Appalachian-style multi-terrane Wilson cycle model for the assembly of South China: COMMENT

Lin et al. (2018) propose a model of Proterozoic-Mesozoic evolution of the South China block (SCB) involving West and East Cathaysia separated by the Northwest Fujian fault. They assume a northeastward translation of East Cathaysia after an Early Paleozoic orogeny due to the collision of West Cathaysia with a “proposed terrane”. This model ignores most of the available, robust field data.

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