edited by Lifei Zhang, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, Zeming Zhang, Institute of Geology, CAGS, Beijing, China, Hans-Peter Schertl, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy & Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany and Chunjing Wei, College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China