Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics

doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0451-5

	Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics
	Zhu RiXiang; Zheng TianYu
刊名	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
	2009-10-01
卷号	54 期号:19 页码:3354-3366
关键词	destruction of North China Craton seismic imaging mantle flow Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics
ISSN号	1001-6538
DOI	10.1007/s11434-009-0451-5
文献子类	Review
英文摘要	Much attention has been paid in the last two decades to the physical and chemical processes as well as temporal-spatial variations of the lithospheric mantle beneath the North China craton. In order to provide insights into the geodynamics of this variation, it is necessary to thoroughly study the state and structure of the lithospheric crust and mantle of the North China craton and its adjacent regions as an integrated unit. Based on the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle constrained from seismological studies, this paper presents various available geophysical results regarding the lithosphere thickness, the nature of crust-mantle boundary, the upper mantle structure and deformation characteristics as well as their tectonic features and evolution systematics. Combined with the obtained data from petrology and geochemistry, a mantle flow model is proposed for the tectonic evolution of the North China craton during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic. We suggest that subduction of the Pacific plate made the mantle underneath the eastern Asian continent unstable and able to flow faster. Such a regional mantle flow system would cause an elevation of melt/fluid content in the upper mantle of the North China craton and the lithospheric softening, which, subsequently resulted in destruction of the North China craton in different ways of delamination and thermal erosion in Yanshan, Taihang Mountains and the Tan-Lu Fault zone. Multiple lines of evidence recorded in the crust of the North China craton, such as the amalgamation of the Archean eastern and western blocks, the subduction of Paleo-oceanic crust and Paleo-continental residue, indicate that the Earth in the Paleoproterozoic had already evolved into the plate tectonic system similar to the present plate tectonics.
WOS关键词	SINO-KOREAN CRATON ; PERIDOTITE-MELT REACTION ; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE ; CONTINENTAL-CRUST ; EASTERN CHINA ; EVOLUTION ; BENEATH ; TRANSFORMATION ; GEOCHEMISTRY ; CONSTRAINTS
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000271025500002
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(90814000)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/71644]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Zhu RiXiang
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Paleomagnetism & Geochronol Lab SKL LE, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu RiXiang,Zheng TianYu. Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2009,54(19):3354-3366.
APA	Zhu RiXiang,&Zheng TianYu.(2009).Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,54(19),3354-3366.
MLA	Zhu RiXiang,et al."Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 54.19(2009):3354-3366.