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Open AccessQuantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic map**
The relationship between orogens and crustal growth is a fundamental issue in the Earth sciences. Here we present Nd isotope map** results of felsic and intermediate igneous rocks from eight representative a...
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Altaids and accretionary orogenesis: preface
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A structural–metamorphic study of the Gubaoquan eclogites and envelo** rock units in the Beishan Orogenic Collage, NW China, with emphasis on the structural evolution, nature of juxtaposition and exhumation
The Gubaoquan area is located in the southern part of the Palaeozoic Beishan Orogenic Collage of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in northwest China. Structural analysis of the Gubaoquan area has documented mul...
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Geochronology and structural deformation of Precambrian metamorphic basement in the eastern Jiangnan orogenic belt: constraints on the assembly time of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks
The Jiangnan Orogenic Belt in South China formed as a result of the amalgamation between the Yangtze Block and the Cathaysian Block and records the geological information of collision. However, the timing of t...
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Transformation from Neoproterozoic Sinistral to Early Paleozoic Dextral Shearing for the **gdezhen Ductile Shear Zone in the Jiangnan Orogen, South China
The **gdezhen ductile shear zone is evolved from the Neoproterozoic Zhangyuan ophiolite mélange belt in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China. Comprehensive study of geometry, kinematics, quartz c-axis fabric...
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Open AccessFirst Direct Evidence of Pan-African Orogeny Associated with Gondwana Assembly in the Cathaysia Block of Southern China
Metamorphic zircon from a hornblendite in the South China Block (SCB) yield U-Pb age of 533 ± 7 Ma and Hf model ages from 900 to 1200 Ma. Geochemical and isotopic characteristics indicate that primary magma of...
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Synchronous vertical and horizontal tectonism during the late stage of Archean cratonization: An important process in gold mineralization?
Both vertical and horizontal tectonism played an important role in Archean tectonic evolution. These two processes have independent driving forces and should not be mutually exclusive. In the Superior Province...