Foreword
I

Foreword
II

Preface

Chapter1
Introduction

1?1
Study
on
the
Eastern
Tethys,
Western
Tethys,
and
Paleotethys
in
China

1?2
Study
history
of
the
region

1?3
Research
viewpoints

Chapter2
Characteristics
of
Geophysical
Field
and
Lithospheric
Structures

2?1
Tectonic
Framework
and
division
of
tectonic
elements
in
the
Region

2?2
Geophysical
anomalies
and
deep
structural
properties
in
western
Yunnan

Chapter
3
Pre-Paleotethyan
Tectonic
Evolution

3?1
Metamorphic
petrology
and
metamorphism
in
western
Yunnan

3?2
Basement
structures
in
western
Yunnan

Chapter4
Early
Paleozoic
Tectonic
Evolution
of
Western
Yunnan

4?1
Stratigraphy,
paleontological
provinces
and
sedimentation

4?2
Metamorphic
rocks
and
tectono-thermal
events

4?3
Discussion:
the
Prototethyan
tectonic
framework

Chapter
5
Stratigraphical
and
Sedimentary
Records
of
the
Paleotethys

5?1
The
Late
Paleozoic
stratigraphy
in
western
Yunnan

5?2
Late
Paleozoic
biogeography
of
western
Yunnan

5?3
Sediments
on
stable
bloc

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