List of tectonic units of China
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This is a list of tectonic units of China. The following translations of the Chinese terms try to follow the Chinese terms as closely as possible:
| unit | Chinese name | translation |
|---|---|---|
| Altai | 阿尔泰 褶皱 系 | Altai fold system |
| Ergun | 额 尔古纳 褶皱 系 | Ergun folding system |
| Gandisé-Nyainqéntanglha | 冈底斯 - 念青唐古拉 褶皱 系 | Gandisé-Nyainqéntanglha fold system |
| Himalayas | 喜马拉雅 褶皱 系 | Himalayan fold system |
| Inner Mongolia-Great Hinggan | 内蒙古 - 大兴安岭 褶皱 | Inner Mongolia-Great Hinggan fold system |
| Jilin Heilongjiang | 吉 黑 褶皱 系 | Jilin Heilongjiang fold system |
| Junggar (Dsungar) | 准噶尔 褶皱 系 | Junggar fold system (Djungarian fold system) |
| Karakoram Tanggula | 喀喇昆仑 唐 古拉 褶皱 系 | Karakoram Tanggula Fold System |
| Nadanhada | 那 丹哈达 优 地 槽 褶皱 系 | Nadanhada eugeosynclinal fold system |
| North China (Sino-Korea) | 华北 准 地 台 ( 中朝 准 地 台 ) | North China Paraplatform (Sino-Korean Paraplatform) |
| Upper Heilongjiang | 上 黑龙江 冒 地 槽 褶皱 带 | Upper Heilongjiang miogeosynclinal fold system |
| East Kunlun | 东 昆仑 山 褶皱 系 | East Kunlun fold system |
| Qilian | 祁連 褶皱 系 | Qilian fold system |
| Qinling | 秦岭 褶皱 系 | Qinling fold system |
| Sanjiang | 三江 褶皱 系 | Sanjiang fold system |
| Songpan-Garzé | 松潘 一 甘孜 褶皱 系 | Songpan-Garzé fold system |
| South china | 华南 褶皱 系 | South China fold system |
| South China Sea | 南海 地 台 | South China Sea Platform |
| Southeast coast | 东南 沿海 褶皱 系 | Southeast coast fold system |
| Taiwan | 台湾 褶皱 系 | Taiwan folding system |
| Tarim | 塔里木 地 台 | Tarim platform |
| Tianshan | 天山 褶皱 系 | Tianshan fold system |
| West Kunlun | 西昆仑 褶皱 系 | West Kunlun fold system |
| Yanbian | 延边 褶皱 系 | Yanbian fold system |
| Yangzi | 扬子 准 地 台 | Yangzi Paraplatform |
See also
- List of Chinese fault zones
- tectonics
- Fold System ( 褶皱系 , zhezhou xi , English Sistema )
literature
- Huang Jiqing黄 汲 清 ( ed .), Ren Jishun任纪舜 ua (ed.): Zhongguo dadi gouzao tu中国 大地 构造 图. Beijing: Ditu chubanshe 1979 (translated from http://www.chinamining.org/Facts/2006-09-18/1158568235d1212.html )
Remarks
- ↑ Rivers Nu Jiang 怒江 (Saluen), Lancang Jiang 澜沧江 (Mekong) and Jinsha Jiang 金沙江 (Yangtze)
Web links
- Varied and Complicated Tectonic Structures chinamining.org
- G. Zhao, M. Sun, SA Wilde: Major tectonic units of the North China Craton and their Paleoproterozoic assembly. In: Science In China. Series D: Earth Sciences. v. 46 n.1, 2003, pp. 23-38. (PDF file)
- Zhongguo dadi gouzao jiben tezheng (image of the map from Zhongguo dadi gouzao zu ) (PDF file; 239 kB)