Intracontinental Orogenic Igneous Rocks and Orogenic Processes in Qinghai-Xizang-Himalaya

Based on the discussion on the intracontinental orogenic igneous rocks formed after India- Asia collision (40 or 45 Ma ),the intracontinemal orogenic processes of Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet)-Himalaya are traced . Muscovite/two mica granite is considered as a petrological record of intracontinental subduction. Volcanic rocks of shoshonite series are believed to be the products of the orogenic and outside cratonic lithosphere convergence . The intracontinental orogenic igneous rocks are developed only on the margins of the orogenic belt. The pairing phenomenon of the igneous rock zones is regarded as one of the best signs to recognize the special range of orogenic belt . The stage of magmatic activity is a representation and indicator of orogenic episode . Three pairs of the igneous events in Oligocene , Miocene and Pleistocene and their space distribution indicate three corresponding orogenic episodes and the horizontal expansion across the orogenic belt , respectively , On the northern and southern margins of

Intracontinental Orogenic Igneous Rocks and Orogenic Processes in Qinghai - Xizang -Himalaya

Based on the discussion on the intracontinental orogenic igneous rocks formed after India-Asia collision (40 or 45 Ma),the intracontinental orogenic processes of Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet )-Himalaya are traced . Muscovite/two mica granite is considered as a petrological record of intracontinental subduction. Volcanic rocks of shoshonite series are believed to be the products of the orogenic and outside cratonic lithosphere convergence . The intracontinental orogenic igneous rocks are developed only on the margins of the orogenic belt. The pairing phe nomenon of the igneous rock zones is regarded as one of the best signs to recognize the special range of orogenic belt . The stage of magmatic activity is a representation and indicator of orogenic episode . Three pairs of the igneous events in Oligocene , Miocene and Pleistocene and their space distribution indicate three corresponding orogenic episodes and the horizontal expansion across the orogenic belt , respectively . On the northern and southern margins of the orogenic belt are always developed the volcanic eruption of the shoshonite series and the muscovite two mica granite intrusion ,indicating the different nature of the margins .In the former case the colder crust and hotter mantle . as well as the double crust resulted from the horizontal shortening are developed , and in the latter case the hotter crust and colder mantle , the double crust by the overlapping of two crusts are formed . During the Pleistocene orogenic episode the interior of the orogenic belt , i. e. the Gandise - Qiangtang might be going to the stage of the orogenic collapse . and the compressional orogeny might occur only at both the mar gins . The orogenic processes mentioned above show that beneath the Qinghai - Xizang (Tibet ) Himalaya,the deeper mantle has been always undergoing a descending convergence , rather than the simple orogeny resulted from the underthrusting of the India continent only . The dynamic forces that results in rapid uplift of the plateau since Pleistocene come from the buoyances caused by the compressional stress and mountain root at the margins and by the lithosphere delamination and mountain root in the interior .