Mesozoic overthrust tectonics in south China

Whether south China was a platform or a para-platform after the mid-Paleozoic deformation or whether the mountains of Huanan (= south China) form a Mesozoic collision-type orogen depends upon whether the ophiolite melange in the Yangtze region is Precambrian basement or was overthrust onto a forelan...

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Published in:Geology (Boulder) 1988-05, Vol.16 (5), p.418-421
Main Authors: Hsu, Kenneth J, Sun, Shu, Li, Jiliang, Chen, Haihong, Pen, Haipo, Sengor, A M C
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Whether south China was a platform or a para-platform after the mid-Paleozoic deformation or whether the mountains of Huanan (= south China) form a Mesozoic collision-type orogen depends upon whether the ophiolite melange in the Yangtze region is Precambrian basement or was overthrust onto a foreland thrust belt during the Mesozoic. This paper presents evidence of tectonic windows under the melange and basement klippes above the melange in the Yangtze region.
ISSN:0091-7613
DOI:10.1130/0091-7613(1988)0162.3.CO;2