“…Available age data indicate that the continental collision and UHP metamorphism took place in Early Triassic, around 240 to 220 Ma (e.g., Ames et al, 1993Ames et al, , 1996Chavagnac and Jahn, 1996;Hacker et al, 1998Hacker et al, , 2000Li et al, 1993aLi et al, , 1996Li et al, , 1997Li et al, , 2000Rowley Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt. Most of them are post-collisional, emplaced during Early Cretaceous, around 140 to 120 Ma (Chen et al, 1995;Eide et al, 1994;Jahn et al, 1999;Ma et al, 1998;Xie et al, 1996Xie et al, , 2001). Syn-collisional granites have only been identified in South Qinling.…”