“…1000 km and extending from the western Qinling to the Dabie Orogen, as revealed by studies of the structure, Mesozoic basins, and geochronology and geochemistry of the micro-blocks of the Qinling Orogen ( Fig. 2; Chen et al, 2010;Dong et al, 2011a;Hu et al, 2012;Meng et al, 2007;Meng and Zhang, 2000;Li et al, 2007;Ratschbacher et al, 2003;Shi et al, 2012Shi et al, , 2013Wang et al, 2011a;Yin andNie, 1993, 1996;Zhang et al, 2001Zhang et al, , 2010. For the intracontinental deformation, various fission-track and U-Th/He thermochronological investigations of the apatite and zircon have indicated that the Qinling Orogen experienced an intricate pattern of postorogenic uplift and exhumation during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic (Enkelmann et al, 2006;Hu et al, 2006aHu et al, , 2012Li et al, 2010a;Liu et al, 2009Liu et al, , 2013Shen et al, 2007;Tian et al, 2010;Wan et al, 2000Wan et al, , 2005Wang et al, 2011b;Xu et al, 2005Xu et al, , 2010Yang et al, 2013;Yin et al, 2001).…”