Paleomagnetic data from the Qaidam Block quantify post-middle Triassic convergence preceding eastern Eurasian assembly
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5TR0F #Geology #KeyPoints:• aNewMiddle–lateTriassic(~240Ma)PaleomagneticPoleFromTheQaidamBlockIndicates~19°PaleolatitudinalSeparationFromEurasia.• theQaidamAndNorthChinaBlocksMovedInUnison #LikePartOfASingle #CoherentPlate #DuringTheTriassic• aCryptic #PerhapsBuriedSutureThatAccommodatedMajorPost-triassicConvergence #LikelyBelowTheTarimBasin