Early Continent Evolution of the North China Craton

Authors

Mingguo Zhai Professor, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Professor Mingguo Zhai works in the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and specializes in Precambrian and metamorphic geology, and petrology. His main research interests are Precambrian tectonic evolution in China; High-temperature and high-pressure metamorphiam and reconstruction of Precambrian; Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism and continental collision; Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the North China Block. Peng Peng Professor, China-Brazil Joint Geoscience Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Professor Peng Peng works in the China-Brazil Joint Geoscience Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and specializes in Precambrian geology. His research interests include Precambrian tectonics, particularly the Precambrian evolution of cratons, supercontinents and the Earth system, and the comparison of the Precambrian and modern tectonics. Currently, he is an editor/associate editor of Precambrian Research, Island Arc, Analysis and Testing Technology and Instruments, Geotectonica et Metallogenia, etc. Yanyan Zhou Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Professor Yanyan Zhou works in the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and specializes in Precambrian geology, Geochronology, and Geochemistry. His research interests are on Precambrian igneous rocks and the Precambrian crustal evolution of North China Craton. Lei Zhao Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Professor Lei Zhao works in the State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and specializes in Precambrian geology, Zircon Geochronology, Metamorphic Petrology, and Geochronology.