North China Craton: Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Tectonic Evolution

Dear Colleagues,

The North China Craton (NCC), a major Precambrian nucleus in Asia hosting a variety of mineral deposits, has been in focus during recent years with regard to craton destruction and refertilization. Craton destruction is at present recognized to be a geodynamic setting for metallogeny. However, the link between metallogeny and craton destruction in the NCC remains poorly understood. In addition, the metallogenesis is distributed and characterized with notable differences in the whole North China Craton. The northern margin of the NCC is strongly enriched in Au, Mo and Cu, and the southern margin is enriched in Au and Mo, while the eastern margin is characterized by Au. Therefore, systematically carding the differences and their intrinsic link with decratonization is of great significance to understanding the origin and investigating similar ore prospecting areas globally.

This Special Issue aims at displaying recent achievements in the research of geochemistry, mineralogy and tectonic evolution in the North China Craton. We welcome studies about the genetic information embedded in different minerals of different ore systems, high-precision dating, hydrothermal evolution and new deep-probe achievements on magmatism and related tectonics and metallogeny. We also solicit methodological studies employing cutting-edge in situ analytics that can reflect the ore-forming fluid sources, metallogenic age and precipitation mechanism. We hope that this Special Issue will greatly contribute to probing into the mechanism of metallogeny in the North China Craton and enhance ore prospecting. It will be a platform to reflect this research progress.

Prof. Dr. Sheng-Rong Li
Dr. Mao-Wen Yuan
Dr. Masroor Alam
Guest Editors

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