Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Tectonic framework of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and its evolution problems Chapter 2 The tectonic characteristics of the western Xizang Plateau 2.1 The Kashgar-Kunjirap Geotraverse 2.2 The Yecheng-Shiquanhe Geotraverse 2.2.1 The Yecheng-Hotan Foredeep 2.2.2 The Kunlun Belt 2.2.3 The South Kunlun Suture 2.2.4 The Taxkorgan-Tianshuihai Block 2.2.5 The Taaxi-Qiaoertianshan-Hongshanhu Suture 2.2.6 The Western Qiangtang-Karakorum Block 2.2.7 The Bangong Suture 2.2.8 The Shiquanhe Block 2.2.9 The Gangdise Magmatic Belt 2.2.10 Metamorphism and magmatism 2.2.11 Tectonic evolution Chapter 3 The tectonic evolution of the Central Xizang Plateau 3.1 The Kunlun Terrane 3.2 The South Kunlun Suture 3.3 The Songpan-Garze Terrane 3.4 The Jinshajiang Suture 3.5 The Qiangtang Terrane 3.5.1 The Qiangtang Block 3.5.2 The Tanggula-Kaixinling Depression 3.5.3 The Qamdo Block 3.6 The Bangong-Nujiang Suture 3.7 The Lhasa Terrane 3.7.1 The Northern Lhasa Block 3.7.2 Structure of the Lhasa Terrane 3.7.3 Plutonism and metamorphism of the Lhasa Continental Block 3.7.4 The Gangdise Magmatic Belt 3.7.5 The Cretaceous Flysch Zone(Xigaze Group) Chapter 4 The geological evolution of the Hengduan Mountains Region 4.1 The Yidun Island Arc 4.2 The Songpan-Garze Basin 4.3 The Lanping-Simao Block Chapter 5 The Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone 5.1 Xiukang Complex 5.2 The melange belt 5.3 The Yarlung Zangbo Ophiolite Belt 5.4 The deformation features of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone 5.5 Tectonic evolution of the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone Chapter 6 The Himalayan Terrane 6.1 The Higher Himalaya 6.1.1 The High Himalayan Crystalline Belt 6.1.2 The structure of the Central Crystalline Belt 6.1.3 On the basement,metamorphism and granitization 6.2 Tibetan sedimentary zone 6.2.1 Stratigraphy 6.2.2 Structure 6.2.3 Magmatism and metamorphism in the Tibetan Tethys Zone Chapter 7 The geology of the Mount Namjagbarwa 7.1 The Miri Group 7.2 The Banggou Group 7.3 The Namjagbarwa Group 7.3.1 The Duoxiong-La Formation 7.3.2 The Pai Formation 7.3.3 The Aniqiao Formation 7.3.4 The Maniweng Formation 7.3.5 The Medog Migmatite 7.3.6 The Bangxing Formation 7.3.7 The Suobei-La Formation 7.4 Structure 7.4.1 The Lower Yarlung Zangbo Anticline 7.4.2 The Duoxung-La Anticline 7.4.3 The Mêdog Fracture Zone 7.4.4 The Jialasha Fracture Zone 7.5 On the age of the Namjagbarwa Group 7.6 Regional framework Chapter 8 The Cenozoic tectonics:The India-Asia collision and the uplifting of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 8.1 The timing of the collision of India with Asia 8.2 Palaeogene tectonics 8.3 The deformation and uplifting of Xizang Plateau by the early Miocene 8.4 Neotectonics 8.5 The inferred rates of slip along major faults 8.6 Seismicity of the Himalaya and Xizang 8.7 Cenozoic volcanism in north-central Xizang 8.8 The rate and timing of uplift of the Xizang Plateau 8.8.1 The rate and timing based on the palaeobotanical and palaeontological evidence 8.8.2 The rate and timing calculated from fission track mineral ages 8.8.3 Direct measurement Chapter 9 Geophysics of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 9.1 Palaeomagnetic studies 9.2 The deep structure of the Himalaya and Xizang 9.2.1 The crustal thickness of the Xizang Plateau 9.2.2 The Moho topography of the Himalaya and Xizang 9.3 The crustal structure of the Himalaya and Xizang 9.3.1 Explosion seismology in Xizang 9.3.2 Magnetotelluric sounding results 9.3.3 Heat flow studies Chapter 10 A summary of the tectonic evolution of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 10.1 The origin and assembly of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 10.2 The history and timing of shortening,extrusion and uplifting of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 10.2.1 The reactivation of the old sutures and faults and extrusion tectonics in the Palaeogene 10.2.2 Miocene uplifting of the Xizang Plateau and the formation of erosion surface 10.2.3 Late Tertiary-Quaternary fast uplifting References