Late Mesozoic granitoids in the Qinling Orogen, Central China, and tectonic significance

The Qinling Orogen in central China is a complex collage built through the closure of the northernmost Paleo-Tethys and the suturing of the Yangtze and the North China cratons. In this contribution, geochronological, geochemical and isotopic data of Late Mesozoic granitoids are compiled, which in turn allow for a broad overview on their petrogenesis with respect to tectonic regime of the Qinling Orogen. After a magmatic hiatus during 160–195 Ma,...