Clockwise rotation of the Red River fault inferred from paleomagnetic study of Cretaceous rocks in the Shan-Thai-Malay block of Western Yunnan, China

Post-folding magnetization of the Triassic rocks from western Guizhou and southern Yunnan provinces: New evidence for large clockwise rotations in the Simao Terrane

“…Reliable paleomagnetic results from the Cretaceous and Eocene rocks are now available from the northern and southern parts of the Simao Terrane (Funahara et al, 1993;Sato et al, 1999Sato et al, , 2001Yang et al, 2001;Tanaka et al, 2008;Tong et al, 2013). These results reveal overwhelmingly significant CW rotations.…”

Geometry, kinematics, and regional significance of the Chong Shan shear zone, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Yunnan, China

“…Different parts of the Lanping-Simao tectonic element rotated differentially from 0° to more than 90° clockwise (e.g., Huang and Opdike, 1993;Funahara et al, 1992Funahara et al, , 1993Chen et al, 1995;Geissman et al, 1999Geissman et al, , 2001. The structures have a foreland-fold thrust belt style and are interpreted to be detached within the middle to upper crust .…”

Exhumation of the Diancang Shan metamorphic complex along the Ailao Shan-Red River belt, southwestern Yunnan, China: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology

“…A large clockwise rotation of up to 90°of the Indochina block has been recognized due to paleomagnetic investigations (e.g., Funahara et al, 1993;Huang and Opdykea, 1993;Chen et al, 1995). From the paleomagnetic measurements it is clear that two stages of block rotation occured: an early stage of fast rotation from the late Cretaceous through to the Eocene (3.33°/ ma) and slow rotation since the Miocene (2.77°/Ma).…”