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South China experienced an unusually complex tectonic history, and featurs a series of globally significant, and well-preserved geo-logical records. These include records of the assembly and breakup of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia, Rodinia- and Pan-gea-age mantle plume events, Neoproterozoic glacial events, early complex life, large intraplate orogenic and magmatic events, extinc-tion events around the P-T boundary, continental subduction and exhumation, and record of the transition from an Andean-type active margin to the present-day Western Pacific-type active margin. These features make South China one of the few natural laboratories for studying fundamental geoscience problems and testing various theories and hypotheses.
Professor Zheng-Xiang Li and his multinational collaborative team have been working on the tectonic evolution of the South China Block for over 25 years. Their work challenged some traditional views, yet some of their new interpretations remain controversial amongst contemporary researchers. This book provides readers a summary of their views on the tectonic evolution of South China, and evidence that their interpretations were based on. It also provides a well illustrated eight-day field program in which the authors attempt to unravel the tectonic history of eastern South China through the examination of a series of carefully selected field traverses and out-crops. This latter part of the book can also serve as materials for field workshops or short courses on tectonic analysis using multidisci-plinary field observations and analytical results.

Preface
PART 1 A TECTONIC OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH CHINA BLOCK 1
1.1 A brief reappraisal of tectonic models for southeastern SCB developed before
the 1990s 2
1.2 A cartoon time-space diagram summarising major events that shaped the SCB 3
1.3 Pre-1 Ga basement compositions 5
1.4 Mesoproterozoic to earliest Neoproterozoic Sibao Orogeny: Part of Rodinia
assembly? 6
1.5 Large scale mid-Neoproterozoic intraplate magmatism and continental rifting:
Long-lived mantle plume activities and Rodinia breakup 11
1.6 The Ordovicion?Silurian Wuyi-Yunkai (the “Caledonian”) Orogeny and foreland
basin development 16
1.7 Permian?Triassic orogenic events and a Jurassic?Cretaceous large magmatic
province 23
1.8 Transition from an Andean-type active margin (ca. 280 Ma? to ca. 90 Ma) to
the current Western Pacific-type margin soon after 90 Ma 29
1.9 Effects of Cenozoic India-Eurasia collision on the western margin of the SCB 31
References 31
PART 2 A TOUR OF THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF EASTERN SOUTH
CHINA IN EIGHT DAYS 40
Day 1. Sibao orogenesis to Neoproterozoic rift magmatism 42
Day 2. Chencai Complex: Basement rocks of Cathaysia, Early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai
Orogeny, and the Jiang-Shao Fault 50
Day 3. Late Mesozoic (post P-Tr Indosinian Orogeny) large magmatic province 56
Day 4. Early Paleozoic strata in the Jiangshan region: Onset of the Wuyi-Yunkai
Orogeny and structures of the Indosinian Orogeny 62
Day 5. Early Paleozoic strata along the Sanqing-Shaohua section, and deformation
contrast between the two sides of the Lizhu-Changshan Thrust: Onset and
lateral extent of the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny 70
Day 6. Structural and stratigraphic records of the Permian?Triassic Indosinian Orogeny,
and post-orogenic basin and magmatic developments in NE Jiangxi 75
Day 7. Tianli Schists, Neoproterozoic rift magmatism and the Zhangshudun
serpentinite complex, NE Jiangxi 83
Day 8. Guifeng Geopark: Cretaceous redbeds and Danxia landform 89
References 90
APPENDIX 93
华南东部地质演化——八日野外考察指南 93
第1日：从四堡造山作用到新元古代裂谷岩浆作用 96
第2日：陈蔡杂岩——华夏地块的古老基底，早古生代武夷-云开造山作用及
江绍断裂带 103
第3日：晚中生代(二叠纪-三叠纪印支造山作用之后)大面积岩浆作用 109
第4日：江山地区的早古生代地层——武夷-云开造山作用开始及印支造山
作用的构造印迹 115
第5日：三清-少华剖面的早古生代地层及漓渚-常山逆冲带两侧的变形
差异——武夷-云开造山作用的盆地响应及造山带的分布范围 122
第6日：赣东北二叠纪-三叠纪印支期造山作用的构造和地层记录，以及后造
山盆地发育和岩浆活动 128
第7日：赣东北田里片岩，新元古代裂谷岩浆作用和樟树墩蛇绿岩 135
第8日：龟峰地质公园——白垩纪红层和丹霞地貌 141
主要参考文献 142

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