Tectonics and Geodynamics of South China: an introductory note

Michel Faure (1, 2) , Yan Chen (1, 2) , Zhuohai Feng (3) , Liangshu Shu (4) , Ziqin Xu (5)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327
2 Géodynamique - UMR7327
3 College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology
4 State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research
5 State Key Laboratory of Continental Tectonics and Dynamics [Beijing]

Highlights: • The Neoproterozoic Jiangnan collision of Cathaysia and Yangtze is responsible for the formation of the South China Block (SCB) • During the Early Paleozoic, the SCB was welded to the North China block along the Qinling belt, and also experienced an intracontinental orogeny that partly reworked the Jiangnan belt. • During the Middle Triassic, the SCB was welded to Indochina, the Qinling belt was reworked by N-directed intracontinental subduction. • The Xuefengshan belt is also a Middle Triassic intracontinental orogen.

Mots clés: Early Paleozoic tectonics; Middle Triassic tectonics; Mesozoic granites; South China block

Domaines: Tectonique

Michel Faure, Yan Chen, Zhuohai Feng, Liangshu Shu, Ziqin Xu. Tectonics and Geodynamics of South China: an introductory note. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017, 141, pp.1-6. ⟨10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.11.031⟩. ⟨insu-01406026⟩