The Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the South China Block: An overview

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-209

  Charvet, Jacques ^a  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Cathaysia block; Early Paleozoic orogeny; Jiangnan orogeny; South China; Tectonic evolution; Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; ANATEXIS; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EMPLACEMENT; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84882826226     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.02.015     Document Type: Review

References (145)

1. Carter A., Roques D., Bristow C., Kinny P. Understanding Mesozoic accretion in southeast Asia: significance of Triassic thermotectonism (Indosinian orogeny) in Vietnam. Geology 2001, 29(3):211-214.
2. Chang E.Z. Collisional orogene between north and South China and its eastern extension in the Korean Peninsula. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1996, 13(3-5):267-277.
3. Charvet J., Shu L.S., Shi Y.S., Guo L.Z., Faure M. The building of South China: collision of Yangzi and Cathaysia blocks, problems and tentative answers. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1996, 13:223-235.
4. Charvet J., Cluzel D., Faure M., Caridroit M., Shu L.S., Lu H.F. Some tectonic aspects of the pre-Jurassic accretionary evolution of east Asia. IGCP 321 Final Results Volume 1999, 37-65. Balkema. I. Metcalfe, J.S. Ren, J. Charvet, S. Hada (Eds.).
5. Charvet J., Shu L.S., Faure M., Choulet F., Wang B., Lu H.F., Le Breton N. Structural development of the lower Paleozoic belt of South China: genesis of an intracontinental orogen. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2010, 39:309-330.
6. Chen J.F., Foland K.A., Xing F., Xu X., Zhou T. Magmatism along the southeastern margin of the Yangtze block: Precambrian collision of the Yangtze and Cathaysia block of China. Geology 1991, 19:815-818.
7. Chen Y., Courtillot V., Cogné J.P., Besse J., Yang Z.Y., Enkin R. The configuration of Asia prior to collision of India: cretaceous paleomagnetic constraints. Journal of Geophysical Research 1993, 98(B12):21,927-21,941.
8. Chen Z.H., Xing G.F., Guo K.Y., Dong Y.G., Chen R., Zeng Y., Li L.M., He Z.Y., Zhao L. Petrogenesis of the Pingshui keratophyre from Zhejiang: zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope constraints. Chinese Science Bulletin 2009, 54:610-617. (in Chinese).
9. Chen X., Zhang Y.D., Fan J.X., Tang L., Sun H.Q. Onset of the Kwangsian orogeny as evidenced by biofacies and lithofacies. Science China Earth Sciences 2012, 55(10):1592-1600. 10.1007/s11430-012-4490-4.
10. Cheng H. Geochemistry of Proterozoic island-arc volcanic rocks in northwest Zhejiang. Geochimica (Beijing) 1993, 22:18-27. (in Chinese with English abstract).
11. Cluzel D., Jolivet L., Cadet J.P. Early middle Paleozoic intraplate orogeny in Ogcheon belt (South Korea): a new insight on the Palezoic build-up of east Asia. Tectonics 1991, 10:1130-1151.
12. Faure M., Shu L.S., Wang B., Charvet J., Choulet F., Monié P. Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China. Terra Nova 2009, 21:360-368.
13. FBGMR (Fujian Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources), 1985. Regional Geology of Fujian Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China, 671p (in Chinese with English abstract).
14. Gan X., Li H., Sun D., Zhuang J. Geochronology of the Precambrian basement in northern Fujian. Geology of Fujian 1993, 12(1):17-32. (in Chinese with English abstract).
15. Gan X., Li H., Sun D., Jin W., Zhao F. A geochronological study on early Proterozoic granitic rocks, southwestern Zhejiang. Acta Petrologica Mineralogica 1995, 14:1-8. (in Chinese with English abstract).
16. Gao S., Ling W.L., Qiu Y.M., Lian Z., Hartmann G., Simon K. Contrasting geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of Archean metasediments from the Kongling high-grade terrain of the Yangtze craton: evidence for cratonic evolution and redistribution of REE during crustal anatexis. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 1999, 63:2071-2088.
