Progressive tectonic evolution from crustal shortening to mid-lower crustal expansion in the southeast Tibetan Plateau: A synthesis of structural and thermochronological insights

• Published in: Earth-science reviews Vol. 226; p. 103951
• Main Authors: Zhang, Guihong, Tian, Yuntao, Li, Rui, Shen, Xiaoming, Zhang, Zengjie, Sun, Xilin, Chen, Dongxu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2022
• Subjects: China; deformation; Intracontinental tectonics; Low-temperature thermochronology; Mid-lower crust thickening; Miocene epoch; Precambrian time; rivers; tectonics; temperature; thermochronology; Tibetan Plateau; Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault; Yuanmou antiform; China; Low-temperature thermochronology; Tibetan Plateau; Mid-lower crust thickening; Yuanmou antiform; Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault; Intracontinental tectonics

Existing end-member models sparked debates concerning plateau formation in the southeast Tibetan Plateau through early-middle Cenozoic transpressional and shortening deformation or late Cenozoic regional lower crustal flow with limited crustal shortening. Therefore, the spatiotemporal pattern of def...