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The Zunhua‐Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton

The Zunhua‐Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton Dec. 2015 KUSKY T.M., LI J.H., PLOAT A., WANG Junpeng, DENG Hao and WANG Lu, 2015. The Zunhua-Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 89(supp. 2): 37-38. The Zunhua-Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton KUSKY T.M.1, *, LI J.H.2, PLOAT A.1, 3, WANG Junpeng1, DENG Hao1 and WANG Lu1 1 Center for Global Tectonics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China 2 Department of Geology, Peking University, China 3 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Ontario Canada Sutures mark places where oceans have closed and two once widely separated terranes have collided. Sutures are defined on the basis of geological relationships, and differences in the geologic, structural, magmatic, sedimentary, and metamorphic histories of the terranes on either side of the suture. Sutures are characterized by complex structures and rock units such as mélanges and ophioltes that were scraped off the intervening oceanic substratum during convergence and collision of the two terranes. The North China craton (NCC) is divided into two major blocks and several minor terranes, yet positions and ages of sutures between the Eastern and Western http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) Wiley

The Zunhua‐Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton

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© 2015 Geological Society of China
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Dec. 2015 KUSKY T.M., LI J.H., PLOAT A., WANG Junpeng, DENG Hao and WANG Lu, 2015. The Zunhua-Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 89(supp. 2): 37-38. The Zunhua-Zanhuang Ophiolitic Mélange: Traces of an Archean Suture in the North China Craton KUSKY T.M.1, *, LI J.H.2, PLOAT A.1, 3, WANG Junpeng1, DENG Hao1 and WANG Lu1 1 Center for Global Tectonics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China 2 Department of Geology, Peking University, China 3 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Ontario Canada Sutures mark places where oceans have closed and two once widely separated terranes have collided. Sutures are defined on the basis of geological relationships, and differences in the geologic, structural, magmatic, sedimentary, and metamorphic histories of the terranes on either side of the suture. Sutures are characterized by complex structures and rock units such as mélanges and ophioltes that were scraped off the intervening oceanic substratum during convergence and collision of the two terranes. The North China craton (NCC) is divided into two major blocks and several minor terranes, yet positions and ages of sutures between the Eastern and Western

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