Extrusion of the Altyn Tagh wedge: a kinematic model for the Altyn Tagh fault and palinspastic reconstruction of northern China: comment and reply
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Zhou et al. argue that the Altyn Tagh uplift of northwest China evolved during the Triassic and Late Cenozoic eras based on the correlation of the Qilain Shan to the Beishan suture. They believe that their theory is the correct palinspastic reconstruction of northern China. However, there are no stratigraphic data from the Qilian Shan and the Beishan orogenic belts to support this claim. Recent thrust and strke-slip movements on the Altyn Tagh fault do not support its evolution during the Triassic and Late Cenozoic eras.
Publication Name: Geology
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0091-7613
Year: 1997
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Implications of a Bengal Fan-type deposit in the Paleozoic Lachlan fold belt of southeastern Australia
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Reconstruction of the Ordovocian paleogeography of the Lachlan fold belt in Australia reveals a dominant continental-margin submarine fan similar in size and structure to the Bengal fan. The belt's basement, formerly an ocean basin overlain by a continental-rise prism, forms the precursor of the Pacific Ocean resulting from the breakup of Laurentia and Gondwana. Silurian to Carboniferous granites were sourced from lower crust formed by the imbrication of the continental-rise prism.
Publication Name: Geology
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0091-7613
Year: 1992
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