Expanding the Wilson Cycle Based on Worldwide Comparison of Continental Structures Revealed by Lithospheric Geophysical Investigations

Worldwide comparison of lithospheric investigation results achieved from projects of COCORP, BIRPS, DEKORP, LITHOPROBE, ICDP, ECORS and SINOPROBE enables us to expand the classical Wilson cycle, which mainly describes evolution of ocean plates, into a complete and detailed cycle that describes gener...

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Published in:Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) 2015-04, Vol.89 (2), p.327-331
Main Author: Wencai, YANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion
continental accretion
Continents
Deduction
Evolution
Geophysics
lithospheric investigation
ocean-continent transition
Oceans
plate tectonics
Sequences
Splitting
tectonic process
Wilson cycle
worldwide comparison
周期
地球物理调查
大陆岩石圈
大陆板块
威尔逊
显示
海洋板块
结构比较
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Summary:Worldwide comparison of lithospheric investigation results achieved from projects of COCORP, BIRPS, DEKORP, LITHOPROBE, ICDP, ECORS and SINOPROBE enables us to expand the classical Wilson cycle, which mainly describes evolution of ocean plates, into a complete and detailed cycle that describes generation, development and evolution of both ocean and continent plates. The expanded Wilson cycle presented in this paper introduces the evolution sequences of continental lithospheric processes by adding into the classical Wilson cycle with ocean-continent transition, continental collision and accretion, as well as continental rifting and splitting in details. These mentioned continental lithospheric processes have been presented by the author in a series of recent review papers in detail, and their summary and further deduction is presented in this paper.
ISSN:1000-9515
1755-6724
DOI:10.1111/1755-6724.12432