However, the North China Craton (NCC), an old continental geological structure dating back 4.0 Ga, is underlain by a thin lithosphere (100 km) and shows many signs of thermo-tectonic reactivation.

The formation age of the big mantle wedge beneath eastern Asia and the lithospheric thinning mechanism of the North China craton are two key scientific issues. Based on new findings of deep carbon ...

Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China Date: January 30, 2015 Source: Geological Society of America Summary: Seismic investigations from the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic ...

A study by Chinese scientists in October of last year detailed how one of the oldest pieces of continental crust—the North China Craton (NCC)—had slowly been disintegrating in a process known ...

One documented example occurred in the North China Craton’s deepest root layer millions of years ago. However, until recently, scientists hadn’t had a chance to study the process as it ...

While other gold deposits formed billions of years ago, the deposits on the North China craton formed around 140 to 120 million years ago; Reading Time: 2 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP. 2.

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, into the Earth's mantle below.. This is the conclusion of researchers ...