Title: GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN QUNLUN
Abstract: The western Kunlun mountain at the northern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is an important part in the central orogenic chain of Qinling-Qilianshan-Kunlun in China.Complicated evolution of multiple systems and long-term multicylic movement resulted in a tectonic framework alternating between the Kegang fault adjacent to the Tiekelike,in the southern margin of the Tarim to the north,and the Kangxiwa-Subashi tectonic contact with the Bayankala tectonic zone to the south.The tectonic evolution of the western Kunlun can be attributed into three phases,the basement evolution during the Sinian period,plate tectonic evolution in the Sinian-the Middle Triassic period and intraplate tectonic evolution with highland uplift from the late Triassic period.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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