AATF is characterized by a large scale of dextral shearing that effected to the middle level of crust at least, and some syn-shearing intrusive pegmatites with the U-Pb signal zircon age of 910 Ma.

• 现今出露于柴达木北缘由晋宁期花岗岩和榴辉岩组合构成的“达肯达坂杂岩”是两个陆块碰撞过程中造山带根部的地质标志。