Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6442840 Earth-Science Reviews 2016 24 Pages PDF
Abstract
New evidence suggests that the Qinling Complex is a tectonic complex rather than a uniform stratigraphic unit or a microcontinent as previously believed, and is mainly composed of the exhumed HP-UHP metamorphic rocks, deep subduction- exhumation-related magmatic rocks and the early Neoproterozoic granites together with the host rocks from the over-riding plate at an active continental margin. The early Paleozoic tectonic history of the NQB includes oceanic slab subduction and formation of arc, backarc spreading, continental deep subduction, arc-continent collision, break off, and multi-stage exhumation of the deep subducted slab, as well as extension and thinning and associated erosion and deposition.
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