17. Gao L.Z., Yang M.G., Ding X.Z., Liu Y.X., Liu X., Ling L.H., Zhang C.H. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of tuff in the Shuangqiaoshan and Heshangzhen groups in South China-constraints on the evolution of the Jiangnan Neoproterozoic orogenic belt. Geological Bulletin of China 2008, 27:1744-1751.
18. Gao J., Klemd R., Long L.G., Xiong X.M., Qian Q. Adakitic signature formed by fractional crystallization: an interpretation for the Neo-Proterozoic meta-plagiogranites of the NE Jiangxi ophiolitic mélange belt, South China. Lithos 2009, 110:277-293.
19. Gao L.Z., Dai C.G., Liu Y.X., Wang M., Wang X.H., Chen J.S., Ding X.Z. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the tuffaceous bed of Xiajiang group in Guizhou province and its stratigraphic implication. Geology in China 2010, 37:1071-1082.
20. Gao L.Z., Chen J., Ding X.Z., Liu Y.R., Zhang C.H., Zhang H., Liu Y.X., Pang W.H., Zhang Y.H. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the tuff bed of Lengjiaxi and Banxi groups, northeastern Hunan: constraints on the Wuling movement. Geological Bulletin of China 2011, 30:1001-1008.
21. Gilder S.A., Keller G.R., Luo M. Eastern Asia and the western Pacific timing and spatial distribution of rifting in China. Tectonophysics 1991, 197:225-243.
22. Grabau A.W. Stratigraphy of China, Part I, Paleozoic and older. The Geological Survey of Agriculture and Commerce, Peking 1924, 528:1-6.
23. Greentree M.R., Li Z.X., Li X.H., Wu H. Late Mesoproterozoic to earliest Neoproterozoic basin record of the Sibao orogenesis in western South China and relationship to the assembly of Rodinia. Precambrian Research 2006, 151:79-100.
24. Guo L.Z., Shi Y.S., Ma R.S. The geotectonic framework and crustal evolution of South China. Scientific Papers on Geology for International Exchange 1980, 1:109-116.
25. Guo L.Z., Shi Y.S., Ma R.S., Lu H.F., Ye S., Ding Y., Chen S., Xia B. Plate movement and crustal evolution of the Jiangnan Proterozoic mobile belt, southeast China. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 1985, 39(2):156-166.
26. Guo L.Z., Shi Y.S., Lu H.F., Dong H.G., Yang S.F. The pre-Devonian tectonic patterns and evolution of South China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1989, 3(1-4):87-93.
27. Haynes, S.J., 1988. Structural reconnaissance of the Jiangnan geoanticline: a suspect terrane of compressional tectonic character. In: Howell, D.G., Wiley, T.J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Tectonostratigraphic Terrane Conference. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, pp. 31-33.
28. Hsü K.J., Sun S., Li J.L., Chen H.H., Peng H.P., Sengör A.M.C. Mesozoic overthrust tectonics in South China. Geology 1988, 16:418-421.
29. Hsü K.J., Li J., Chen H.H., Wang Q., Sun S., Sengör A.M.C. Tectonics of South China: key to understanding west Pacific geology. Tectonophysics 1990, 183:9-39.
30. Hu X. Geochronology of lower Proterozoic Badu group, southwestern Zhejiang province. Geochimica (Beijing) 1994, 23(Suppl.):18-24. (in Chinese with English abstract).
31. Hu X., Xu J., Tong C., Chen C. The Precambrian Geology of Southwestern Zhejiang Province 1991, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 278p (in Chinese with English abstract).
32. Huang T.K. An outline of the tectonic characteristics of China. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 1978, 71:611-635.
33. Huang J., Ren J., Jiang C., Zhang Z., Qin D. The Tectonic Evolution of China 1980, Science Press, Beijing, 124p.
34. Kim S.W., Oh C.W., Williams I.S., Rubatto D., Ryu L.C., Rajesh V.J., Kim C.B., Guo J., Zhai M. Phanerozoic high-pressure eclogite and intermediate-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea: implications for the eastward extension of the Dabie-Sulu continental collision zone. Lithos 2006, 92(3-4):357-377.
35. Kong X.S., Li Z.F., Feng C.G., Gu M.G., Ma J.P. The Precambrian geology of Chencai region in Zhejiang province, Beijing 1995, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 921p (in Chinese with English abstract).
36. Lepvrier C., Nguyen V.V., Maluski H., Phan T.T., Tich V.V. Indosinian tectonics in Vietnam. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 2008, 340:94-111.
37. Lepvrier C., Faure M., Van V.N., Tich V.V., Lin W., Trong T.T., Hoa P.T. North directed Triassic nappes in northeastern Vietnam (East Bac Bo). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2011, 41(1):56-68.
38. Li G.K. A discussion on the basement rocks in Fujian province. Fujian Geology 1988, 7:80-118.
39. Li G.K. Isotopic ages of the basement rocks in Fujian province and their implications for the regional tectonic evolution. Fujian Geology 1989, 8:159-168. (in Chinese).
40. Li J.L. Tectonic framework and evolution of southeastern China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1993, 8:219-223.
41. Li X.H. Timing of the Cathaysia block formation: constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology. Episodes 1997, 20(3):188-192.
42. Li X.H. The SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of Paleoproterozoic plagioclase-amphibolite in the Zhejiang-Fujian area. Journal of Geochemistry 1998, 27(4):327-334.
43. Li Z.X. Tectonic history of the major east Asian lithospheric block since the mi-Proterozoic - a synthesis. Mantle Dynamics and Plate Interactions in East Asia. Geodynamic Series 27 1998, 221-243. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. M.J. Flower, S.L. Chung, C.H. Lo, T.Y. Lee (Eds.).
44. Li X.H. U-Pb zircon ages of granites from the southern margin of the Yangtze block: timing of Neoproterozoic Jinning orogeny in SE China and implications for Rodinia assembly. Precambrian Research 1999, 97:43-57.
45. Li W.X., Li X.H. Adakitic granites within the NE Jiangxi ophiolites, South China: geochemical and Nd isotopic evidence. Precambrian Research 2003, 122:29-44.
46. Li Z.X., Li X.H. Formation of the 1300km-wide intracontinentalorogen and postorogenic magmatic province in Mesozoic South China: a flat-slab subduction model. Geology 2007, 35:179-182. 10.1130/G23193A.1.
47. Li Z.X., Powell C.M. An outline of the Palaeogeographic evolution of the Australasian region since the beginning of the Neoproterozoic. Earth-Science Reviews 2001, 53(3-4):237-277.
48. Li S.G., Nie Y.H., Ge N.J., Liu D.L., Hu J.X. Trace element geochemistry of volcanic rocks of Badu group in the west of Zhejiang: a possible early Proterozoic ophiolitic belt and the tectonic implications. Crustal Structure and Geochemical Evolution of the Southeast Continents 1993, 98-117. Publishing House of Metallurgy and Industry, (in Chinese). J.L. Li (Ed.).
49. Li X.-H., Zhou G., Zhao J., Fanning C.M., Compston W. SHRIMP ion microprobe zircon U-Pb age of the NE Jiangxi ophiolite and its tectonic implications. Geochimica (Beijing) 1994, 23(2):125-131. (in Chinese with English abstract).
50. Li Z.X., Zhang L., Powell C.M. South China in Rodinia: part of the missing link between Australia-east Antarctica and Laurentia?. Geology 1995, 23:407-410.
51. Li Z.X., Zhang L., Powell C.M. Positions of the east Asian cratons in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 1996, 43:593-604.
52. Li X.H., Zhao J.X., McCulloch M.T., Zhou G.Q., Xing F.M. Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic ophiolites from southeastern China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications. Precambrian Research 1997, 81:129-144.
53. Li X.H., Li Z.X., Zhou H., Liu Y., Kinny P.D. U-Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian rift of South China; implications for the initial rifting of Rodinia. Precambrian Research 2002, 113:135-154.
54. Li Z.X., Li X.H., Zhou H.W., Kinny P.D. Grenvillian continental collision in South China: new SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia. Geology 2002, 30(2):163-166.
55. Li Z.X., Li X., Zhou H., Kinny P.D. Grenvillian continental collision in South China: new SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia. Geology 2002, 30:163-166.
