Paleoproterozoic porphyries and coarse-grained granites manifesting a vertical hierarchical structure of Archean continental crust beneath the Yangtze Craton

•Discover successive emplacement of Paleoproterozoic granites in the Kongling Complex.•Reveal reliable source for the granites with A-type affinity in the Kongling Complex.•Illustrate vertical hierarchical Archean crustal structure beneath the Yangtze Craton.