CCOB) comprises, from the east to the west, the
Tongbai-Dabie, Qinling, Qilian and Kunlun Orogens, and preserves abundant and important …

Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

G Zhao, Y Wang, B Huang, Y Dong, S Li, G Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pangea is the youngest supercontinent in Earth's history and its main body formed by
assembly of Gondwana and Laurasia about 300–250 Ma ago. As supported by voluminous …

Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: an overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

YB Wu, YF Zheng - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of collisional orogens is a prominent feature in convergent plate margins. It is
generally a complex process involving multistage tectonism of compression and extension …

Copper isotope evidence for sulfide fractionation and lower crustal foundering in making continental crust

SA Liu, RL Rudnick, WR Liu, FZ Teng, TH Wu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The continental crust is strongly depleted in copper compared with its building blocks—
primary arc magmas—and this depletion is intrinsically associated with continental crust …

Metamorphic chemical geodynamics in continental subduction zones

YF Zheng - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Chemical geodynamics is an integrated discipline that studies the geochemical structure
and tectonic evolution of geospheres with the aim of linking tectonic processes to …

An indentation model for the North and South China collision and the development of the Tan‐Lu and Honam fault systems, eastern Asia

A Yin, S Nie - Tectonics, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Passive continental margins are geometrically irregular as a consequence of either triple‐
junction evolution or the development of transfer zones in detachment fault systems …

Collision of the North China and Yangtse Blocks and formation of coesite-bearing eclogites: timing and processes

S Li, Y Xiao, D Liou, Y Chen, N Ge, Z Zhang, S Sun… - Chemical …, 1993 - Elsevier
Various types of eclogite, including coesite-bearing varieties formed under high-P-high-T
conditions (up to 27 kbar, 700–800° C), and glaucophane schist occur in the Dabie …

Spatial variability of turbulent mixing in the abyssal ocean

KL Polzin, JM Toole, JR Ledwell, RW Schmitt - Science, 1997 - science.org
Ocean microstructure data show that turbulent mixing in the deep Brazil Basin of the South
Atlantic Ocean is weak at all depths above smooth abyssal plains and the South American …

Stable isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogen in China: implications for geodynamics and fluid regime

YF Zheng, B Fu, B Gong, L Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Discovery of coesite, diamond, and extreme 18O-depletion in eclogites from the Dabie–Sulu
orogen in central-east China has contributed much to our understanding of subduction of …

Diamond from the Dabie Shan metamorphic rocks and its implication for tectonic setting

X Shutong, S Wen, L Yican, J Laili, J Shouyuan… - Science, 1992 - science.org
Diamond occurs in ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from Dabie Shan, Anhui Province,
eastern China. Diamond-bearing rocks include eclogite, gamet-pyroxenite, and jadeitite …