Abstract:
Abstract:The Kunlun orogenic belt was basically formed in Paleozoic, resulting from ocean-continent conversion and collision orogenic activity. In the early and middle Permian, the south Kunlun was a multi-island ocean basin, the north Kunlun was an active margin rift and contained mainly shallow sea sediments and partly volcanic basin sediments, the middle part was a seashore-shallow sea, and the Kangxiwa-Muztagh-Animaqing belt contained deep-semi-deep sediments and formed a multi-island ocean basin paleogeographic framework in this period. In the middle and late Permian, convergence took place, ocean basin and active margin rift were closed, uplifting began, and basin-mountain conversion was completed. In the late Permian, the Kunlun orogenic belt entered into another basin-mountain conversion period, sea water came from southeast in the east part and from northwest in the west part, with the deposition of seashore- shallow sea fragmental rocks and carbonate rocks in local areas. Based on field work, analytical tests and integrated studies in association with the 1:250 000 regional geological data and other data available, the authors chose the Permian strata of late Palaeozoic as the study object and discussed the Permian lithofacies characteristics and tectono-paleogeography with the purpose of improving the research level of the Kunlun orogenic belt.