| Abstract: | 1) Since Sinian time, there have been five orogenic movcments in West Hunan, namely, the Tungwanian, the Caledonian, the Hunanian, the Yenshanian and the Himalayan; but the existence of the Tungwanian has been proved only in Chienyang, that of the Caledonian and Hunanian in the SE part, that of the Yenshanian and Himalayan over the wholc arca.2) The existence of a Hercynian movement has not been proved, but has been replaced by an epeirogenic movement, as shown by the profound disconformity between the Huti... |
