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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guanghui Wu, Shuai Yang, Wei Liu, R. Damian Nance, Xin Chen, Zecheng Wang, Yang Xiao
Summary: The study suggests that during the Neoproterozoic period, there was a change in the subduction style of the Tarim Craton, transitioning from advancing to retreating subduction, which may be related to the breakup of Rodinia.
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Guang-You Zhu, Zhi-Yong Chen, Wei-Yan Chen, Hui-Hui Yan, Peng-Hui Zhang
Summary: The Tarim Block consists of the Northern Tarim terrane (NTT) and the Southern Tarim terrane (STT), which exhibit distinct geological features indicating independent pre-Cryogenian evolutions. New geochronological data from the Tarim Block reveal different deposition times for various glacial deposits, consistent with global glaciations. The data also support the idea that the STT may have originated from the Congo Craton while the NTT drifted from North China-India, and later amalgamated due to circum-Rodinia subduction.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Geology
Lin Wu, Shuwei Guan, Rong Ren, Chunyu Zhang, Xingqiang Feng
Summary: The study investigated the rifting history and three discrete Cryogenian glaciations in the northwest Tarim Craton region using geochronological, geochemical, and geophysical data. The research identified three distinct Cryogenian glaciations in the Aksu region that can be chronologically correlated with glaciations in the Kuruktag region. The findings suggest a stratigraphic correlation between the Tarim Craton and neighboring regions.
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
(2021)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Minjia Sun, Zhen Wei, Ruiqing Guo, Guiping Liu, Mingming Shi, Yuanfeng Cheng
Summary: This study reveals previously unidentified Ediacaran strata in the western Kuruktag block, providing key clues for deciphering the breakup of Rodinia and related subduction processes. The results indicate that these strata formed in a rift basin environment and were accompanied by significant Neoproterozoic volcanic activity.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Ziyuan Yi, Zhaojie Guo, Guoqi Wei
Summary: A rift basin in the Neoproterozoic Tarim Craton provides insight into the break-up of Rodinia. The study of rift-related successions in the North Tarim, using detrital zircon U-Pb dating and seismic interpretation, reveals two different age distributions. The findings suggest a plume environment and the deposition of the Qiaoenbrak Group in (half-)grabens controlled by normal faults. A new two-stage plume-induced model for the Neoproterozoic rift in the Tarim Craton is proposed.
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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
Andrew S. Merdith, Simon E. Williams, Alan S. Collins, Michael G. Tetley, Jacob A. Mulder, Morgan L. Blades, Alexander Young, Sheree E. Armistead, John Cannon, Sabin Zahirovic, R. Dietmar Mueller
Summary: Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has expanded beyond continental drift to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of tectonic plates and plate boundaries. A continuous full-plate model spanning 1 billion years to present-day has been developed, incorporating a revised model for the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian period and connecting it with models of the Phanerozoic. The model is geologically constrained and based on preserved data from past plate boundaries, with the goal of providing a detailed and self-consistent tectonic reconstruction for the last billion years of Earth's history.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Kenneth L. Buchan, Richard E. Ernst
Summary: This study focuses on two poorly understood components of Large Igneous Province (LIP) plumbing systems: giant circumferential dyke swarms and mid-crustal intrusive complexes. By comparing similar features on Earth and Venus, the study explores the potential roles of these components in the formation of flood basalts.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Teng Zhou, Rongfeng Ge, Wenbin Zhu, Hailin Wu
Summary: This study analyzed the rock characteristics and geological evolution history of the Kalakashi Group in the southwestern Tarim area, suggesting that it may be a product of Neoproterozoic sedimentation, contrary to previous beliefs of Paleoproterozoic or Mesoproterozoic origins. No evidence of Grenvillian orogeny was found, indicating that there was likely no typical Grenvillian orogenic event in the north or south of the Tarim Craton.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lin Wu, Xingqiang Feng, Shuwei Guan, Guangyou Zhu, Haijun Yang
Summary: In this study, the researchers analyzed the U-Pb age spectra of detrital zircons from sedimentary rocks in the Tabei Uplift and surrounding regions, and revealed temporal and spatial changes in Neoproterozoic sedimentary provenances. They established a geological framework of basin-orogen structure and elucidated the long-term evolution of the Tabei Uplift.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zhi Zhang, Guang-ming Li, Lin-kui Zhang, Hua-wen Cao, Chao Yang, Yong Huang, Wei Liang, Jian-gang Fu, Sui-liang Dong, Xiang-biao Xia, Zuo-wen Dai
Summary: This study presents new geochronological and geochemical data on Neoproterozoic bimodal magmatism from the eastern Himalayan orogen. The granitic gneisses show characteristics of A-type granites and likely formed through partial melting of the ancient lower crust, while the protoliths of amphibolites may have been generated by partial melting of an enriched subduction-modified continental lithospheric mantle.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hong -Xiang Wu, Yildirim Dilek, Feng-Qi Zhang, Han -Lin Chen, Huan Chen, Cai-Yun Wang, Xiu-Bin Lin, Xiao-Gan Cheng
Summary: This study presents new stratigraphic, geochemical, and geochronological data from the Tarim craton in Central Asia, and discusses its tectonic evolution and paleogeographic position in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia. The results show a switch from terrestrial to shallow-marine deposition after the eruption of basaltic lava flows, and the absence of Tonian-aged zircons in post-rift sedimentary sequence, indicating the final breakup of Rodinia. The study suggests that mantle plume activities may have played a role in the breakup of Rodinia.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2023)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Ashley W. Provow, Dennis L. Newell, Carol M. Dehler, Alexis K. Ault, W. Adolph Yonkee, Stuart N. Thomson, Kevin H. Mahan
Summary: The study reveals that the maximum depositional age of the volcanic member of the Brown's Hole Formation in northern Utah, USA, is 613 +/- 12 million years, providing new constraints on the timing and tempo of deposition of underlying and overlying units. The results suggest a reevaluation of the origins of regional unconformities previously attributed to global glaciation events, and inform the timing of rift-related magmatism and sedimentation near the western margin of Laurentia.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Ernest Chi Fru, Olabode Bankole, Ibtissam Chraiki, Nassrddine Youbi, Marc-Alban Millet, Olivier Rouxel, Abderrazzak El Albani, El Hafid Bouougri
Summary: During the early Neoproterozoic Era, deep-sea hydrothermal activity along the West African Craton margin caused significant changes in the marine environment, leading to seawater deoxygenation and impacting shallow marine habitats.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lin Wu, Pengfei Wang, Chunyu Zhang, Xingqiang Feng, Zhuliang Qian, Lei Zhou
Summary: Neoproterozoic-Cambrian black shales in the Shunbei and Fuman regions of the Tarim Basin, China, are important hydrocarbon source rocks. The hydrocarbon generation from these shales is complex, with liquid petroleum found in reservoirs at depths of 6000-8000 m. The ultra-deep tectonic evolution of the northern Tarim Basin and its effects on hydrocarbon generation from black shales were investigated based on drilling, seismic, and well testing data.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2023)
