Paleozoic Paleogeography of China

中国有着极其复杂的地质历史 包括至少八个主要的大陆 在志留纪、石炭纪、 三叠纪、侏罗纪和第三纪。 时间和划定 缝合线是众所周知的，但很少有一致的意见， 古大陆的相对位置和方向 在碰撞之前。 因此， 研究的目的是编制一套详细的古地理图 基于岩相模式、岩相学 省份，气候指标，古地磁方向， 构造演化 该项目的规模需要， 它主要是以文献为基础，但我们计划继续进行实地研究， 在中国进行研究和咨询访问， 问题 中国古生代古地理问题亟待解决 在世界范围内重建气候和地理之前， 尝试。 这仅仅是因为中国与 在南亚邻近地区，构成了一个重要的 世界的一部分，气候和其他系统是世界- 在自然界中广泛。 重要资源预测，如 石油、煤炭和磷矿依次依赖于全球气候 重建。

China has had an exceedingly complicated geologic history involving the amalgamation of at least eight major continental blocks through collisions in the Silurian, Permo-Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Tertiary. The timing and delineation of the sutures is quite well known, but there is little agreement on the relative positions and orientations of the paleocontinents prior to collision. Accordingly, the main objective of the research is to compile a detailed set of paleogeographic maps based on an integration of lithofacies patterns, biogeographic provinces, climatic indicators, paleomagnetic orientations, and tectonic evolution. The scale of the project necessitates that it be primarily literature based, but we plan to continue field studies and consulting visits in China to pursue specific problems. The Paleozoic paleogeography of China must be solved before world-wide reconstructions of climate and biogeography can be attempted. This is simply because China, together with adjacent regions in southern Asia, constitutes a significant portion of the world and climates and other systems are world- wide in nature. The prediction of imortant resources, such as oil, coal and phosphorite depend in turn on global climate reconstructions.