This article reviews the characteristics of Arctic lithosphere and the principal tectonic events which have shaped it. The current state-of-knowledge associated with the crust, crustal …
Periodic assembly and dispersal of continental fragments has been a characteristic of the solid Earth for much of its history. Geodynamic drivers of this cyclic activity are inferred to be …
J Yao, L Shu, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reports some new results from U–Pb geochronological, Hf isotopic and REE geochemical studies of detrital zircons in the Ordovician sandstones from South Jiangxi …
W Zhu, B Zheng, L Shu, D Ma, H Wu, Y Li… - Precambrian …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Precambrian Aksu blueschist terrane (ABT) located in the northwestern Tarim Craton was formerly regarded as a Mesoproterozoic or an early Neoproterozoic complex. Yet, its …
Abstract Iberia, Avalonia and the “Armorican” terranes form key constituents of the Variscan– Appalachian orogen, but their Neoproterozoic origins along the northern Gondwanan …
The Malay Peninsula lies on two continental blocks, Sibumasu and East Malaya, which are intruded by granitoids in two provinces: the Main Range and Eastern. Previous models …
X Ma, L Shu, M Santosh, J Li - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The Central Tianshan, which is proposed to be part of the Tarim Block during Precambrian time, holds a pivotal role in the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. In this study we …
AV Zuza, A Yin - Geosphere, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Phanerozoic history of the Paleo-Asian, Tethyan, and Pacific oceanic domains is important for unraveling the tectonic evolution of the Eurasian and Laurentian continents …
DV Metelkin, VA Vernikovsky, AY Kazansky - Russian Geology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper we present the results of a generalization of paleomagnetic data for the territory of the Siberian craton and its folded framing that were obtained during the last fifteen years …