Appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China: COMMENT

Michel Faure (1, 2) , Jacques Charvet (1, 2) , Yan Chen (1, 2)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327
2 Géodynamique - UMR7327

Lin et al. (2018) propose a model of Proterozoic-Mesozoic evolution of the South China block (SCB) involving West and East Cathaysia separated by the Northwest Fujian fault. They assume a northeastward translation of East Cathaysia after an Early Paleozoic orogeny due to the collision of West Cathaysia with a “proposed terrane”. This model ignores most of the available, robust field data.

Domains: Tectonics

Michel Faure, Jacques Charvet, Yan Chen. Appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China: COMMENT. Geology, 2018, 46 (6), pp.e446. ⟨10.1130/G40222C.1⟩. ⟨insu-01818014⟩