Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet

Tectonic evolution of the early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing Qiangtang metamorphic belt, central Tibet

[1] A >500-km-long east-west trending metamorphic belt in the Qiangtang terrane of central Tibet consists of tectonic melange that occurs in the footwalls of Late Triassic–Early Jurassic domal low-angle normal faults. The melange is comprised of a strongly deformed matrix of metasedimentary and mafic schists that encloses lesser-deformed blocks of metabasites, Carboniferous–Triassic metasedimen...

Mesozoic Basin Development and Tectonic Evolution of the Dabieshan Orogenic Belt, Central China

Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet

[1] In the Shiquanhe area of far-western Tibet, midCretaceous strata lie unconformable on ophiolitic melange and Jurassic flysch associated with the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone. On the basis of our mapping and geochronologic studies, we suggest that these Cretaceous strata were shortened by >57% over a north south distance of 50 km during Late Cretaceousearly Tertiary time. The Late Cretaceous ...

Svecof ennian Metamorphic and Tectonic Evolution of East Central Sweden

3 INTRODUCTION 4 Aim and approach 4 Structural domains in the Swedish part of the Baltic Shield defined by deformation zones and formline patterns 4 Age and character of high-T deformation zones in the Baltic Shield 6 GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL SWEDEN 7 Rocks and ages 7 Metamorphism 8 Typical features of low pressure-high temperature metamorphism 9

Magmatic and Tectonic Evolution of Southern Tibet and the Himalaya

The Himalaya-Tibetan orogen has become the paradigm for continental collision and is central to deciphering continental tectonics. Neogene extension in the orogen is not predicted by plate tectonic theory, and its significance is widely debated. In the Himalaya, north-south extension is restricted to the Southern Tibetan Detachment System (STDS), which juxtaposes the High Himalayan Crystalline ...