Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure and Tectonothermal Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

Download or read book Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure and Tectonothermal Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau written by Xianjie Shen and published by VSP. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph deals with systematic studies of all relevant thermal aspects of the Tibetan Plateau, including terrestrial heat flow measures, distribution pattern of observed heat flow along a N-S profile, crust-mantle thermal structure, and North-Middle-South triple heterogeneity across the whole plateau. Main emphasis has been put on the close correlation between thermal and comprehensive geophysical fields and the intrinsic genetic linkage between tectonic deformation of terranes and thereby induced deep-seated and superficial theral activities and responses. This new approach, in combination with available geoscientific research results, has led to a synthetic idea of integrated tectonothermal evolution of the Tibetan Plateau.