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.
By:
Guochun Zhao (Research Assistant Professor University of Hong Kong China) Imprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 360g ISBN:9780124072275 ISBN 10: 0124072275 Pages: 204 Publication Date:22 November 2013 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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