The North China Craton underwent two distinct crustal stages, characterized by thickening due to Mesozoic collision, followed by extensional collapse and lithospheric thinning likely driven by PaleoPacific plate rollback, according to a crustal thickness reconstruction using Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios as well as εNd isotopic data of granitoids.
- Yanjing Chen
- Zhenju Zhou
- Chen Xu