56. Li W.X., Li X.H., Li Z.X. Neoproterozoic bimodal magmatism in the Cathaysia block of South China and its tectonic significance. Precambrian Research 2005, 136:51-66.
57. Li X.H., Li Z.X., Sinclair J.A., Li W.X., Carter G. Revisiting the "Yanbian Terrane": implications for Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the western Yangtze block, South China. Precambrian Research 2006, 151:14-30.
58. 39Ar dating and SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon provenance constraints. Precambrian Research 2007, 159(1-2):79-94.
59. Li W.X., Li X.H., Li Z.X., Lou F.S. Obduction-type granites within the NE Jiangxi Ophiolite: implications for the final amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks. Gondwana Research 2008, 13:288-301.
60. Li X.H., Li W.X., Li Z.X., Liu Y. 850-790Ma bimodal volcanic and intrusive rocks in northern Zhejiang, South China: a major episode of continental rift magmatism during the breakup of Rodinia. Lithos 2008, 102:341-357.
61. Li Z.X., Bogdanova S.V., Collins A.S., Davidson A., De Waele B., Ernst R.E., Fitzsimons I.C.W., Fuck R.A., Gladkochub D.P., Jacobs J., Karlstrom K.E., Lu S., Natapov L.M., Pease V., Pisarevsky S.A., Thrane K., Vernikovsky V. Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: a synthesis. Precambrian Research 2008, 160:179-210.
62. Li X.H., Li W.X., Li Z.X., Lo C.H., Wang J., Ye M.F., Yang Y.H. Amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks in South China: constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages, geochemistry and Nd-Hf isotopes of the Shuangxiwu volcanic rocks. Precambrian Research 2009, 174:117-128.
63. Li Z.X., Li X.H., Wartho J.A., Clark C., Li W.X., Zhang C.L., Bao C.M. Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: new age constraints and P-T conditions. Geological Society of America Bulletin 2010, 122(516):772-793.
64. Ling W., Gao S., Zhang B., Li H., Liu Y., Cheng J. Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the northwestern Yangtze craton South China: implications for amalgamation and break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent. Precambrian Research 2003, 122:111-140.
65. Liu B.G., Zheng G.C., Chen S.M., Tang H.F. The breakup of the Songmuwu group in western Zhejiang: evidence from isotope dating. Geological Review 1995, 41:457-462.
66. Liu B.X., Liu C.G., Qiu Y.Q. The Pb-Pb isotopic ages and geologic significance of gneissic granite in Hezi, Jiangxi. Volcanology and Mineral Resources 2001, 22(4):264-268. (in Chinese with English abstract).
67. Liu R., Zhou H.W., Zhang L., Zhong Z.Q., Zeng W., Xiang H., Jin X., Lu X.Q., Li C.Z. Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions of the Mayuan migmatite complex, NW Fujian province, Southeast China: constraints on the timing and nature of a regional tectonothermal event associated with the Caledonian orogeny. Lithos 2010, 119:163-180.
68. 39Ar and U-Pb ages from Paleozoic to Triassic. Journal of Geology 2001, 109(6):755-770.
69. Qiu Y., Gao S., McNaughton N.J., Groves D.I., Ling W. First evidence of >3.2Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of south China and its implications for Archean crustal evolution and Phanerozoic tectonic. Geology 2000, 28:11-14.
70. Ren J.S. A preliminary study on pre-Devonian geotectonic problems of southeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 1964, 44(4):418-431.
71. Ren J.S. On the geotectonics of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 1991, 4(2):111-130.
72. Ren J.S., Chen T. Tectonic evolution of the continental lithosphere in eastern China and adjacent areas. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1989, 3:17-27.
73. Ren J.S., Chen T.Y., Niu B.G. The Tectonics and Mineralization of Continental Lithosphere in the East China and Adjacent Region 1990, Science Press, Beijing, 205p (in Chinese with English abstract).
74. Ren J., Wang Z., Chen B., Jiang C.F., Niu B.G. Tectonic Map of China and Adjacent Regions. Scale 1:5000000. Geological Publishing House 1997.
