Preliminary Approach to the Geotectonic Setting of Carboniferous Flysch Deposits in East Kunlun Mountains

Abstract

Abstract: The East Kunlun Mountains is located in northem margin of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, being connected with Kunlun structural belt, Arkin structural belt, Tarim massif block and Qaidam massif block etc, with extremely corplicated conditions of geological structures. In this untravelled area, fewer exploratory eforts were made, and many basic geological problems existed to be solved. The authors make an analysis of the principle geochemical elements from Carboniferous clastic core samples along Qimantag-Muztag area, a study of the geotectonic settings corresponding to the deposits, and point out that East Kunlun Mountains in Carboniferous, whether its south belt or north belt, all belong to active tectonic settings prior to collisional orogeny, which would be the part of formnation of the ocean with multiple islands.

Key words: Kunlun Mountain, Carbonoferous, Flysch formnation, Geochemical data, Tectonics

Li Yuejun, Mai Guangrong, Peng Gengxin, Zheng Duoming, Luo Juncheng, Huang Zhibin. Preliminary Approach to the Geotectonic Setting of Carboniferous Flysch Deposits in East Kunlun Mountains[J]. Xinjiang Petroleum Geology, 2000, 21(1): 45-49.

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