Contents Preface PART 1 A TECTONIC OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH CHINA BLOCK 1 1.1 A brief reappraisal of tectonic models for southeastern SCB developed before the 1990s 2 1.2 A cartoon time-space diagram summarising major events that shaped the SCB 3 1.3 Pre-1 Ga basement compositions 5 1.4 Mesoproterozoic to earliest Neoproterozoic Sibao Orogeny: Part of Rodinia assembly? 6 1.5 Large scale mid-Neoproterozoic intraplate magmatism and continental rifting: Long-lived mantle plume activities and Rodinia breakup 11 1.6 The Ordovicion-Silurian Wuyi-Yunkai (“Caledonian”) Orogeny and foreland basin development 16 1.7 Permian–Triassic orogenic events and a Jurassic–Cretaceous large magmatic province 23 1.8 Transition from an Andean-type active margin (ca. 280 Ma to ca. 90 Ma) to the current Western Pacific-type margin soon after 90 Ma 29 1.9 Effects of Cenozoic India-Eurasia collision on the western margin of the SCB 31 References 31 PART 2 A TOUR OF THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF EASTERN SOUTH CHINA IN EIGHT DAYS 40 Day 1. Sibao orogenesis to Neoproterozoic rift magmatism 42 Day 2. Chencai Complex: Basement rocks of Cathaysia, Early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny, and the Jiang-Shao Fault 50 Day 3. Late Mesozoic (post P-Tr Indosinian Orogeny) large magmatic province 56 Day 4. Early Paleozoic strata in the Jiangshan region: Onset of the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny and structures of the Indosinian Orogeny 62 Day 5. Early Paleozoic strata along the Sanqing-Shaohua section, and deformation contrast between the two sides of the Lizhu-Changshan Thrust: Onset and lateral extent of the Wuyi-Yunkai Orogeny 70 Day 6. Structural and stratigraphic records of the Permian–Triassic Indosinian Orogeny, and post-orogenic basin and magmatic developments in NE Jiangxi 75 Day 7. Tianli schists, Neoproterozoic rift magmatism and the Zhangshudun serpentinite complex, NE Jiangxi 83 Day 8. Guifeng Geopark: Cretaceous redbeds and Danxia landform 89 References 90 APPENDIX 93 华南东部地质演化——八日野外考察指南 93 第1日:从四堡造山作用到新元古代裂谷岩浆作用 96 第2日:陈蔡杂岩——华夏地块的古老基底,早古生代武夷-云开造山作用及江绍断裂带 103 第3日:晚中生代(二叠纪-三叠纪印支造山作用之后)大面积岩浆作用 109 第4日:江山地区的早古生代地层——武夷-云开造山作用开始及印支造山作用的构造印迹 115 第5日:三清-少华剖面的早古生代地层及漓渚-常山逆冲带两侧的变形差异——武夷-云开造山作用的盆地响应及造山带的分布范围 122 第6日:赣东北二叠纪-三叠纪印支期造山作用的构造和地层记录,以及后造山盆地发育和岩浆活动 128 第7日:赣东北田里片岩,新元古代裂谷岩浆作用和樟树墩蛇绿岩 135 第8日:龟峰地质公园——白垩纪红层和丹霞地貌 141 主要参考文献 142