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The amalgamation of the supercontinent of North China Craton at the end of Neo-Archaean and its breakup during late Palaeoproterozoic and Meso-Proterozoic

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The most important geological events in the formation and evolution of the North China Craton concentrate at two stages: 2 600–2 400 Ma and 2 000–1 700 ma (briefly, we call them 2.5 Ga event and 1.8 Ga event respectively in this paper). We propose that the essences of these two events are: Several Archaean micro-continents amalgamated to form one supercontinent according to the plate tectonic principle with a small scale at about 2.5 Ga, and the supercontinent broke down by upwelling of an ancient mantle plume at about 1.8 Ga.

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Zhai, M., Bian, A. & Zhao, T. The amalgamation of the supercontinent of North China Craton at the end of Neo-Archaean and its breakup during late Palaeoproterozoic and Meso-Proterozoic. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 43 (Suppl 1), 219–232 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02911947

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