Closing of Tethys and continuous compressing and squeezing of Indian plate were the tectonic dynamics background for the formation of foreland basins in western China.
特提斯洋关闭和印度板块持续推挤是中国西部前陆盆地形成的构造动力学背景。
2
The cycle of geosyncline formation and orogeny can be integrated with the plate tectonics concept of opening and closing oceans in a simple and natural way.
这种地槽的形成与造山作用的循环可以以一种简单和自然的方式与板块构造的海洋开合理论结合起来。
3
A key aspect of plate tectonic theory is that on geologic time scales ocean basins are transient features, opening and closing as plates shift.