Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

Earth-Science Reviews - Tập 162 - Trang 387-432 - 2016
Timothy M. Kusky1,2, Ali Polat1,3, Brian F. Windley1,4, Kevin Burke5, John Dewey6, W. S. F. Kidd7, S. Maruyama1,8, Junpeng Wang1, Hao Deng1, Zhuosheng Wang1, Cong Wang1, Dong Fu1, X.W. Li1, Hongtao Peng1
1Center for Global Tectonics, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
2State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4Department of Geology, University of Leicester, U.K
5Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, TX, USA
6University of California Davis, University College, Oxford, United Kingdom
7Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, USA
8Earth-Life Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

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