Abstract
The North China Craton (NCC) has had a long geological history back to ca. 3.8 Ga ago. In the Anshan area, northeastern part of the craton, three distinct complexes with ages of 3.8–3.1 Ga (Baijiafen, Dongshan, and Shengousi) have been identified, along with widespread 3.1–2.5 Ga rocks of different origins and ages. In eastern Hebei Province, abundant 3.88–3.4 Ga detrital zircons were obtained from metasedimentary rocks of the Caozhuang Complex, and the oldest rock identified is a 3.4 Ga gneissic quartz diorite. The oldest zircons that may originally have been derived from the NCC are 4.1–3.9 Ga grains in Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary rocks in the northern Qinling Orogenic Belt bordering the NCC in the south. 3.0–2.8 Ga rocks occur in Anshan, eastern Hebei, eastern Shandong, and Lushan. ca. 2.7 Ga rocks of igneous origin are exposed in eight areas of the NCC, but ~2.7 Ga supracrustal rocks have so far only been identified in western Shandong. ca. 2.5 Ga intrusive and supracrustal rocks and associated regional metamorphism occur in almost all Archean areas of the NCC. Banded iron formations contain the most important ore deposit of the Archean in the NCC and mainly formed during the late Neoarchean. Ancient crustal records obtained from deep crust beneath the NCC are similar to those in the exposed areas, with the oldest ca. 3.6 Ga rock enclaves occurring in Xinyang near the southern margin of the NCC. This synthesis is based on the compilation of a large database of zircon ages as well as whole-rock Nd isotopic and Hf-in-zircon isotopic data in order to understand the formation and evolution of the early Precambrian basement of the NCC. Considering the craton as an entity, there is a continuous age record from 3.8 to 1.8 Ga, and two tectono-thermal events are most significant in the late Neoarchean to the earliest Paleoproterozoic and late Paleoproterozoic history, with age peaks at ~2.52 and ~1.85 Ga, respectively. Whole-rock Nd and Hf-in-zircon isotopic data show similar features, documenting the addition of juvenile material to the continental crust at 3.8–3.55, 3.45, 3.35–3.3, 2.9, and 2.85–2.5 Ga with the late Mesoarchean to early Neoarchean being the most important period. Crustal recycling began as early as 3.8 Ga and continued until 3.25 Ga and appears to have played a more important role than juvenile additions between 3.25 and 2.90 Ga. After outlining the general geological history of the NNC basement, we discuss several issues relating to Archean crust formation and evolution and arrive at the following major conclusions: (1) Similar to several other cratons, the late Mesoarchean to early Neoarchean was the most important period for rapid production of continental crust, and the most intensive and widespread tectono-thermal event occurred at the end of the Neoarchean. (2) In our new tectonic model, we define and outline three ancient terranes containing abundant 3.8–2.6 Ga rocks, namely the Eastern Ancient Terrane, Southern Ancient Terrane, and Central Ancient Terrane. (3) Vertical magmatic growth is seen as the main mechanism of crust formation prior to the Mesoarchean. We favor a multi-island arc model related to subduction/collision and amalgamation of different ancient terranes in the late Neoarchean. (4) The NCC may already have been a large crustal unit as a result of cratonic stabilization at the end of the late Neoarchean, probably due to magmatic underplating.
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We are grateful to the members of the Beijing SHRIMP Center for zircon separation, mount making, CL imaging, dating, and other help. Chunli Guo, Kejun Hou, Liewen Xie, Yueheng Yang, Honglin Yuan, Chunrong Diwu, and Hongying Zhou assisted in Hf-in-zircon isotopic analysis, and Suohan Tang, Jinhui Wang, Chaofeng Li, Jinghui Guo, Fukun Cheng, and Hongying Zhou assisted in whole-rock Nd isotopic analysis. We also thank Vickie Bennett, Michael Brown, Bin Chen, Yuelong Chen, Kent Condie, Xiaozhong Ding, Chunrong Diwu, Lilin Du, Clark R.L. Friend, Yuansheng Geng, Yongchang Gu, Jinghui Guo, Baofu Han, Jianmin Hu, Ping Jian, Wei Jin, Huaikun Li, Huimin Li, Houmin Li, Jianghai Li, Jinyi Li, Sanzhong Li, Tingdong Li, Xianhua Li, Xuping Li, Yanhe Li, Shoufa Lin, Fulai Liu, Junlai Liu, Shuwen Liu, Xiaochun Liu, Yongshun Liu, Zhihong Liu, Songnian Lu, Changqian Ma, Peisen Miao, Zhiyao Ni, Allen Nutman, Dominic Papineau, Peng Peng, Jishun Ren, M. Santosh, Qihan Shen, Min Sun, Yong Sun, Jeff D. Vervoort, Huichu Wang, Renmin Wang, Shijin Wang, Shiyan Wang, Tao Wang, Zejiu Wang, Chunjing Wei, Ian Williams, Simon A. Wilde, Chunming Wu, Fuyan Wu, Yuanbao Wu, Qinghui Xiao, Wenliang Xu, Zhongyuan Xu, Chonghui Yang, Jinhui Yang, Zhensheng Yang, Hongfu Zhang, Lianchang Zhang, Fengqing Zhao, Minggou Zhai, Guochun Zhao, Taiping Zhao, Yue Zhao, Jianping Zheng, Jianbo Zhou, Xiaodong Zhou, Xiangkun Zhu, and others for discussions and help in this study. We particularly thank Academician Minggou Zhai for originating this book. This paper is the result of long-term work in the NCC, supported financially by the Major State Basic Research Program of the People’s Republic of China (2012CB416600, 2015FY310100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40172044, 40672127, 41002062, 41472167, 41472169, 49473172, 49872024), and the Key Program of the Ministry of Land and Resources of China (1212010711815, 1212011120151, 12120114021301, 12120113013700, 1212011220465, 1212011120142, 1212010811033, DKD2001020-3, DKD9904011, DKD20010209, J1.3.1). We express our sincere appreciation to the distinguished geologist Academician Yuqi Cheng who is one of the most important founders of metamorphic petrology, metamorphic geology, and geochronology in China and who has made significant contributions to the geology of China.
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Wan, YS. et al. (2015). Formation and Evolution of Archean Continental Crust of the North China Craton. In: Zhai, M. (eds) Precambrian Geology of China. Springer Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47885-1_2
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