Detrital zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and O isotopes of the Wufoshan Group: Implications for episodic crustal growth and reworking of the southern North China craton

•The onset of modern-style plate tectonics in Paleoproterozoic.•Identification of continuous reworking of Archean crust during 2402–2179Ma.•Oceanic subduction at 2058Ma and continental collision at 1874Ma.•Post-collisional extension and uplifting of the TNCO at 1819Ma.