Proximal provenance of the western Songpan–Ganzi turbidite complex (Late Triassic, eastern Tibetan plateau): Implications for the tectonic amalgamation of China

• Published in: Sedimentary geology Vol. 208; no. 1; pp. 36 - 44
• Main Authors: Zhang, Kai-Jun, Li, Bing, Wei, Qing-Guo, Cai, Jian-Xin, Zhang, Yu-Xiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 20.07.2008
• Subjects: Collisional orogen; Qiangtang; Songpan–Ganzi; Tibet; Turbidite; Upper Triassic; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; Tethys Sea; China, People's Rep; Upper Triassic; Songpan–Ganzi; Turbidite; Tibet; Qiangtang; Collisional orogen

The Late Triassic Songpan–Ganzi turbidite complex on the eastern Tibetan plateau, which covers an area of ~ 2.2 × 10 5 km 2, is one of the largest flysch turbiditic basins on Earth. It is juxtaposed with major Chinese continental blocks across several outstanding Tethyan sutures, and is critical to...