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Abstract
The Baiyangping district is located in the northern Lanping Basin, SE Tibetan plateau. This area has undergone 80°–90° clockwise rotation around the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis during the Oligocene–Early Miocene. Three major shear zones (Gaoligong, Biluoxueshan–Chongshan, and Ailao Shan–Red River) define the regional scale architecture that hosts the Baiyangping district. Several N-S structures parallel to the Biluoxueshan-Chongshan shear zone in the Baiyangping district underwent simple shear during ore formation. The Baiyangping district orebodies consist of two conjugate sets of veins (WNW-and NE-striking) and bedding-parallel veins. Block rotation occurred along the main shear zones, and conjugate veins occupied Riedel shear fractures (R and R′). Dilation occurred under progressive simple shear as the veins rotated. Ore-forming fluids migrated upwards into the dilating zones, and interacted with host rocks which buffered the fluids, increasing δ13CPDB values in higher carbon content host rocks, and then sealing the space. Repeated cycles of dilation and cementation formed the orebodies of the Baiyangping district. This study highlights how block rotation can be linked to structures that control ore vein formation at the outcrop scale within obliquely convergent orogenic belts.
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The Journal of Structural Geology publishes process-oriented investigations about structural geology using appropriate combinations of analog and digital field data, seismic reflection data, satellite-derived data, geometric analysis, kinematic analysis, laboratory experiments, computer visualizations, and analogue or numerical modelling on all scales. Contributions are encouraged to draw perspectives from rheology, rock mechanics, geophysics,metamorphism, sedimentology, petroleum geology, economic geology, geodynamics, planetary geology, tectonics and neotectonics to provide a more powerful understanding of deformation processes and systems. Given the visual nature of the discipline, supplementary materials that portray the data and analysis in 3-D or quasi 3-D manners, including the use of videos, and/or graphical abstracts can significantly strengthen the impact of contributions.