The Changning-Menglian belt,located between theBaoshan-Gengma massif and the Simao-Lincangmassif in Western Yunnan,preserves the complete recordof a suture zone and the most continuous record of deepwater sedimentatio...The Changning-Menglian belt,located between theBaoshan-Gengma massif and the Simao-Lincangmassif in Western Yunnan,preserves the complete recordof a suture zone and the most continuous record of deepwater sedimentation,representing the main branch of thePalaeo-Tethys polyisland ocean in the Hercynian-Indo-sinian stage.This belt could be further subdivided into threetectono-lithofacies zones.In the east zone,terrigenouselastics,argillaceous,marl-argillaceous and silicate sediments lie on the metamorphosed Early Palaeozoic basement in concealed unconformity,representing deep watersediments on a passive continental margin.The centralzone,although the basement rocks are absent fromoutcropping here,includes a contemporary complexof various sedimentary types,among them one type is ofdeep ocean sediments represented by radiolarian beddedchert,appearing from at least early Early Devonian tothe Middle Triassic.Another type includes purecarbonates of the Early Carboniferous to the LatePermian,a type of shallow展开更多
文摘The Changning-Menglian belt,located between theBaoshan-Gengma massif and the Simao-Lincangmassif in Western Yunnan,preserves the complete recordof a suture zone and the most continuous record of deepwater sedimentation,representing the main branch of thePalaeo-Tethys polyisland ocean in the Hercynian-Indo-sinian stage.This belt could be further subdivided into threetectono-lithofacies zones.In the east zone,terrigenouselastics,argillaceous,marl-argillaceous and silicate sediments lie on the metamorphosed Early Palaeozoic basement in concealed unconformity,representing deep watersediments on a passive continental margin.The centralzone,although the basement rocks are absent fromoutcropping here,includes a contemporary complexof various sedimentary types,among them one type is ofdeep ocean sediments represented by radiolarian beddedchert,appearing from at least early Early Devonian tothe Middle Triassic.Another type includes purecarbonates of the Early Carboniferous to the LatePermian,a type of shallow