75. Ren J.S., Wang Z.X., Chen B.W., Jiang C.Fa., Niu B.G., Li J.Y., Xie G.L., He Z.J., Liu Z.G. The Tectonics of China from a Global View - A Guide to the Tectonic Map of China and Adjacent Regions 1999, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 1-32.
76. Ren, J.S., Niu, B.G., Wang, J., Jin, X.C., Zhao, L., Liu, R.Y., 1990. Advances in research of Asian geology - a summary of 1:5M international geological map of Asia project. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 72, 3-11.
77. Rivers T., Ketchum J., Indares A., Hynes A. The high pressure belt in the Grenville province: architecture, timing, and exhumation. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 2002, 39(5):867-893. 10.1139/e02-025.
78. Roger F., Maluski H., Leyreloup A., Lepvrier C., Thi P.T. U-Pb dating of high temperature metamorphic episodes in the Kon Tum Massif (Vietnam). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2007, 30(3-4):565-572.
79. Rong J.Y., Zhan R.B., Xu H.G., Huang B., Yu G.H. Expansion of the Cathaysia Oldland through the Ordovician-Silurian transition: emerging evidence and possible dynamics. Science in China (D) 2010, 53:1-17.
80. Rowley D.B., Ziegler A.M., Gyou N. Comment on: Mesozoic overthrust tectonics in South China. Geology 1989, 17:384-386.
81. Sajeev K., Jeong H., Kwon S., Kee W.S., Kim S.W., Komiya T., Itaya T., Jung H.S., Park Y. High P-T granulite relicts from the Imjingang belt, South Korea: tectonic significance. Gondwana Research 2010, 17:75-86.
82. Shi Y.S., Shu L.S., Brewer R.C., Charvet J., Guo L.Z. Late Proterozoic terrane tectonics in the central Jiangnan belt, southeast China. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 1994, 7:367-375.
83. Shu L.S. Pre-Devonian tectonic evolution of South China: from Cathaysian block to Caledonian period folded orogenic belt. Geological Journal of China Universities (Earth Sci.) 2006, 12(4):418-431. (in Chinese with English abstract).
84. Shu L.S. An analysis of principal features of tectonic evolution in South China block. Regional Geology of China 2012, 2012(7):1035-1053.
85. Shu L.S., Charvet J. Kinematics and geochronology of the Proterozoic Dongxiang-Shexian ductile shear zone (Jiangnan region, South China): with HP metamorphism and ophiolitic mélange (Jiangnan Region, South China). Tectonophysics 1996, 267:291-302.
86. Shu L.S., Zhou G.Q., Shi Y.S., Yin J. Study of the high-pressure metamorphic blueschist and its late Proterozoic age in the eastern Jiangnan belt. Chinese Science Bulletin 1994, 39:1200-1204.
87. Shu L.S., Shi Y.S., Guo L.Z., Charvet J., Sun Y. The Late Proterozoic Plate Tectonics and Collisional Kinematics in the Middle Part of the Jiangnan Belt 1995, Nanjing University Publishing House, Nanjing, 174p.
88. 39Ar isotopic age for the early Paleozoic tectonothermal event in the Wuyishan region, South China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 1999, 35(6):668-674.
89. Shu L.S., Faure M., Jiang S.Y., Yang Q., Wang Y.J. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age, litho- and biostratigraphic analyses of the Huaiyu domain in South China - evidence for a Neoproterozoic orogen, not late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic collision. Episodes 2006, 29:244-252.
90. Shu L.S., Faure M., Wang B., Zhou X.M., Song B. Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic geological features of South China: response to the Indosinian collision event in southeast Asia. Comptes Rendus Geosciences 2008, 340(2-3):151-165.
91. Shu L.S., Deng P., Yu J.H., Wang Y.B., Jiang S.Y. The age and tectonic environment of the rhyolitic rocks on the western side of Wuyi mountain, South China. Science in China (D) 2008, 1053-1063.
92. Shu L.S., Yu J.H., Jia D., Wang B., Shen W.Z., Zhang Y.Q. Early Paleozoic orogenic belt in the eastern segment of South China. Geological Bulletin of China 2008, 27(10):1581-1593.
93. Shu L.S., Zhou X.M., Deng P., Wang B., Jiang S.Y., Yu J.H., Zhao X.X. Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the southeast China block: new insights from basin analysis. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2009, 34:376-391.
