The Geology of the Eastern Margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

This book is compiled by principal investigators in the collaborative research program, and its purpose is to present the research achievements in the geology, orogenic belt, active tectonic and foreland basin of the margin obtained in the collaborative research program since 1999, and also to provide an opportunity of making academic exchange and promoting mutual understanding between Chinese geoscientists and overseas experts.

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 Regional Tectonic Setting
Chapter 2 The Songpan-Garze Fold Belt
Chapter 3 The Longmen Shan Thrust-Nappe Belt
Chapter 4 The Longmen Shan Foreland Basin
Chapter 5 Active Tectonics
Chapter 6 Dating of Depositional Surfaces Using Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Chapter 7 The Incision Rate of the Min Jiang River
Chapter 8 Late Cenozoic Drainage Patterns
Chapter 9 Erosional Unloading and Flexural Deflection
Acknowledgments
References
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