“…Conversely, Devonian alkaline magmatic belt related to post-subduction orogeny is also identified in the northern margin of the NCC (Zhang et al, 2018), indicating that the northern margin of the NCC was strongly influenced by the Palaeo-Asian tectonic system and evolved to an active continental margin (trench-arc-basin). It is composed of several alkaline intrusions (e.g., Shuiquangou alkaline), a few small Devonian mafic-ultramafic intrusions (e.g., Hongshila pyroxenite), and alkaline granite intrusions (e.g., Hongshan granite), lacking alkaline basalt, bimodal volcanic rock, or A-type granite related to intraplate or rift extension tectonics (Hu, Xu, & Niu, 1990;Huang & Hou, 2017;Jiang, 2005;Meng & Ge, 2001;Teng et al, 2015;TimCope, Ritts, Darby, Fildani, & Graham, 2005;Wang, 1983;Zhang, Zhao, et al, 2010). The arc-continent collision during the Early Palaeozoic was also confirmed by metamorphism and deformation of the Early Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks and deposition of the latest Silurian-earliest Devonian molasse or quasimolasse of the Xibiehe Formation (Chen, Zhao, Jahn, Sun, & Zhou, 2017;Li et al, 2014;Zhang, Su, & Li, 2010;Zhang et al, 2018).…”