Geomorphological effects of plate movemen during Quaternary in China's tropics

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-02-12
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TheeasternandwesternfrontsofplatemovementinTaiwanIslandandTibetanPlateaurespectivelyarethetwomajorsourcesoftectonicforceforthemorphogensisduringQuaternaryinChina'stropics.SevenexamplesofgeomorphologicaleffectsofplatemovementareenumeratedtodiscussthedifferentiationoftectoniclandformsinspaceandtimeduringQuaternary.ThetectonicmovementtendstobemoreactivesincemiddlePleistocene.Somephenomenasuchasthearc-shapemountainsystems,volcanismandcrustaldeformationimplythatthejuncturezoneofeasternandwesterntectonicforcesislocatedatabout110°E.