Investigations Into the Tectonics of the Tibetan PlateauB. C. Burchfiel, Erchie Wang "This volume includes a variety of papers on the tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and the Iranian Plateau that were presented at the first joint meeting between the Geological Society of America and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Each paper deals with a different aspect of the geology and/or the geophysics of the tectonic evolution of the plateau. Although most of the papers discuss areas in the northeastern part of the plateau, one concentrates on the complexity of the Cenozoic shear zones in Yunnan and one focuses on the late Cenozoic extensional tectonism along the western margin of the Iranian Plateau. Several papers discuss aspects of Tibetan tectonics not covered in any other papers and arrive at unique interpretations."--Publisher's website. |
Contents
Preliminary investigation into the complexities of the Ailao Shan and Day Nui Con | 45 |
Timing and distribution of tectonic rotations in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau | 73 |
The dynamic support and decoupling process of the Tibetan lithosphere based on | 89 |
Exhumation of old rocks during the Zagros collision in the northwestern part | 105 |
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active faults Aligudarz block Altyn Tagh belt Altyn Tagh fault antiform Burchfiel Cenozoic Chen continental crustal Day Nui deformation depocenter deposits displacement eastern Kunlun Eocene extensional facies fault zone Figure flexural modeling folding Formation Geological Society Geophysical Research Golpayegan Golpayegan block Golpayegan region Jiang Journal of Geophysical Kumukol Basin Kunlun fault late Cenozoic left-lateral lithosphere lower crust Lulehe Mahallat mantle margin Mesozoic metamorphic rocks Miocene mm/yr Molnar Mute fault mylonitic mylonitic belt mylonitic rocks normal fault northern Oligocene Paleogene paleomagnetic Paleozoic Precambrian Proterozoic Quaternary reverse faults right-lateral rigid block rotation sandstone sedimentary sediments seismic Serteng Shangganchaigou Shazand Shazand fault shortening Sichuan Basin Society of America South China southern strata stratigraphic structures Suhai Basin Tapponnier Tarim Basin tectonic Tertiary thick thrust Tibet Tibetan Plateau tion Triassic upper crust velocity Vietnam Wang western Qaidam Basin Xiaganchaigou Xiejia Xining Xorkol Basin Yunnan Zagros Zhang