supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project(Grant No.40572134);the China Geological Survey Projects"The Key Tertiary Ancient Lakes Environmental Evolution Series of China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau"(Grant No.Science[2005]005-02;1212010511902);"The Study of Neotectonics and Late Cenozoic Gigantic Ancient Lakes of China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau"(Grant No.Basic[2008]Tibet 21-18;Grant No. 1212010610108)
Based on field geological survey, stratigraphic section measurement and indoor comprehensive investigation, the Zanda Basin's tectonic location in the Himalaya Plate was ascertained, and the formation and evolution o...