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A preliminary study on the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Rift Valley

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The famous Middle-Lower Yangtze River Rift formed in Mesozoic (Yenshanian) is a typical continental rift, which is related to the predominant NE-striking faulting, and features a unique band-netted structural pattern as a controlling factor for the extensively developed magmatism. A variety of ore deposits were formed as a result of magmatic activities.

The development of the rift was principally governed by the uplifting of the upswelled zone triggered off by strong compressional stress in the upper mantle underneath the rift. Rifting, however, was superimposed upon the folding movement of late Indosinian period in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which had more or less influence on the development of the rift, thus leading to some distinct features differing from those of typical continental rifts found elsewhere in the world.

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  1. Anhui Institute of Geoscience, Anhui, China

    Wu Yanchang

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Yanchang, W. A preliminary study on the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Rift Valley. Chin. J. of Geochem. 5, 358–368 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866711

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