Geology of China

tectonic plate

tectonic plate

continental crustal block in northeast China, Inner Mongolia, the Yellow Sea, and North Korea

back-arc basin behind the Ryukyu arc-trench system in the West Pacific

ancient continent that contained today's South and Southeast China, Indochina, and parts of Southeast Asia

stratigraphic unit in China

university branch in Beijing, China

geological research institute

origins and structure of the mountain range

Chinese geological survey (1962-)

The mineral terraces of Baishuitai|right|thumb|300px thumb|500px|Aerial panorama of the village

thumb|330x330px|Map of the world at the Carboniferous-Permian boundary (~ 300 million years ago) showing Cathaysia (pink) Cathaysia was a microcontinent or a group of terranes that rifted off Gondwana during the Late Paleozoic. They mostly correspond to the modern territory of China, historically referred to in Europe as Cathay, which was split into the North China and South China blocks.

fault in China and Vietnam