Download or read book Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China written by J. Malpas and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides accounts of up-to-date research by Chinese and international geological teams on key aspects of the tectonic evolution of China and its surrounding areas. The papers describe the formation of the geological terranes that make up this part of east Asia, place constraints on plate tectonic models for their assembly and provide accounts of unique geological feature of the subcontinent.