Grenvillian continental collision in south China: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia

Research Article| February 01, 2002 Grenvillian continental collision in south China: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia Zheng-Xiang Li; Zheng-Xiang Li 1Tectonics Special Research Centre, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Xian-hua Li; Xian-hua Li 2Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1131, Guangzhou 510640, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hanwen Zhou; Hanwen Zhou 3Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Peter D. Kinny Peter D. Kinny 4Tectonics Special Research Centre, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, WA 6845, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Zheng-Xiang Li 1Tectonics Special Research Centre, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia Xian-hua Li 2Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1131, Guangzhou 510640, China Hanwen Zhou 3Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Peter D. Kinny 4Tectonics Special Research Centre, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, WA 6845, Australia Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 23 Jul 2001 Revision Received: 18 Oct 2001 Accepted: 24 Oct 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2002) 30 (2): 163–166. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0163:GCCISC>2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 23 Jul 2001 Revision Received: 18 Oct 2001 Accepted: 24 Oct 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Zheng-Xiang Li, Xian-hua Li, Hanwen Zhou, Peter D. Kinny; Grenvillian continental collision in south China: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia. Geology 2002;; 30 (2): 163–166. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0163:GCCISC>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The timing of continental collision between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks of south China is an issue that bears on the accretion of Asia, as well as on the assembly and configuration of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia. We report in this paper SHRIMP (sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe) evidence that suggests a Grenvillian continental collision in south China, including (1) evidence for 1.3–1.0 Ga metamorphism on both sides of the Sibao orogen between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks and (2) sedimentary provenance of possible foreland-basin deposits on the Yangtze side of the orogen that were derived from the Cathaysia block and the Sibao orogen during the continental collision. The occurrence of ca. 1430 Ma granodiorites in southern Cathaysia, along with ca. 1800 Ma basement and Archean protoliths in northern Cathaysia, makes Cathaysia a possible western extension of the Mojave province in southwestern Laurentia. Together with regional data, we suggest that the Sibao orogen could be one of the Grenvillian sutures at the center of Rodinia assembly that brought Australia, Yangtze, and Cathaysia-Laurentia together by ca. 1000 Ma. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.