Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A preliminary synthesis

• Published in: Earth-science reviews Vol. 134; pp. 98 - 136
• Main Authors: Li, Jianhua, Zhang, Yueqiao, Dong, Shuwen, Johnston, Stephen T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2014; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Basin; Basins; China; coasts; Cretaceous; Deformation; Evolution; Late Cretaceous epoch; Magma; Magmatism; mineralization; Paleo-Pacific Plate; Plate tectonics; Regional; Rocks; Slabs; South China; Stresses; subsidence; Tectonic evolution; Tectonics; Volcanoes; Yangtze River; China; Yangtze River; Magmatism; Cretaceous; South China; Tectonic evolution; Paleo-Pacific Plate; Basin

The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China is characterized by widespread extensional basin and dome generation, voluminous magma intrusion/eruption and associated polymetallic mineralization, all of which are of world-wide interests that have stimulated the attention of geologists for more th...