Introduction
1.1TectonicEvents
1.2UniversalTectonicEvents?
1.3DeterminationofTectonicEventsintheChineseContinent
1.4ResearchPrinciplesandMethodsforInterpretingTectonicEvents
1.4.1TheRockRecord
1.4.2TheGeometryofRockDeformation
1.4.3TheKinematicsofBlocks
1.4.4TheDynamicsofBlockDeformation
1.4.5TheChronologyofDeformation
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TectonicsofArcheanandPaleoproterozoic(Before1.8Ga)
2.1TheEoarchean(EA,4.6-3.6Ga)
2.2TectonicsfromPaleoarcheantoNeoarchean(PA-NA,3.6-2.5Ga)
2.3TectonicsofthePaleoproterozoic(PP,2.5-1.8Ga,LtfliangPeriod)
2.4DiscussionoftheThicknessofContinentalCrustintheArcheanandPaleoproterozoic
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TectonicsoftheMesoproterozoic,NeoproterozoieandEarlyCambrian(1.8Ga-513Ma)
3.1TectonicsoftheMesoproterozoic(1,800-1,000Ma,ChangchengPeriod-JixianianPeriod)
3.2TectonicsoftheQingbaikouPeriod(1,000-800Ma)
3.3TectonicsoftheNanhuaPeriod(800-680Ma)
3.4TectonicsoftheSinianPeriod-EarlyCambrianEpoch(680-513Ma)
3.5ChineseContinentalBlocksinMesoproterozoicandNeoproterozoicGlobalEvolution
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TectonicsofMiddleCambrian-EarlyDevonian(TheQilianTectonicPeriod,513-397Ma)
4.1Sedimentation,PaleogeographyandPaleontology
4.2PalaeomagnetismandPalaeotectonicReconstruction
4.3RockDeformation,MetamorphismandStressField
4.4MagmatismandRatesofPlateMovement
4.5DivisionofTectonicUnitsinEarlyPaleozoic
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TectonicsofMiddleDevonian-MiddlePermian(TheTianshanTectonicPeriod,397-260Ma)
5.1Sedimentation,PaleogeographyandPaleontology
5.2PaleomagnetismandPaleotectonicReconstruction
5.3RockDeformation,MetamorphismandStressField
5.4MagmatismandRatesofPlateMovement
5.5TectonicsandPlateMovementfromtheMesoproterozoictothePaleozoic
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TectonicsofLatePermian-Triassic(TheIndosinianTectonicPeriod,260-200Ma)
6.1SedimentaryPaleogeography
6.2CollisionTectonics
6.3IntraplateDeformation
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7TectonicsofJurassic-EarlyEpochofEarlyCretaceous(TheYanshanianTectonicPeriod,200-135Ma)
7.1MovementandRotationofChineseContinent
7.2IntraplateDeformationandtheStressField
7.3Tectono-magmatisminCrust
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8TectonicsofMiddleEpochofEarlyCretaceous-Paleocene(TheSichuanianTectonicPeriod,135-56Ma)
8.1IntraplateDeformationandtheStressField
8.2Tectono-magmatism
8.3FormationoftheBangongco-NujiangCollisionZoneandNorthwardMovementofthePlates
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TectonicsofEocene-Oligocene(TheNorthSinianTectonicPeriod,56-23Ma)
9.1IntraplateDeformation,StressFieldandMagmatism
9.2DevelopmentoftheEasternBasinsandAccumulationsofOilandGas
9.3FormationoftheWesternPacificSubductionZoneandYarlungZangboCollisionZone
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10TectonicsofMiocene-EarlyPleistocene(TheHimalayanTectonicPeriod,23-0.78Ma)
10.1Thin-skinnedTectonics,theFormationoftheHimalayanThrustZoneandtheUpliftoftheQinghai-Xizang(Tibet)Plateau
10.2IntraplateDeformation,ExtensionandDispersioninEasternChina
10.3FormationofGiantStepinLandscapeandExtensionBasinsinContinentalMargin
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11TectonicsofMiddlePleistocene——Holocene(TheNeotectonicPeriod,since0.78Ma)
11.1IntraplateDeformationandRecentTectonicStressField
11.2TheInfluenceofRecentTectonicStressFieldontheEarthquakes,ResourcesandEnvironment
11.3DynamicMechanismoftheRecentTectonicStressField
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