Early Cenozoic Multiple Thrust in the Tibetan Plateau
Figure 3
Cross sections across typical thrust systems in the Tibetan Plateau. Explanations: Q3-4: Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits; Q: Quaternary deposits; N: Miocene-Pliocene lacustrine strata; N1: Early Miocene lacustrine deposits; E: Paleogene; E3: Oligocene; E1+2: Paleocene early Eocene; K2: upper Cretaceous; K1: lower Cretaceous; P1: lower Permian; P1a: early Permian slate and schist; P1b: early Permian dolomite and marble; J: Jurassic marine strata; Jd: Jurassic limestone of Dodigou Formation; T: Triassic shale and sandstone; T3, upper Triassic slate and conglomerate; T2-3, middle-lower Triassic slate; T1: lower Triassic slate and limestone; C1: Carboniferous slate; D: Devonian metamorphic conglomerate and sandstone; O-S: Ordovician-Silurian schist and marble; O3: Upper Ordovician limestone; Pz1: Early Paleozoic schist and gneiss; Pt2+3: middle-upper Proterozoic dolomite, marble and slate; Pt: Proterozoic gneiss; Oph: ophiolite; YXG: Yalaxianbo granite, deep extension of Yadoi leucogranite (YLG). BCF: Beng Co dextral-slip fault; MKF: Middle Kunlun fault; XAF: Xidatan active fault; other symbols are the same as in Figure 2. Locations of cross section A-B, C-D, E-F, and G-H are marked in Figure 2.
