Plate tectonic evolution and mineral resource potential of the Lancang River zone, Southwestern Yunnan, People's Republic of China [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Klaus Heppe

Plate Tectonic Evolution and Mineral Resource Potential of the Lancang River Zone, Southwestern Yunnan,People’s Republic of ChinaDissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultätender Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingenvorgelegt vonKlaus Heppeaus Warstein (NRW)Göttingen 2004D 7Referent: Prof. Dr. B. LehmannKorreferent: Prof. Dr. D. BannertTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 9. Juni 2004AbstractThe geology of West Yunnan plays a key role in understanding the tectonic develop-ment of Southwest China and bordering countries. In the scientific literature, not only theHimalayan (cf. Tapponier et al., 1982, 1986; Dewey et al., 1988, 1989; Houseman andEngland, 1993; Leloup et al., 1995; Wang and Burchfiel, 1997), but also the LatePaleozoic and Mesozoic geodynamic evolution of South and West Yunnan is the subjectof heated debate. In every case, there is general agreement that the present geologicalsituation is primarily attributable to the evolution of the Tethys (Hsü and Bernoulli, 1978,Sengör, 1979, 1981, 1982) and the assumption that Southeast Asia constitutes a mosa-ic of Gondwana-derived terranes (e.g. Bunopas and Vella, 1978; Mitchell, 1981; Sengör,1985; Hutchison, 1989; Metcalfe, 1988, 1996, 1998). Although investigations constrain-ing the timing of rift, drift and collision have been of prime importance within the last twodecades (e.g. Helmcke and Lindenberg, 1983; Helmcke, 1984, 1985; Huang et al.