THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOLOGICAL STRUCTRUES IN CHINA
中国地质构造发展历程

The development of the geological structures in China and the changesof the palaeogeographic framework in various periods are obviously controlledby the several old massifs and the surrounding sea basins on the continentof Asia. The several large-size tectonic zones in China are the componentparts of Asia or even of the global tectonic zones. For instance, the fold zoneof the Janggar-Hinggan geosyncline in north China is part of the huge central Asia-Sino-Mongol fold system, some of the geosynclinal fold system, some of the geosynclinal fold systems of the Qinghai-Xizang(Tibet) Plateau belong to the huge Tethys tectonic zone, and the structures in the eastern part of China are parts of the Circum-Pacific tectonic zone.