Yuzhu Kang 
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL TECTONIC SYSTEMS 

This book analyzes and studies a large number of geological data in the world by dividing the world into eight types of tectonic systems for the first time. It then puts forward the evolution characteristics of each structural system. It also discusses the main controlling factors of the formation of structural systems, and points out that there was no regional metamorphism in the global Paleozoic and some areas of the meso Neoproterozoic. These innovative theoretical understandings not only fill in gap of knowledge in the established global tectonic system, but also enrich and develop the theory of global geological science.

Contents:

• Introduction (Yuzhu Kang)


• E-W-Trending Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Yue Zhao, Yinsheng Ma, and Zongxiu Wang)


• N-S-Trending Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Yue Zhao, Yinsheng Ma, Dewu Qiao, Zongxiu Wang, Xingui Zhou, Zhihong Kang, and Zhihu Ling)


• N-E-Trending Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Zongxiu Wang, and Huijun Li)


• N-N-E-Trending Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zhihong Kang, Yue Zhao, Zhihu Ling, Zhijiang Kang, and Huijun Li)


• N-W-Trending Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zongxiu Wang, Zhijiang Kang, and Huijun Li)


• Epsilon-Shaped Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zhihong Kang, Yinsheng Ma, Dewu Qiao, Zongxiu Wang, and Zhihu Ling)


• S-Shaped or Reverse S-Shaped Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zongxiu Wang, Zhihong Kang, Yinsheng Ma, Zhijiang Kang, and Zhihu Ling)


• Rotation-Torsional Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zongxiu Wang, Zhihong Kang, Yinsheng Ma, Zhijiang Kang, and Zhihu Ling)


• Evolutionary Features and Compound Relationships of Tectonic Systems (Yuzhu Kang, Shuwen Xing, Zongxiu Wang, Zhihong Kang, Yinsheng Ma, Zhijiang Kang, and Zhihu Ling)

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of Earth Sciences.

Key Features:

• These innovative theoretical understandings not only fill in the gap of knowledge in the global tectonic system but also enrich and develop the theory of global geological science


• For the first time, eight major tectonic system types in the world were systematically established as follows: the E-W-trending tectonic system; the N-S-trending tectonic system; the N-E-E-trending tectonic system; the N-N-E-trending tectonic system; the N-W-trending tectonic system; the epsilon-shaped tectonic system; the S-shaped or reverse S-shaped tectonic system; and the rotation-torsional tectonic system


• This book took more than 10 years of continuous research and writing by a Chinese academician and his team through a repeated process that involved applying insights from theory to practice and then revising theory. The team published more than 10 scientific monographs, and more than 100 papers during this research process