Qinling–Dabie orogeny

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The Qinling–Dabie orogeny was a major Paleozoic–Mesozoic mountain-building event in central China that formed the Qinling and Dabie mountain ranges through the collision of the North China and South China tectonic blocks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological event
mountain-building event
orogeny
associatedRockType eclogite
gneiss
granite
associatedStructure Qinling suture zone
surface form: Dabie suture zone

Qinling suture zone
associatedWith eclogite-facies metamorphism
granitoid magmatism
high-pressure metamorphic rocks
suture zone between North China and South China blocks
ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism
causedBy collision of the North China Block and South China Block
continent Asia
country China
deformationStyle crustal thickening
thrusting and folding
endEra Mesozoic Era
formed Dabie Mountains
Qinling Mountains
geologicalPeriod Mesozoic
Paleozoic
hasPhase continental collision
post-collisional extension
subduction-related deformation
locatedIn Central China
surface form: central China
metamorphicGrade high-pressure
ultrahigh-pressure
orogen Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
surface form: Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt
plateInvolved North China Block
South China Block
region Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
surface form: Qinling–Dabie belt
relatedTo Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
surface form: Qinling–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt

North China Craton
surface form: Sino-Korean Craton

Yangtze Plate
surface form: Yangtze Craton
researchField metamorphic petrology
structural geology
tectonics
resultedIn amalgamation of the North China Block and South China Block
closure of the Paleo-Tethys-related oceanic basin between North China and South China blocks
formation of the Qinling–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt
significance important for understanding continental collision processes
key event in the tectonic evolution of East Asia
records deep subduction of continental crust
startEra Paleozoic Era
tectonicSetting continental collision

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Dabie Mountains orogeny Qinling–Dabie orogeny
North China Craton borderedBy Qinling–Dabie orogeny
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt
South China Block boundedBy Qinling–Dabie orogeny
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt
Chinese continental crust hasPart Qinling–Dabie orogeny
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt
Qinling–Dabie orogeny orogen Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt
Qinling–Dabie orogeny region Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie belt
Qinling–Dabie orogeny relatedTo Qinling–Dabie orogeny self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Qinling–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt