Reply to Comment on Petrology of the Hegenshan ophiolite and its implication for the tectonic evolution of northern China by M.-F. Zhou, H.-F. Zhang, P.T. Robinson and J. Malpas》.pdf

Available online at R Earth and Planetary Science Letters 217 (2003) 211^217 /locate/epsl Discussion Reply to Comment on ‘‘Petrology of the Hegenshan ophiolite and its implication for the tectonic evolution of northern China’’ by M.-F. Zhou, H.-F. Zhang, P.T. Robinson and J. Malpas Toshio Nozaka a ;, Yan Liu b a Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka 3-1-1, Okayama 700-8530, Japan b Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Baiwangzhuang Road 26, Beijing 100037, PR China Received 9 September 2003; accepted 16 October 2003 1. Introduction Zhou et al. and examining their previous study [2]. The suturing of the North China and Siberia continental blocks is one of the most signi¢cant events in the geologic history of northeastern 2. Tectonic setting of the ophiolite: mid-ocean Asia. In a previous paper [1], we concluded that ridge or supra-subduction zone? the suturing took place during Mesozoic time at the Hegenshan area in the Central Asian^Mongo- 2.1. Chaokeshan complex lian fold belt on the basis of petrological and geo- chemical characteristics and metamorphic age of As a