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1 Department of Earth Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposit Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing 21 0093, CN
2 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, CN
3 Department of Resources, Petroleum University, Dongying, Shandong 257061, CN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 60, No 3 (2002), Pagination: 333-336
Abstract
The magnitude of Cenozoic crustal shortening within the Tibetan plateau is a question of key importance in the models for its development. Earlier investigators proposed that the Cenozoic shortening within the plateau is generally less than 40%. Here, we present two exactly constrained structural sections, which show that the late Cenozoic crustal shortening within southern Qiangtang is upto 57-67%. This indicates that the internal crustal shortening within the plateau can play a vital role in the doubling of the crust of the Tibetan plateau.
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