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Tectonics of Middle Epoch of Early Cretaceous-Paleocene (The Sichuanian Tectonic Period, 135-56 Ma)

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The Sichuanian movement or tectonic event was first identified by (1948), while conducting geological survey in the Xikang area, western Sichuan Province. They recognized the distinctive tectonic characteristics of this period, and appreciated that they were different from the Yanshanian and Himalayan Periods. They considered that the main tectonic event occurred in the Late Cretaceous or at the end of the Cretaceous, because in the middle of last century the stratigraphy was not very well established.

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Wan, T. (2010). Tectonics of Middle Epoch of Early Cretaceous-Paleocene (The Sichuanian Tectonic Period, 135-56 Ma). In: The Tectonics of China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11868-5_8

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