Precambrian Evolution of the North China Craton

The North China Craton is one of the oldest cratonic blocks in the world, containing rocks as old as 3.85 billion years. Focusing on Neoarchean mantle plumes and Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics, this book combines the results from modern geological research to provide you with a detailed synthesis of the geology, structure, and evolution of the North China Craton. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of cratonic blocks and Precambrian geology as well as geoscientists interested in applying tectonic models to other cratonic blocks globally. This work will also be of interest to geologists concerned with the problems of structure and evolution of the Precambrian continents and supercontinents.

List of contents

Chapter 1: An outline of the North China Craton
Chapter 2: Tectonic subdivision of the North China Craton
Chapter 3: Neoarchean accretion of the Eastern Block
Chapter 4: Neoarchean accretion of the Western Block
Chapter 5: Khondalite Belt - Paleoproterozoic amalgamation of the Western Block
Chapter 6: Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt - Paleoproterozoic amalgamation of the Eastern Block
Chapter 7: Trans-North China Orogen - Paleoproterozoic amalgamation of the North China Craton

Product details

• Authors: Guochun Zhao, Zhao Guochun
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2013
• EAN: 9780124072275
• ISBN: 978-0-12-407227-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 10 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; China, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Historical Geology, Historical geology and palaeogeology