Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
CHAPTER I. A BRIEF OUTLINE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES RELEVANT TO THE TIBETAN TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION
Mosaic Accretionary Structure and Terrane Amalgamation History of the Tibetan Plateau
Thick Tibetan Crust and the Characteristic Geophysical Fields of the Thickened Crust and Lithosphere
Neotectonism, Terrane Deformations and Integrated Uplift --- Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
CHAPTER II. RESULTS OF HEAT FLOW MEASUREMENTS ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU AND THEIR QUALITY EVALUATION
Bottom-lake Heat Flow Measurements in South-Tibet and the Heat Flow Corrections
Borehole Heat Flow Measurements in Some Geothermal Areas in Central Tibet
Heat Flow Measurements Along the Yadong-Goldmud Geoscience Transect
Quality Evaluation of the Observed Borehole Heat Flow Values
CHAPTER III. HEAT FLOW DISTRIBUTION PATTERN AND THE CRUST-MANTLE THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
Distribution Pattern of the Observed Surface Heat Flow Along the Yadong-Golmud Geoscience Transect Across the Tibetan Plateau
Theoretical Verification of a Multi-layered Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure Model in the Southern Part of the Tibetan Plateau
The N-S Heterogeneity of the Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure on the Tibetan Plateau
Steady-state Crust and Mantle Temperature Simulation of the Tibetan Plateau
CHAPTER IV. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ON THE INTEGRATED TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE TIBETIAN PLATEAU
Importance and Tasks of the Model Simulation of the Integrated Tectonothermal Evolution Process
Guidelines and Principles in Designing the Tectonothermal Evolution Model
CHAPTER V. TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF THE 3D TERRANE DEFORMATIONS CONSTRAINED BY THE SURFACE UPLIFT HISTORY
Plate-converging Velocity Model of the Tectonic Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
Derivation of the Kinematic-geometrical Equations of Tectonic Deformations for the Lhasa-Gangdise Terrane
Derivation of the Kinematic-geometrical Equations of Tectonic Deformations for the Himalayan Terrane
Tibetan Uplift History and Its Constraining Implications for the Verification and Refinement of the Selected Tectonic Evolution Framework of the Tibetan Plateau
CHAPTER VI. SIMULATION OF THE INTEGRATED TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION AND THE MAIN RESULTS
Intrinsic Thermal Processes and Responses Induced by Tectonic Deformations
Methodology of the Tectonothermal Simulation and the Model Parameters
Main Results of Simulation of the Integrated Tectonothermal Evolution of Terranes
Conclusions
References