Late Cenozoic Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang, Red River, and Dali fault systems of southwestern Sichuan and central Yunnan, China / Erchie Wang [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wang, Erchie, 1951-

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 327.

Special paper ; 327

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faults (Geology)--China--Sichuan Sheng.

Faults (Geology).

Faults (Geology)--China--Yunnan Sheng.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Cenozoic.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Cenozoic Geologic Period.

China--Sichuan Sheng.

China--Yunnan Sheng.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 108 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 1998.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Regional tectonic setting 3

Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system 6

Geologic setting 6

Songpan-Ganzi fold belt 6

Longmen Shan thrust belt and its continuation into southern Sichuan 9

Yangzi platform 9

South China fold and thrust belts 9

Sub-Pliocene erosion surface 11

Xianshuihe segment 12

Central segment 13

Anninghe fault 13

Zemuhe fault 14

Shimian fault 14

Xiaojiang segment 16

Northern part of the Xiaojiang segment 18

Central part of the Xiaojiang segment 21

East Xiaojiang fault 23

West Xiaojiang fault 23

Puduhe-Yuxi fault zone 25

Southern part of the Xiaojiang segment 30

Other left-lateral faults 35

Right-slip faults associated with the Xiaojiang segment 36

Other right-slip faults possibly related to the Red River fault system 37

Discussion of the Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system 37

Red River and Dali fault systems 39

Geologic setting 40

Lanping-Simao fold belt 41

Chuxiong basin 41

Tibetan plateau 43

Dali highland 43

Yunling collage 44

Yangzi platform 44

South China fold belt 44

Sub-Pliocene erosion surface 44

Red River fault system 44

Red River fault 44

Jianshui fault 50

Qujiang fault 54

Chuxiong fault 60

Dali fault system 62

Chenghai fault 64

Jianchuan fault 64

Lijiang fault 64

Heqing fault 66

Daju fault system 66

Yulong Snow Mountains 67

Benzilan-Zhongdian fault 67

Tongdian fault 67

Discussion of the Red River and Dali fault systems 69.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.

OCLC:

216936117

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