二叠世（——280Ma）地幔柱岩浆作用是导致冈瓦纳大陆北缘裂解的作用，形成特提斯域
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金沙江古特提斯洋的弧后盆地
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雅江新特提斯洋的弧后盆地
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是主特提斯域，为一种多岛弧盆格局，是冈瓦纳大陆的北界
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晚古生代-早中生代以及中生代印度大陆和亚洲大陆之间不存在广阔深邃的特提斯洋
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为一个走滑断裂带，盆地为走滑拉分性质
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存在洋内俯冲阶段
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班戈带火山岩是南向俯冲的岛弧
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双向俯冲
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主流观点认为班怒洋盆向北俯冲
岩浆岩带不明显
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岩浆岩带消失于上地壳构造挤压带（supracrustal assemblges）
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认识不足，提到有下列文献
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前人认为在班怒带中段断续出露的蛇绿岩，是大洋岩石圈与晚三叠世-中侏罗世向北俯冲，后相关的蛇绿岩于晚侏罗世-早白垩世向南逆冲推覆于拉萨地体之上
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对于拉萨北部的申扎-纳木错蛇绿岩成因，有两种对立观点:
原地说：原地缝合带遗迹
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异地说：北部班怒带向南逆冲推覆到拉萨北缘的产物
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- 刘増乾, 1990. 青藏高原大地构造与形成演化. 地质出版社.
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对于中西段狮泉河、拉果错，以及东段的丁青和八宿，也有这样的争议
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对青藏高原的演化和隆升有重要意义
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- Kapp, P., Yin, A., Harrison, T.M., Ding, L., 2005. Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin 117, 865–878.
拉萨和羌塘的碰撞造山没有引起青藏高原的强烈隆升
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北侧的羌塘盆地
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- 张玉修, 张开均, 夏邦栋, 谢尧武, 2006. 西藏羌塘地体三叠纪-侏罗纪海相砂岩颗粒组分及其构造意义. 沉积学报 24, 15–24.
- Zhang, K.J., Zhang, Y.X., Xia, B.D., He, Y.B., 2006. Temporal Variations of Mesozoic Sandstone Compositions in the Qiangtang Block, Northern Tibet (China): Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting. Journal of Sedimentary Research 76, 1035–1048.
南侧的措勤和比如盆地
- Zhang, K.J., Xia, B.D., Wang, G.M., Li, Y.T., Ye, H.F., 2004. Early Cretaceous stratigraphy, depositional environments, sandstone provenance, and tectonic setting of central Tibet, western China. Geological Society of America Bulletin 116, 1202.
- Zhang, K.J., 2004. Secular geochemical variations of the Lower Cretaceous siliciclastic rocks from central Tibet (China) indicate a tectonic transition from continental collision to back-arc rifting. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 229, 73–89.
- 赵文津, 刘葵, 蒋忠惕, 吴珍汉, 赵逊, 史大年, 熊嘉育, J.Mechie, L.Brown, T.Hearn, 2004. 西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带——深部地球物理结构给出的启示. 地质通报 23, 623–635.