94. Shu L.S., Faure M., Yu J.H., Jahn B.M. Geochronological and geochemical features of the Cathaysia block (South China): new evidence for the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia. Precambrian Research 2011, 187:263-276.
95. Shui T., Xu B.T., Liang R.H., Qiu Y.S. Geology of Metamorphic Basement in Zhejiang-Fujian Region, China 1988, Science Press, Beijing, pp. 1-94 (in Chinese).
96. Ting W.K. The orogenic movement in China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 1929, 8(1):151-170.
97. Wan Y.S., Liu D.Y., Xu M.H., Zhuang J.M., Song B., Shi Y.R., Du L.L. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks in northwestern Fujian, Cathaysia block, China: tectonic implications and the need to redefine lithostratigraphic units. Gondwana Research 2007, 12(1-2):166-183.
98. Wan Y.S., Liu D.Y., Wilde S.A., Cao J., Chen B., Dong C., Song B., Du L.L. Evolution of the Yunkai Terrane, South China: evidence from SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating geochemistry and Nd isotope. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2010, 37(2):140-153.
99. Wang H.Z. Geotectonic development of China. The Geology of China 1986, vol. 3:235-275. Oxford Monographs of Geology and Geophysics.
100. Wang J., Li Z.X. History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up. Precambrian Research 2003, 122(1-4):141-158.
101. Wang H.Z., Mo X.X. An outline of the tectonic evolution of China. Episodes 1995, 18(1-2):6-16.
102. Wang M., Shu L.S. Rock geochemical characteristics of the Neoproterozoic Wuyishan ophiolite mélange. Geology in China 2007, 34(4):572-583. (in Chinese with English abstract).
103. Wang X., Yang S.F., Shi J.N., Guo L.Z., Shi Y.S., Lu H.F., Dong H.G., Xu J.K., Kong H.N., Hu X.J. Discovery of collision mélange in Longquan, Zhejiang province and its significance for studying collision orogenic belt in southeastern China. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) 1988, 24(3):367-378. (in Chinese with English abstract).
104. Wang X.L., Zhou J.C., Qiu J.S., Gao J.F. Geochemistry of the Meso- to Neoproterozoic basic-acid rocks from Hunan province, South China: implications for the evolution of the western Jiangnan orogen. Precambrian Research 2004, 135:79-103.
105. Wang X.L., Zhou J.C., Qiu J.S., Zhang W., Liu X., Zhang G. LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks from northern Guangxi, South China: implications for tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 2006, 145:111-130.
106. Wang X.L., Zhou J.C., Griffin W.L., Wang R.C., Qiu J.S., O'Reilly S.Y., Xu X.S., Liu X.M., Zhang G.L. Detrital zircon geochronology of Precambrian basement sequences in the Jiangnan orogen: dating the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks. Precambrian Research 2007, 159(1-2):117-131.
107. Wang Y.J., Fan W.M., Zhao G.C., Ji S.C., Peng T.P. Zircon U-Pb geochronology of gneissic rocks in the Yunkai Massif and its implications on the Caledonian event in the South China block. Gondwana Research 2007, 12(4):404-416.
108. Wang X.L., Zhao G., Zhou J.C., Liu Y., Hu J. Geochronology and Hf isotopes of zircon from volcanic rocks of the Shuangqiaoshan Group, South China: implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern Jiangnan orogen. Gondwana Research 2008, 14:355-367.
109. Wang, Y.J., Zhang, F.F., Fan, W.M., Zhang, G.W., Chen, S.Y., Cawood, P.A., Zhang, A.M., 2010. Tectonic setting of the south China block in the early Paleozoic: resolving intracontinental and ocean closure models from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology. Tectonics 29, TC6020, doi: 10.1029/9312010TC002750.
110. Wang Y.J., Zhang A.M., Fan W.M., Zhao G.C., Zhang G.W., Zhang Y.Z., Zhang F.F., Sanzhong Li S.Z. Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China block: geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai domains. Lithos 2011, 127:239-260.
