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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hong-Xiang Wu, Feng-Qi Zhang, Yildirim Dilek, Han-Lin Chen, Cai-Yun Wang, Xiu-Bin Lin, Xiao-Gan Cheng, Kong-Yang Zhu
Summary: This study presents a new tectonic model to explain a mid-Neoproterozoic collisional orogeny in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), which occurred during the final assembly of the Rodinia supercontinent. The proposed model challenges the prevailing hypothesis of steady-state subduction-accretion tectonic evolution of the CAOB and provides a new perspective based on regional geological evidence.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zhenning Yang, Zhiwei Wang, Liyang Zhang, Bei Xu, Linjie Yan
Summary: The Xing'an-Airgin Sum Block in central and northern Inner Mongolia, China, contains Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic stratigraphic sequences formed in coastal marine and shallow marine sedimentary environments, influenced by clastic and carbonate provenances. The sedimentary analysis reveals the presence of two different types of sedimentary basins formed at different times, as well as the generation of syenogranites and alkali-feldspar granites in an extensional setting. The tectonic evolution of the XAB is characterized by three sedimentary stages and two magmatic events, reflecting the response to the supercontinent cycle from the Nuna breakup to the Rodinia assembly.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zongying Huang, Chao Yuan, Xiaoping Long, Yunying Zhang, Xiaolong Ma, Jeremie Soldner, Long Du, Chutian Shu
Summary: The study reveals the presence of an encircling subduction system around the Nuna supercontinent during the early to middle Mesoproterozoic, which led to its breakup accompanied by intermittent plume activities. These results provide valuable insights into the process of Nuna supercontinent breakup.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shi-bao Wu, Ru-Xiong Lei, Matthew J. Brzozowski, Wei Wang, Hai-bo Yuan, Chang-Zhi Wu
Summary: This study presents new zircon U-Pb ages, Hf isotopes, and bulk-rock geochemistry of amphibolite, gneissic granite, and augen granite samples from the Central Tianshan Block (CTB). The results suggest that these rocks formed in the early Neoproterozoic and indicate a possible proximity of the CTB to the northern margin of the Tarim Craton.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2023)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yujia Song, Xijun Liu, Wenjiao Xiao, Xiao-Han Gong, Xiao Liu, Yao Xiao, Zhiguo Zhang, Pengde Liu
Summary: Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in the Central Tianshan Block were formed in a subduction-related extensional setting, indicating they were associated with the assembly of the Rodinia supercontinent. The early Neoproterozoic augen granites in the Bingdaban area have high SiO2 and K2O contents, and exhibit geochemical features typical of A2-type granites. These granites had a juvenile crustal-dominated source, with subordinate input of ancient crustal components, and formed at or near an active continental margin.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2023)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liyang Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Bei Xu, Haibo Zou, Pan Zhao, Hao Zhang
Summary: The Songliao Block in NE China plays a crucial role in understanding the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and the Rodinia supercontinent. This study reveals the presence of ancient crystalline basement and stable sedimentary cover in the Songliao Block. The analysis of sedimentological, geochemical, and isotopic data suggests a two-stage tectonic evolution history involving collision, collapse extension, and plate breakup.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fujun Wang, Meng Luo, Zhiyuan He, Rongfeng Ge, Yuanyuan Cao, Johan De Grave, Wenbin Zhu
Summary: This study presents a comprehensive synthesis of sedimentological and geochronological data to reconstruct the intracontinental evolution of the Tianshan Range and its adjacent areas from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. The study reveals several unconformities and a complex topographic evolution, and suggests that the deformation and magmatism during the late Mesozoic were related to multi-plate convergence in East Asia.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xiaozhuang Cui, Guangming Ren, Weihua Pang, Fenglin Chen, Zhiming Sun, Fei Ren, Kuobu Ning, Qi Deng
Summary: This study presents detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopes of metasandstone samples from the Caiziyuan-Tongan accretionary complex (CTAC) in the Yangtze Block. The detrital zircons indicate that the metasandstones were primarily derived from proximal magmatic sources. The age spectrum of the detrital zircons matches well with the exposed magmatic rocks in the Yangtze Block. The study suggests that the CTAC belt may represent a relict suture zone between micro-blocks in the Yangtze Block.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Alexander T. De Vries Van Leeuwen, Laura J. Morrissey, Tom Raimondo, Martin Hand
Summary: Metamorphic rocks from the Broken Hill Block in the Curnamona Province of south-central Australia have undergone a prolonged period of high thermal gradient metamorphism and anatexis. This study presents geochronological and geochemical data to develop a petrochronological model for the metamorphic evolution of the region. The results indicate an early phase of high-temperature-low-pressure metamorphism followed by peak metamorphism involving wholesale anatexis. The prolonged suprasolidus conditions suggest that radiogenic heating may have played a major role in this metamorphic process.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liandang Zhao, Huayong Chen, Jinsheng Han, Jiangang Jiao
Summary: This study presents new geochronological and geochemical data to constrain the tectonic setting and evolution of the Central Tianshan Block. The results suggest that the Central Tianshan Block was a continental arc in the Ordovician to Carboniferous, formed by the subduction of the Kangguer oceanic slabs. The Devonian period saw the formation of the Central Tianshan continental arc to the south, accompanied by emplacement of multiphase arc-related granitoids in the Shuangqing district.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
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Geology
M. N. Muhtar, Chang-Zhi Wu, Matthew J. Brzozowski, Wan-Feng Zhang, Bo-Yang Chen, Ru-Xiong Lei, Wen-Jiao Xiao
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between shearing events, orogenic gold mineralization, and magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization in the Chinese North Tianshan region. The results suggest a close link between these processes, with the gold mineralization event occurring approximately 248-250 million years ago. The study also proposes that the auriferous fluids required for gold mineralization may have originated from a mixture of upper crustal metamorphic fluids and limited magmatic fluids.
ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
(2022)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Wen-Huang Chen, Yi Yan, Andrew Carter, Chi-Yue Huang, Graciano P. Yumul Jr, Carla B. Dimalanta, Jillian Aira S. Gabo-Ratio, Ming-Huei Wang, Duofu Chen, Yehua Shan, Xin-Chang Zhang, Weiliang Liu
Summary: The study focused on the rift and sediment sources of the Palawan microcontinental block, revealing a breakup unconformity date of around 33-32 Ma and a conjugate relationship between the Palawan microcontinental block and the Pearl River Mouth Basin.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zheng-Yu Yang, Qi-Song Luo, Xiao-Han Gong, Ji-Feng Xu, Xi-Jun Liu, Peng-Yu He, Zhi-Guo Zhang
Summary: This study reports the discovery of the oldest Early Cambrian ophiolites in the North Tianshan belt in China, which provide evidence for the development of the earliest large-scale subduction system in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, possibly associated with the assembly of Gondwana.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xin-Shui Wang, Reiner Klemd, Jun Gao, Tuo Jiang, Xi Zhang
Summary: Extensive angular unconformities in the Tianshan Orogen provide insights into the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. New geochronological and geochemical data from the Baluntai domain reveal that the angular unconformity formed between 409 and 407 Ma, as a result of tectonic conversion from contraction to extension due to slab rollback during the early Devonian. The early Paleozoic and late Paleozoic igneous rocks exhibit subduction-related geochemical signatures, indicating distinct tectonic processes in the region's long-lived accretionary evolution.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zhiqiang Feng, Qianhan Zhang, Yongjiang Liu, Long Li, Liwei Jiang, Jianping Zhou, Weimin Li, Yongfei Ma
Summary: The Central Asian Orogenic Belt, located between several cratons, contains Precambrian micro-continental blocks whose tectonic nature and positions are still debated in supercontinent reconstructions. The position of the Amuria Block, which is crucial for reconstructing the Precambrian Rodinia supercontinent, remains unknown due to a lack of geological and geochronological data. This study presents new geological data from the Erguna Block, revealing its formation and evolution in relation to Rodinia's assembly and break-up.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geology
Jiang-bo Hao, Chao Wang, Ji-heng Zhang, Liang Liu, Yong-sheng Gai, Hang Li, Zun-pu Yu, Joseph G. Meert, Xiao-ping Long, Xiao-kui Sun, Shuai Zhang
Summary: Episodic Neoproterozoic magmatic suites in the Altyn Tagh, NW China, are believed to be associated with the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent. The characteristics of A-type granites derived from a juvenile source, highly fractionated gneissic granites, and a diabase derived from an enriched asthenosphere mantle were observed in this region. The similarity in age of magmatism and metamorphism in the Altyn Tagh-North Qaidam-East Kunlun regions suggests that they collectively represent the basement of the Qaidam block.
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Bingshuang Zhao, Xiaoping Long, Jin Luo, Yunpeng Dong, Caiyun Lan, Jingyu Wang, Bin Wu
Summary: The study revealed distinct age characteristics and isotopic compositions of detrital zircons in the late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks on the northwestern margin of the Yangtze block, indicating significant changes in tectonic settings over time.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jing Zhao, Xiaoping Long, Jie Li, Bingshuang Zhao, Yilin Gao, Rui Zuo
Summary: This study investigates the problematic Aoyougou serpentinites in the Qilian Orogenic Belt, NW China. The results suggest that the protoliths of these serpentinites are melting residues of oceanic lithospheric mantle in a forearc setting. Petrographic observations, mineral chemistry, geochemistry, and Re-Os isotopic compositions indicate multiple episodes of partial melting and melt/fluid metasomatism, potentially triggered by slab-derived melts/fluids. The study also proposes an intra-oceanic subduction model to interpret the origin and evolution of the ophiolite.
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Geology
Bin Wu, Xiaoping Long, Shitao Zhang, Yunying Zhang, Zongying Huang, Long Du
Summary: This study presents new geochronological and geochemical data on volcanic rocks and intrusions in the Aqishan-Yamansu Belt, showing evidence of crustal evolution and subduction processes in the area.
