Geological and Tectonic Evolution of the East Asian Collage: Precambrian and Mesozoic

Dear Colleagues,

Geological and tectonic evolution of the East Asian Collage has been a major topic in the global geological community. East Asian Continent comprises a complex assembly of allochthonous continental lithospheric crustal fragments (terranes) by volcanic arcs, and other terranes of oceanic, accretionary and rifting complex origins located at the various zones of convergence and divergence between the Eurasian and Pacific Plates. Especially, recent studies have been documented with a lot of important information due to the advanced analysis equipment technology development of geological dating, geochemistry and isotope studies with precise geological surveys in the Precambrian and Mesozoic. Accordingly, many discussions have been actively conducted on Geological and Tectonic Evolution of the East Asian Collage, and many models of tectonics have been proposed. However, there is still a lot of controversy regarding the crustal evolutional history and the geological correlation between East Asia countries.

In this respect, this Special Issue will handle studies of the Precambrian and Mesozoic geologic and tectonic histories of East Asia in geochemical and geochronological perspective and followings research topics will contribute this Special Issue.

1. Geochronological and geochemical studies on igneous rocks and its tectonic implication.
2. Detrital zircon provenance from the Precambrian or Mesozoic terrane and its tectonic implication.
3. Precambrian or Mesozoic mineral deposition and its metallogeny.
4. Reviews in Precambrian or Mesozoic geology of East Asia.
5. All others related to this Special Issue.

Dr. Sung Won Kim
Dr. Seong-Jun Cho
Guest Editors

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