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New research progress on the pre-Sinian tectonic evolution and neotectonics of the Huangling anticline region, South China

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In this paper the authors briefly introduce and review the new progress of the newly discovered Proterozoic Miaowan (庙湾) ophiolite and Neoproterozoic Huangling (黄陵) granitoids in the southern Huangling anticline in the Yangtze craton, and the tectonic evolution significance of assemblage and breakup of Rodinia and Columbia supercontinent in South China.

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  1. Three Gorges Research Center for Geo-hazard, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Songbai Peng  (彭松柏), Timothy M. Kusky, Hanwen Zhou  (周汉文), Lu Wang  (王璐) & Wei Xiang  (项伟)

  2. Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Songbai Peng  (彭松柏) & Hanwen Zhou  (周汉文)

  3. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Timothy M. Kusky & Lu Wang  (王璐)

  4. Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Wei Xiang  (项伟)

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This study was supported by the Ministry of Land and Resources of China (No. 1212010670104), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 91014002, 40821061, 41272242), the National Science and Technology Ministry, the Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20100471203), Ministry of Education of China (Nos. B07039, TGRC201024), and the Regional Earth Science Background Research for Geological Hazards.

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Peng, S., Kusky, T.M., Zhou, H. et al. New research progress on the pre-Sinian tectonic evolution and neotectonics of the Huangling anticline region, South China. J. Earth Sci. 23, 639–647 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-012-0285-y

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