Qinling orogenic belt

Location of Qinling between the North China Block (NCB) and South China Block (SCB)[1][2]

The Qinling orogenic belt is a tectonic feature that evolved throughout the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic eons due to a variety of tectonic activities.[3] It is a part of the Central China Orogenic Belt,[4] aligned in an east–west orientation across Central China, and spans portions of Shaanxi, Henan and Gansu provinces along the Qinling Mountains which are one of the greatest mountain ranges in China.[2][5][6][7] The first materials involved in the Qinling orogenic belt formed around 2.5 billion years ago, whereas the main morphology of the belt now largely reflects the Triassic collision between the North China Plate and the South China Plate and Cenozoic extension across China.[8][9][10] During these 2.5 billion years, various types of rocks have been formed here due to different tectonic processes and chemical reactions between rocks.[3][11] Therefore, geologists are able to reconstruct the evolution of mountain belt based on evidence preserved in these rocks.[8][10][12][13][14]

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