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Tectonodynamic Adjustment of Crustal Materials in the Middle‐Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River 1
Author(s) -
Shuwen Dong
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.1989.mp2004001.x
Subject(s) - massif , geology , metamorphism , geochemistry , mesozoic , basement , geomorphology , petrology , structural basin , archaeology , geography
Under the tectonodynamic process, crustal materials tend to experience two modes of adjustment: (1) structural (physical) adjustment, manifested by folding, faulting, uplifting, downwarping, etc.? (2) compositional adjustment, represented by element migration, concentration and dispersion, crystalline and dynamic differentiation of crystals, metamorphism, etc. (Yang Kaiqing, 1986; Yang Kaiqing et al., 1986). The dynamic adjustment of crustal materials in the middle‐ lower reaches of the Yangtze mainly occurred in the Mesozoic under the conditions of intense collision between the North China (Dabie) massif and the Yangtze massif. The structural adjustment refers to various types of deformation within the two massifs and the intensive shortening of the stratigraphic cover of the Yangtze massif, whereas the compositional adjustment implies the structural remelting of the basement and the ore‐ and rock‐ forming processes in the two massifs.