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The notion that the whole of South China was a post-Caledonian platform is clearly proven wrong by the evidence of Mesozoic deformation and igneous activity. Reinterpretation of map patterns suggests the presence of a Mesozoic orogenic belt comparable to Southern Appalachians in dimensions and in style of deformation. Field work in 1985 led to the discovery of possible flysch and rigid basement nappes, which have been thrust onto a carbonate platform. A suture zone has been identified. The Huanan Alps owed their origin to the early Mesozoic Indosinian Orogeny, which eliminated a Paleo-Tethyan Seaway, the Xiangganjhe Ocean between the Yangtze and Huanan Terranes.
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Hsü, K.J., Shu, S., Jiliang, L. (1989). Mesozoic Suturing in the Huanan Alps and the Tectonic Assembly of South China. In: Şengör, A.M.C. (eds) Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region. NATO ASI Series, vol 259. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2253-2_23
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