THE FLORA OF THE LIUQU FORMATION IN SOUTH TIBET AND ITS CLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS

The Liuqu Formaton, uncomformably overlying the Indus-Tsangpo ophiolite in the north and the passive continental sequence of the India Plate in the south, is composed of a set of thick red conglomerates interbedded with a small quantity of thin sandstones or mudstones. It was formed during the southward obduction of the ophiolite complexes onto the passive continental margin of India in Trans-Himalaya region after the collision between the two plates of the Indian and Eurasian, therefore, it is of great tectonic significance in determining the upper limited age of the collision time of India plate with the southern margin of Eurasia and in discussing the uplifting histories of the Tibet Plateau. However, the age of this molasses remains in great disputes because of the lack of biostratigraphic evidence for a long time.

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