111. Wu R.X., Zheng Y.F., Wu Y.B., Zhao Z.F., Zhang S.B., Liu X.M., Wu F.Y. Reworking of juvenile crust: element and isotope evidence from Neoproterozoic granodiorite in South China. Precambrian Research 2006, 146:179-212.
112. Xiang L., Shu L.S. Pre-Devonian tectonic evolution of the eastern South China block: geochronological evidence from detrital zircons. Science China Earth Sciences 2010, 53(10):1427-1444.
113. Xiao W.J., He H.Q. Early Mesozoic thrust tectonics of the NW Zhejiang region (Southeast China). Geological Society of America Bulletin 2005, 117:945-961. 10.1130/25417.
114. Xu B., Qiao G.S. Sm-Nd isotopic age and tectonic setting of the late Proterozoic ophiolites in northeastern Jiangxi province. Journal of Nanjing University (Earth Science) 1989, 3:108-114. (in Chinese with English abstract).
115. Xu B., Guo L.Z., Shi Y.S. Proterozoic terranes and multiphase collision orogens in Anhui-Zhejiang-Jiangxi area 1992, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 112p.
116. 39Ar geochronology of the sheared metamorphic rocks in the Wuyishan: constraints on the timing of early Paleozoic and early Mesozoic tectono-thermal events in SE China. Tectonophysics 2011, 501(1-4):71-86.
117. Xu Y.J., Du Y.S., Cawood P.A., Zhu Y.H., Li W.C., Yu W.C. Detrital zircon provenance of upper Ordovician and Silurian strata in the northeastern Yangtze block: response to orogenesis in South China. Sedimentary Geology 2012, 267:63-72.
118. Yao J.L., Shu L.S., Santosh M. Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf-isotopes and geochemistry - new clues for the Precambrian crustal evolution of Cathaysia block, South China. Gondwana Research 2011, 20:553-567.
119. Yao J.L., Shu L.S., Santosh M., Li J.Y. Precambrian crustal evolution of the south China block and its relation to supercontinent history constrained from U-Pb ages, Lu-Hf isotopes and REE geochemistry of zircons from sandstones and granodiorite. Precambrian Research 2012, 208-211:19-48.
120. Ye M.F., Li X.H., Li W.X., Liu Y., Li Z.X. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological and whole-rock geochemical evidence for an early Neoproterozoic Sibaoan magmatic arc along the southeastern margin of the Yangtze block. Gondwana Research 2007, 12:144-156.
121. Yu J.H., Wei Z., Wang L., Shu L.S., Sun T. Cathaysia block: a young continent composed of ancient materials. Geological Journal of China Universities 2006, 12:440-447.
122. Yu J.H., Wang L.J., Wei Z.Y., Sun T., Shu L.S. Phanerozoic metamorphic episodes and characteristics of Cathaysia block. Geological Journal of China Universities 2007, 13(3):474-483. (in Chinese with English abstract).
123. Yu J.H., O'Reilly S.Y., Wang L.J., Griffin W.L., Zhang M., Wang R.C., Jiang S.Y., Shu L.S. Where was South China in the Rodinia supercontinent? Evidence from U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons. Precambrian Research 2008, 164:1-15.
124. Yu J.H., Wang L.J., O'Reilly S.Y., Griffin W.L., Zhang M., Li C.Z., Shu L.S. A Paleoproterozoic orogeny recorded in a long-lived cratonic remnant (Wuyishan terrane), eastern Cathaysia block, China. Precambrian Research 2009, 174:347-363.
125. Yu J.H., O'Reilly S.Y., Wang L.J., Griffin W.L., Zhou M.F., Zhang M., Shu L.S. Components and episodic growth of Precambrian crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: evidence from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of zircons in Neoproterozoic sediments. Precambrian Research 2010, 181:97-114.
126. Yu J.H., O'Reilly S.Y., Wang L.J., Griffin W.L., Zhou M.F., Zhang M., Shu L.S. Components and episodic growth of Precambrian crust in the Cathaysia block, South China: evidence from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of zircons in Neoproterozoic sediments. Precambrian Research 2010, 181(2010):97-114.
127. ZBGMR (Zejiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources), 1989. Regional Geology of Zhejiang Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, 688p (in Chinese with English abstract).
