Title Page; Copyright Page; Prefacd; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Tectonic Events; 1.2 Universal Tectonic Events?; 1.3 Determination of Tectonic Events in the Chinese Continent; 1.4 Research Principles and Methods for Interpreting Tectonic Events; 1.4.1 The Rock Record; 1.4.2 The Geometry of Rock Deformation; 1.4.3 The Kinematics of Blocks; 1.4.4 The Dynamics of Block Deformation; 1.4.5 The Chronology of Deformation; References; Chapter 2 Tectonics of Archean and Paleoproterozoic (Before 1.8 Ga); 2.1 TheEoarchean (EA, 4.6=3.6 Ga) 2.2 Tectonics from Paleoarchean to Neoarchean (PA-NA, 3.6=2.5 Ga)2.3 Tectonics of the Paleoproterozoic (PP, 2.5-1.8 Ga,Liiliang Period); 2.4 Discussion of the Thickness of Continental Crust in the Archean and Paleoproterozoic; References; Chapter 3 Tectonics of the Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian (1.8 Ga-513 Ma); 3.1 Tectonics of the Mesoproterozoic (1, 800-1, 000 Ma,Changchen Period-Jixianian Period); 3.2 Tectonics of the Qingbaikou Period (1,000-800 Ma); 3.3 Tectonics of the Nanhua Period (800=680 Ma); 3.4 Tectonics of the Sinian Period-Early Cambrian Epoch (680-513 Ma) 3.5 Chinese Continental Blocks in Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic Global EvolutionReferences; Chapter 4 Tectonics of Middle Cambrian-Early Devonian(The Qilian Tectonic Period, 513-397 Ma); 4.1 Sedimentation, Paleogeography and Paleontology; 4.2 Palaeomagnetism and Palaeotectonic Reconstruction; 4.3 Rock Deformation, Metamorphism and Stress Field; 4.4 Magmatism and Rates of Plate Movement; 5.5 Division of TectonicUnits in Early Paleozoic; References; Chapter 5 Tectonics of Middle Devonian-Middle permianl(The Tianshan Tectonic Period, 397-260 Ma) 5.1 Sedimentation, Paleogeography and Paleontology5.2 Paleomagnetism and Paleotectonic Reconstruction; 5.3 RockDeformation, Metamorphism and Stress Field; 5.4 Magmatism and Rates of Plate Movement; 5.5 Tectonics and Plate Movement from the Mesoproterozoic to the Paleozoic; References; Chapter 6 Tectonics of Late permian-Triassic (The Indosinian Tectonic Period, 260-200 Ma); 6.1 Sedimentary Paleogeography; 6.2 Collision Tectonics; 6.3 Intraplate Deformation; References; Chapter 7 Tectonics of Jurassic-Early Epoch of Early Cretaceous(The Yanshanian Tectonic Period, 200-135 Ma) 7.1 Movement and Rotation of Chinese Continent7.2 Intraplate Deformation and the Stress Field; 7.3 Tectono-magmatism in Crust; References; Chapter 8 Tectonics of Middle Epoch of Early Cretaceous-Paleocene (The Sichuanian Tectonic Period, 135-56 Ma); 8.1 Intraplate Deformation and the Stress Field; 8.2 Tectono-magmatism; 8.3 Formation of the Banggongco-Nujiang Collision Zoneand Northward Movement of the Plates; References; Chapter 9 Tectonics of Eocene-Oligocene (The North Sinian Tectonic (Period, 56-23 Ma); 9.1 Intraplate Deformation, Stress Field and Magmatism 9.2 Development of the Eastern Basins and Accumulations of Oil and Gas | 
