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 …

Cross Orogenic Belts in Central China: Implications for the tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the East Asian continental collage

Y Dong, S Sun, M Santosh, B Hui, J Sun, F Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The East Asian continent records a complex geologic and tectonic history that
involved the amalgamation of several small-to medium-sized blocks from Laurasia or …

[HTML][HTML] Co-evolution of the Cenozoic tectonics, geomorphology, environment and ecosystem in the Qinling Mountains and adjacent areas, Central China

Y Dong, X Shi, S Sun, J Sun, B Hui, D He… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Mountains stretching from east to west in Central China are an
important geological and geographical boundary in the China Continent and even the East …

Revisiting Phanerozoic evolution of the Qinling Orogen (East Tethys) with perspectives of detrital zircon

HC Yu, KF Qiu, F Pirajno, PC Zhang, WQ Dong - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents 5383 detrital zircon U–Pb and 2079 Lu–Hf isotopic data, shedding new
light on the Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen. The Silurian rocks are …

Early Mesozoic magmatism and tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for oblique continental collision

F Hu, S Liu, MN Ducea, JB Chapman, F Wu… - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt in Central China is formed by an oblique continental
collision between the North China and South China Blocks. In this review, we summarize the …

Middle Triassic transcontinental connection between the North China Craton and the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

H Peng, L Ding, C Liu, M Zattin, J Wang… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Middle Triassic paleogeography is essential for the paleoclimate change and ecosystem
recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction, but is highly debated in the Paleo-Tethys …

Prototethyan orogenesis in southwest Yunnan and Southeast Asia

Y Wang, X Lu, X Qian, S Wu, Y Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Prototethyan Ocean has been suggested as an Early Paleozoic Ocean
developed at the Gondwana northern margin. However, its spatial pattern, subduction style …

Ordovician tectonic transition from passive margin into peripheral foreland in the southern Ordos: A diagnostic insight into the closure of Erlangping Ocean between …

J Sun, Y Dong, Q Chen, L Yang, W Li, D Zhang… - Basin …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Achieving a reliable closure time of a back‐arc ocean is an essential aspect in studies on
detailed tectonic processes of an active continental margin and arc–continent collision. This …

Detrital zircons from high-pressure trench sediments (Qilian Orogen): constraints on continental-arc accretion, subduction initiation and polarity of the Proto-Tethys …

L Xiong, S Song, L Su, G Zhang, MB Allen, D Feng… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qilian Orogen in the northern Tibetan plateau records the tectonic history of the
Proto-Tethys Ocean from its initial spreading, subduction to final closure. However, the …

Linking environmental changes and organic matter enrichment in the middle part of the Yanchang Formation (Ordos Basin, China) to the rollback of an oceanic slab in …

J Zhang, Z Qiu, S Li, S Gao, R Guo, X Ma, J Qiu, S Li… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yanchang Formation, which records the whole evolutionary history of the
Middle–Late Triassic lacustrine basin in the western part of the North China Block, provides …