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Revealing the genesis of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
As the "roof of the world", the formation and evolution of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, especially the internal crustal deformation, thickening and uplift, and outward expansion, are the main focus of research in the field of earth sciences. For the special geological phenomena on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, such as large-scale slip faulting, significant crustal thickening, and lack of Cenozoic crustal shortening, three classical geological models have been proposed, namely, rigid block extrusion, continuous lithosphere-scale deformation, and large-scale middle and lower crustal flow. Among them, the large-scale (>1000 km) middle and lower crustal flow has received wide attention and support from many scholars in the last 20 years. This model suggests that the crustal thickening at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is caused by the eastward flow of crustal material from the interior of the Tibetan Plateau (the North Tangential Massif) at a depth of 25-40 km to join the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical observations show that there is an extensive low-velocity, a high-conductivity layer at the eastern margin and interior of the Tibetan Plateau that supports the flow of middle and lower crustal material that can occur. However, some scholars have questioned this, arguing that the model lacks geological evidence and that some recent findings do not seem to support the existence of such large-scale crustal flows.
By Monu Ella4 years ago in Earth
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By Fei Fei4 years ago in Earth
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I recently saw a post on UFOs Online on this subject and would like to comment and share it with everyone here on Vocal.com.
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By suzanne darlene4 years ago in Earth
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