Early Triassic initial collision between the North China and South China blocks in the eastern Qinling Orogenic Belt

• Published in: Tectonophysics Vol. 814; p. 228965
• Main Authors: Ma, Qianli, Yang, Jianghai, Du, Yuansheng, Dai, Xianduo, Chai, Rong, Guo, Hua, Xu, Yajun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 05.09.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Belts; Carbonates; Continental collision; Evaporites; Isotopes; Marginal basins; Mesozoic; Orogeny; Permian; Qinling Orogenic Belt; Records; Recycled materials; Sedimentary provenance; Slope environment; Slope environments; South China; Stratigraphy; Subsidence; Tectonics; Triassic; Uplift; Zircon; China; Mesozoic; Sedimentary provenance; South China; Qinling Orogenic Belt; Continental collision

The closure of Mianlue Ocean lead to the collisional assembly between the North China Block (NCB) and the South China Block (SCB). But the timing of initial continental collision remains unclear, with the proposed ages ranging from the Late Permian to the Late Triassic. This study presents stratigra...