128. Zeng W., Zhou H.W., Zhong Z.Q., Zeng S.G., Li H.M. Single zircon U-Pb ages and their tectonic implications of Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks in southeastern Guizhou, China. Geochimica 2005, 34(6):548-556. (in Chinese with English abstract).
129. Zhang Z.M., Liou J.G., Coleman R.C. An outline of the plate tectonics of China. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1984, 95:295-312.
130. Zhang B.T., Ling H.F., Shen W.Z., Liu J.S., Yang J.D., Tao X.C. Sm-Nd isochronic age of spilite-keratophyre of Shuangxiwu group in Xiqiu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Journal of Nanjing University (Earth Science) 1990, 2:9-14. (in Chinese with English abstract).
131. Zhang D.B., Liang J.T., Buo Z.H. Study of the tectonic deformation and evolution in the northern segment of Wuyi-Yunkai tectonic zone. Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 1991, 12(3):37-48.
132. Zhang S.-B., Zheng Y.-F., Wu Y.-B., Zhao Z.-F., Gao S., Wu F.-Y. Zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope evidence for 3.8Ga crustal remnant and episodic reworking of Archean crust in South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 252:56-71.
133. Zhang F.R., Shu L.S., Wang D.Z., Shen W.Z. Discussions on the tectonic setting of Caledonian granitoids in the eastern segment of South China. Earth Science Frontiers 2009, 16(1):247-259. (in Chinese with English abstract).
134. Zhang F.R., Shu L.S., Wang D.Z., Shen W.Z., Yu J.H., Xie L. Study on geochronological, geochemical features and genesis of the Fufang granitic pluton in the Jiangxi province, South China. Geological Journal of China Universities 2010, 16(2):161-176. (in Chinese with English abstract).
135. Zhang F.R., Shen W.Z., Shu L.S. Geochemical features of early Paleozoic granites in Jiangxi province and their geological significances. Acta Petrologica Sinica 2010, 26(12):3456-3468. (in Chinese with English abstract).
136. Zhang Y., Shu L.S., Chen X.Y. Study of geochemistry, geochronology and petro-genesis of the early Paleozoic granitic plutons in the central-southern Jiangxi province. Science in China (Earth Sciences) 2011, 54(10):1492-1510.
137. Zhao G., Cawood P. Tectonothermal evolution of the Mayuan assemblage in the Cathaysia block: implications for neoproterozoic collision-related assembly of the South China Craton. American Journal of Science 1999, 299:309-339.
138. Zhao X., Allen M.B., Whitham A., Price S. Rift-related Devonian sedimentation and basin development in South China. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences 1996, 14:37-52.
139. Zheng J.P., Griffin W.L., O'Reilly S.Y., Zhang M., Pearson N., Pan Y. Widespread Archaean basement beneath the Yangtze craton. Geology 2006, 34:417-420.
140. Zheng Y.F., Zhang S.B., Zhao Z.F., Wu Y.B., Li X.H., Li Z.X., Wu F.Y. Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: implications for growth and reworking of continental crust. Lithos 2007, 96:127-150.
141. Zhong Y.F., Ma C.Q., Lin G.C., Wang R.J. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Jiuling granitic complex batholith in Jiangxi. Journal of China University of Geosciences 2005, 30(6):685-691. (in Chinese with English abstract).
142. Zhou G.Q., Zhou H.B. Precambrian high-pressure matamorphic rocks within the collision zone of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, China: jadeite/glaucophane-type facies. International Geology Review 1996, 38:87-93.
143. Zhou X.M., Zhou H.B., Yang J.D., Wang Y.X. Sm-Nd isochron age of the ophiolite suite in Shexian county, Anhui province and its geological significance. Chinese Science Bulletin 1989, 35:208-212.
144. Zhou M.F., Yan D.P., Kennedy A.K., Li Y., Ding J. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze block, South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2002, 196:51-67.
145. Zhou J.C., Wang X.L., Qiu J.S., Gao J.F. Geochemistry of Meso- and Neoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic rocks from northern Guangxi, China: arc or plume magmatism?. Geochemical Journal 2004, 38:139-152.