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Plate tectonics in the Archean: Observations versus interpretations
Plate tectonics theory, established in the 1960s, has been successful in explaining many geological phenomena, processes and events that occurred in the Phanerozoic. However, the theory has often struggled to ...
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Metamorphic evolution of the East Tethys tectonic domain and its tectonic implications
The China Central Orogenic System (CCOS), extending in an east-west direction in the middle part of China, is composed of the Early Paleozoic Altyn-North Qilian-North Qaidam-East Kunlun-North Qinling-North Ton...
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Does the Mantle Contribute to Granite Petrogenesis?
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Tectonic evolution of convergent plate margins and its geological effects
Oceanic lithosphere is generated at divergent plate boundaries and disappears at convergent plate boundaries. Seafloor spreading and plate subduction together constitute the physical coupling and mass conserva...
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Metamorphism, fluid behavior and magmatism in oceanic subduction zones
Based on the updated results of experimental petrology and phase equilibria modelling and combined with the available thermal structure models of subduction zones, this paper presents an overview on the dehydr...
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Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere
The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from >200 km to <100 km in its eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by the juvenile SCLM in the Meoszoic. During t...
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The Effect of Anodic Potential on Surface Layers of Chalcopyrite during Ammonia–Ammonium Chloride Leaching
The effect of the anodic on the composition and of the surface layer formed on during –ammonium was investigated. The anodic on the electrode was used for and dissolution of , and the resulting...
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Mantle geochemistry: Insights from ocean island basalts
The geochemical study of the Earth’s mantle provides important constraints on our understanding of the formation and evolution of Earth, its internal structure, and the mantle dynamics. The bulk Earth composit...
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The transport of water in subduction zones
The transport of water from subducting crust into the mantle is mainly dictated by the stability of hydrous minerals in subduction zones. The thermal structure of subduction zones is a key to dehydration of th...
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Two types of the crust-mantle interaction in continental subduction zones
Plate subduction is an important mechanism for exchanging the mass and energy between the mantle and the crust, and the igneous rocks in subduction zones are the important carriers for studying the recycling o...
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Develo** plate tectonics theory from oceanic subduction zones to collisional orogens
Crustal subduction and continental collision is the core of plate tectonics theory. Understanding the formation and evolution of continental collision orogens is a key to develop the theory of plate tectonics....
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Open AccessWater contents and hydrogen isotopes in nominally anhydrous minerals from UHP metamorphic rocks in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt
A continuous flow method, by a combination of thermal conversion elemental analyzer (TC/EA) with isotope ratio mass spectrometry (MS), was developed to determine both H isotope composition and H2O concentration o...
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Open AccessContinental subduction channel processes: Plate interface interaction during continental collision
The study of subduction-zone processes is a key to development of the plate tectonic theory. Plate interface interaction is a basic mechanism for the mass and energy exchange between Earth’s surface and interi...
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25 years of continental deep subduction
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Growth and reworking of cratonic lithosphere
To study the thinning of cratonic lithosphere in North China has been the hot subject of basic research in the fields of solid earth science in China. This paper presents an overview on the formation and evolu...
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Remelting of subducted continental lithosphere: Petrogenesis of Mesozoic magmatic rocks in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt
The Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt was formed by the Triassic continental collision between the South China Block and the North China Block. There is a large area of Mesozoic magmatic rocks along this orogenic belt,...
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Develo** the plate tectonics from oceanic subduction to continental collision
The studies of continental deep subduction and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism have not only promoted the development of solid earth science in China, but also provided an excellent opportunity to advance the ...
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A perspective view on ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and continental collision in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt
The study of continental deep-subduction has been one of the forefront and core subjects to advance the plate tectonics theory in the twenty-first century. The Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in China crops out the l...
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Formation and evolution of Precambrian continental crust in South China
The occurrence of zircons with U-Pb ages of ∼3.8 Ga and Hf model ages of ∼4.0 Ga in South China suggests the existence of the Hadean crustal remnants in South China. Furthermore, a detrital zircon with a U-Pb ...
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Genesis of zircon and its constraints on interpretation of U-Pb age
Zircon U-Pb dating is the most commonly used method for isotopic geochronology. However, it has been a difficult issue when relating zircon U-Pb ages to metamorphic conditions in complex metamorphic rocks. Muc...
