Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic
Abstrak
The North China Craton (NCC) was originally formed by the amalgamation of the eastern and western blocks along an orogenic belt at ∼1.9 Ga. After cratonization, the NCC was essentially stable until the Mesozoic, when intense felsic magmatism and related mineralization, deformation, pull-apart basins, and exhumation of the deep crust widely occurred, indicative of destruction or decratonization. Accompanying this destruction was significant removal of the cratonic keel and lithospheric transformation, whereby the thick (∼200 km) and refractory Archean lithosphere mantle was replaced by a thin (1.8 Ga). ▪ A craton is characterized by a rigid lithospheric root, which provides longevity and stability during its evolutionary history. ▪ Some cratons, such as the North China Craton, can be destroyed by losing their stability, manifested by magmatism, deformation, earthquake, etc.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (5)
Fu-Yuan Wu
Jin-Hui Yang
Yigang Xu
S. Wilde
R. Walker
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- 2019
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- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1146/ANNUREV-EARTH-053018-060342
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- Open Access ✓