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Raja Asim Zubair, Xiaoping Long, Mirza Shahid Baig
Summary: The study focuses on the structural geometry, kinematics, and paleo-stress analysis of the Main Boundary Thrust in the Himalayan fold and thrust belt in Kashmir. It reveals a history of pure thrust with subordinate strike-slip movements along the Main Boundary Thrust in the Eastern limb of Hazara Kashmir Syntaxis.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Bin Wu, Xiaoping Long, Caiyun Lan, Shitao Zhang, Rui Zuo, Jingyu Wang
Summary: This study provides new geochronological and geochemical data for rocks in the Jining area, contributing to a better understanding of the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton. The results suggest that the Belt experienced extension at around 2.3 Ga, followed by collision events at around 2.0-1.9 Ga. The formation of different rock types can be attributed to processes such as subduction and partial melting of the lower continental crust.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guoshun Zheng, Jiangfeng Qin, Shaocong Lai, Xiaoping Long, Yinjuan Ju, Zezhong Zhang, Hongbing Zhang
Summary: This study reports the geochemical characteristics and formation mechanism of a Late-Triassic high-Mg andesite in the southern part of the Zhangguangcai Range. The results suggest that the high-Mg andesite was formed by hydrous melting of the mantle wedge, which was metasomatized by slab-derived adakitic melts and assimilated ancient crust.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jingyu Wang, Xiaoping Long, Caiyun Lan, Bin Wu, Rui Zuo
Summary: This study investigates the magmatic activity during the early Paleoproterozoic era in the southern North China Craton (NCC) and identifies ca. 2.3 Ga mafic magmatic records. The rocks exhibit geochemical features of island arc magmas and likely originated from partial melting of a garnet-spinel lherzolite, undergoing a process of hydrous fractionation. The findings suggest that continental tectonic activity continued during the early Paleoproterozoic, contrary to the notion of a global tectonic lull.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Rui Zuo, Xiaoping Long
Summary: By studying the geochronology and geochemistry of mafic dykes in the Aktash Tagh area of the southeastern Tarim Craton, this research provides constraints on the petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Tarim Craton. The results suggest that these dykes were formed in an extensional setting, likely related to intra-continent rifting, and originated from a modified asthenospheric mantle source enriched by ancient slab-derived fluids.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Long-Long Gou, Xiao-Ping Long, Hao-Yu Yan, Tian-Chu Shu, Jing-Yu Wang, Xiao-Fei Xu, Feng Zhou, Zhi-Bo Tian
Summary: The North Himalayan gneiss domes provide important clues for understanding deeper crustal processes and the effects of continent collisional orogenesis. This study focuses on the Ramba gneiss dome and examines the garnet-staurolite-two-mica schist to determine its metamorphic history and timing. The results suggest that the metamorphism occurred during the Eocene epoch and was related to crustal thickening and subsequent exhumation processes.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jing Zhao, Qianru Xiao, Yilin Gao, Rui Zuo, Luyu Huang, Jie Li, Xiaoping Long
Summary: The geochemical characteristics and Re-Os isotopes of serpentinites in the Qilian Orogenic Belt reveal their origin as mantle residues and multiple episodes of melt depletion, indicating two major periods of mantle melting during the Proterozoic.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geology
Caiyun Lan, Xiaoping Long
Summary: The Paleoproterozoic Great Oxidation Event (GOE) led to a dramatic change in atmospheric composition, making oxygen a persistent component in global surface processes. However, the distribution of dissolved oxygen in the ocean during this event remains unclear. By analyzing samples from the Upper Taihua Group in the Lushan area, researchers found evidence of redox-stratified seawater and a marine depositional setting. The presence of both oxic and suboxic/anoxic water in the ocean during the GOE was revealed, suggesting extensive redox stratification.
ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Bin Wu, Yujing Wang, Xiaoping Long
Summary: This study focuses on the early Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution in the Guyang area, analyzing various rocks such as granodiorite and monzonitic diorite. Zircon U-Pb dating suggests these rocks were formed around 2.46-2.41 billion years ago. The granodiorite may have been formed by partial melting of a subducting oceanic slab, while the monzonitic diorite could be derived from melting of mantle peridotite metasomatized by adakitic melts. The alkali feldspar granite shows characteristics of A-type granites, indicating an extension background.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jingyu Wang, Yujing Wang, Caiyun Lan, Xiaoping Long
Summary: The provenance and depositional age of clastic rocks from the Kuanping Group in the northernmost North Qinling Orogenic Belt are crucial for understanding the tectonic evolution of the region. The clastic rocks show signs of moderate to strong weathering and are believed to have originated from an active continental margin. Detrital zircon analysis suggests that the main source of these rocks was early Neoproterozoic granitoids, indicating a lack of tectonic affinity to other cratons during that period.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geology
Shen Anhang, Li Jie, Long XiaoPing, Hu AnPing, Liu JunJie, Yin QiChun, Gong Zan
Summary: This study reveals the presence of pervasive pore-filling bitumen in the dolomite reservoir of the Member 4, Sinian Dengying Formation in the northern margin of the Sichuan Basin. The Re-Os radioisotope system has been used to determine the age and source of the bitumen, providing important insights for the evaluation of natural gas exploration in this area.
ACTA PETROLOGICA SINICA
(2022)