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The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is formed of a complex of small terranes accreted together. The boundaries between these terranes are defined by linear outcrops of dismembered ophiolite suite that mark the position of ancient oceanic tracts. This book is a summary of new data and a research results obtained by the author and other geology scholars, both in China and abroad, and presents evidence concerning the origin and chronology of successive collisions of continental fragments with Eurasian or Gondwanian provenance and discusses the mechanisms by which the plateau evolved and the crust was doubled in thickness.

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Author:   Chengfa Chang
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   VSP International Science Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9789067642255

ISBN 10:   9067642258
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   01 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface CHAPTER 1. TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF THE QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU AND ITS EVOLUTION PROBLEMS CHAPTER 2. THE TECTONIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WESTERN XIZANG PLATEAU The Kashgar --- Kunjirap Geotraverse The Yecheng --- Shiquanhe Geotraverse CHAPTER 3. THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL XIZANG PLATEAU The Kunlun Terrane The South Kunlun Suture The Songpan --- Garze Terrane The Jinshajiang Suture The Qiangtang Terrane The Bangong --- Nujiang Suture The Lhasa Terrane CHAPTER 4. THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS REGION The Yidun Island Arc The Songpan-Garze Basin The Lanping-Simao Block CHAPTER 5. THE YARLUNG ZANGBO SUTURE ZONE Xiukang Complex The melange belt The Yarlung Zangbo Ophiolite Belt The deformation features of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone Tectonic evolution of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone CHAPTER 6. THE HIMALAYAN TERRANE The Higher Himalaya Tibetan sedimentary zone CHAPTER 7. THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT NAMJAGBARWA The Miri Group The Banggou Group The Namjagbarwa Group Structure On the age of the Namjagbarwa Group Regional framework CHAPTER 8. THE CENOZOIC TECTONICS: THE INDIA--ASIA COLLISION AND THE UPLIFTING OF THE QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU The timing of the collision of India with Asia Palaeogene tectonics The deformation and uplifting of Xizang Plateau by the early Miocene Neotectonics The inferred rates of slip along major faults Seismicity of the Himalaya and Xizang Cenozoic volcanism in north-central Xizang The rate and timing of uplift of the Xizang Plateau CHAPTER 9. GEOPHYSICS OF THE QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU Palaeomagnetic studies The deep structure of the Himalaya and Xizang The crustal structure of the Himalaya and Xizang CHAPTER 10. A SUMMARY OF THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU The origin and assembly of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau The history and timing of shortening, extrusion and uplifting of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau References

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