Zheng Gong

Dr. Zheng Gong

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2020 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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ZGZheng Gong
Zheng Gong
MLMingsong Li
Mingsong Li

1 February 2017 in Precambrian Research
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ZGZheng Gong
Zheng Gong
KKKenneth P. Kodama
Kenneth P. Kodama
YLYong-Xiang Li
Yong-Xiang Li

1 April 2019 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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GWGuangyi Wei
Guangyi Wei
AHAshleigh V.S. Hood
Ashleigh V.S. Hood
XCXi Chen
Xi Chen
DLDa Li
Da Li
WWWei Wei
Wei Wei
HLHong-Fei Ling
Hong-Fei Ling

9 October 2018 in Geology
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JSJohanna Salminen
Johanna Salminen
RHRichard Hanson
Richard Hanson
DEDavid A.D. Evans
David A.D. Evans
ZGZheng Gong
Zheng Gong
TLTierney Larson
Tierney Larson
RERichard Ernst
Richard Ernst
Mobilistic plate-tectonic interpretation of Precambrian orogens requires that two conjoined crustal blocks may derive from distant portions of the globe. Nonetheless, many proposed Precambrian cratonic juxtapositions are broadly similar to those of younger times (so-called “strange attractors”), raising the specter of bias in their construction. We evaluated the possibility that the Congo and Kalahari cratons (Africa) were joined together prior to their amalgamation along the Damara-Lufilian-Zambezi orogen in Cambrian time by studying diabase dikes of the Huila-Epembe swarm and sills in the southern part of the Congo craton in Angola and in Namibia. We present geologic, U-Pb geochronologic, and paleomagnetic evidence showing that these two cratons were directly juxtaposed at ca. 1.1 Ga, but in a slightly modified relative orientation compared to today. Recurring persistence in cratonic connections, with slight variations from one supercontinent to the next, may signify a style of supercontinental transition similar to the northward motion of Gondwana fragments across the Tethys-Indian oceanic tract, reuniting in Eurasia.

1 October 2018 in Precambrian Research
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ZGZheng Gong
Zheng Gong
DEDavid A.D. Evans
David A.D. Evans
SESten-Åke Elming
Sten-Åke Elming
USUlf Söderlund
Ulf Söderlund
JSJohanna M. Salminen
Johanna M. Salminen

1 August 2019 in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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ZGZheng Gong
Zheng Gong
KKKenneth P. Kodama
Kenneth P. Kodama
YLYong-Xiang Li
Yong-Xiang Li