“…Since then, the SGT has been reworked by subsequent tectonic events, especially the Cenozoic Himalayan Orogeny (de Sigoyer, Vanderhaeghe, Duchêne, & Billerot, 2014; Roger, Jolivet, & Malavieille, 2010; Xu, Hou, & Wang, 1992; Yin & Harrison, 2000). All of the events have been recorded by the region's geological structures (e.g., the Anymaqen–Kunlun and Jinsha sutures and the folds and faults in the strongly deformed and metamorphosed Triassic flysch) and numerous igneous massifs within the SGT (e.g., Cai, Zhang, Xu, Shi, & Zhang, 2010; Chen et al, 2017; Dai et al, 2017; Lai & Zhao, 2015, 2018; Li & Zhang, 2013; Li, Zhang, Zhang, Dong, & Zhu, 2015; Li, Zhang, Zhang, & Wang, 2016; Liu, Zhang, Jin, & Zhang, 2006; Roger et al, 1995; Roger, Malavieille, Leloup, Calassou, & Xu, 2004; Searle et al, 2016; Wang, Zhou, Li, & Yan, 2011; Wu et al, 2016; Xiao et al, 2007; Yuan et al, 2010; Zhang et al, 2007; Zhang, Zhang, Harris, Jin, & Yuan, 2006). The igneous rocks record the deep processes within the lithosphere and, therefore, they provide an opportunity to study the continental growth and dynamic setting of the SGT and its basement affinity.…”