Detrital apatite fission track evidence for provenance change in the Subei Basin and implications for the tectonic uplift of the Danghe Nan Shan (NW China) since the mid-Miocene

Xu, Lin; Zheng, Dewen; Sun, Jimin; Windley, Brian F.; Tian, Zhixin; Gong, Zizheng; Jia, Yunfang

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.07.007

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“…They also suggest that the fine‐textured mudstone with horizontal bedding accumulated between the late Oligocene and early Miocene represents lacustrine environment and distal source deposit, which means that the region near the western Danghenan Shan was large low‐relief basin without mountains to provide high‐energy alluvial or fluvial sediments into the Subei Basin during that time. Furthermore, Lin et al () reported a distinct change in slope of the peak age and lag time of the detrital apatite fission track occurred at ~14 Ma in the Tiejianggou section, which is interpreted as a provenance change caused by the uplift of the western Danghenan Shan. Therefore, combining the evidence of magnetogtratigraphy, paleontology, lithofacies, initiation of coarse sediment, and provenance change with our thermochronological results, we prefer to suggest that the Altyn Tagh fault in the Subei Basin was reactivated since the middle Miocene.…”

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“…Li et al (); 9—Cheng et al (); 10—X. Wang et al (); 11—Sun et al (); 12—Lin et al (); 13—Zhuang et al (); 14—D. Yuan et al (); 15—Zheng et al (); 16—Bovet et al (); 17—George et al (); 18—Wang, Zhang, Pang, et al (); 19—Zheng et al (); 20—Duvall et al (); 21—Yu et al (); 22—B.…”

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“…The onset of its left‐lateral slip and how it was accommodated are two prominent issues for understanding the geodynamics of uplift of the Tibetan Plateau (Yin et al, ; Yin & Harrison, ; Yue & Liou, ). A large number of studies have investigated the geology along the Altyn Tagh fault (e.g., Chang et al, ; F. Cheng et al, , ; Cowgill et al, ; Dupont‐Nivet et al, ; Gilder et al, ; Jolivet et al, ; Lin et al, ; B. Li et al, ; Lu et al, ; Ritts et al, ; Shi et al, ; Sobel et al, ; Sun et al, ; Wang, ; Wu, Xiao, Wang, et al, ; Wu, Xiao, Yang, et al, ; Yin et al, ; Yue et al, , ; Zhuang et al, , ). But despite this large body of data, there is no consensus about its temporal–spatial evolution due to a lack of ideally dated geological or geomorphological records on the Cenozoic slip.…”

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“…But despite this large body of data, there is no consensus about its temporal–spatial evolution due to a lack of ideally dated geological or geomorphological records on the Cenozoic slip. Estimates for the onset of movement along the Altyn Tagh fault range from the Eocene, not long after the India‐Eurasia collision (e.g., Yin et al, ; Jolivet et al, ; F. Cheng et al, , ), to the Miocene (e.g., Chang et al, ; Lin et al, ; B. Li et al, ; Meyer et al, ; Ritts et al, ; Shi et al, ; Sun et al, ; Wu, Xiao, Yang, et al, ; Yue et al, ). Others have proposed a model with multiple stages of accelerated faulting to reconcile all available data along the Altyn Tagh fault (Yue et al, ; Yue & Liou, ; Zhuang et al, , ).…”

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Miocene Range Growth Along the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights From Apatite Fission Track and (U‐Th)/He Thermochronometry in the Western Danghenan Shan, China

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The left‐lateral strike‐slip Altyn Tagh fault that defines the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau plays a crucial role in accommodating the Cenozoic deformation related to the growth of plateau. However, the slip history along the fault remains highly debated. Here we report new 14–16 Ma apatite fission track (AFT) and 9–11 Ma apatite (U‐Th)/He (AHe) data in the western Danghenan Shan, north Tibet. Age‐elevation relationships and AFT/AHe age differences suggest a period of rapid exhumation with an average rate of 0.1–0.3 km/Ma from 16 to 9 Ma for this area. Thermal history modeling indicates that this was preceded by accelerated exhumation between the late Oligocene and middle Miocene (~15 Ma). A northward increase in AFT ages and asymmetric topography across the western Danghenan Shan indicate that the uplift and exhumation are mainly controlled by the thrust fault along the southern flank of the western Danghenan Shan. As the thrust fault is a branch of the Altyn Tagh fault, the rapid exhumation probably represents onset of the transition along the Altyn Tagh fault from left‐slip motion to crustal shortening in the Dangnenan Shan region. Our findings show that the middle Miocene deformation is not only recorded in the middle and northern Qilian Shan but also in the southwestern portion of the Qilian Shan, which favors a synchronous middle‐Miocene deformation model for the entire Qilian Shan.

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Miocene Range Growth Along the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights From Apatite Fission Track and (U‐Th)/He Thermochronometry in the Western Danghenan Shan, China

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“…A magnetostratigraphic investigation from the Subei Basin along the Altyn Tagh Fault shows a sharp variation in the lithofacies from fine‐grained particles to boulder conglomerates, with an age of approximately ~12 Ma, which implies that the activity along the eastern part of the fault was initiated during the post‐middle Miocene [ Wang et al ., ]. This result is also supported by provenance changes within Subei Basin [ Lin et al ., ] and by the sedimentologic records [ Fang et al ., ], rapid range exhumation histories [ George et al ., ; Zheng et al ., ], and narrow drainage basin geometries [ Zhang et al ., ] in the westernmost Qilian Shan (Figure b).…”

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The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

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Sedimentary deposits in Tibetan Basins archive the spatial‐temporal patterns of the deformation and surface uplift processes that created the area's high topography during the Cenozoic India‐Asia collision. In this study, new stratigraphic investigation of the Caogou section from the Jiuxi Basin in the northeasternmost part of Tibetan Plateau provides chronologic constraints on the deformation and northward growth of the plateau. Magnetostratigraphic analysis results suggest that the age of the studied ~1000 m thick section spans from ~24.2 Ma to 2.8 Ma. Detailed sedimentology and apatite fission track (AFT) analyses reveal that variations in the clast provenance, lithofacies, sediment accumulation rates, and AFT lag times occurred at ~13.5–10.5 Ma. We interpret these changes as in response to the initial uplift of the North Qilian Shan. In addition, paleomagnetic declination results from the section indicate a clockwise rotation of the Jiuxi Basin before ~13.5 Ma, which was followed by a subsequent counterclockwise rotation during 13.5–9 Ma. This reversal in rotation direction may be directly related to left‐lateral strike‐slip activity along the easternmost segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault. Combined with previous studies, we suggest that movement on the western part of the Altyn Tagh Fault was probably initiated during the Oligocene (>30 Ma) and that fault propagation to its eastern tip occurred during the middle‐late Miocene.

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Cenozoic exhumation in the Qilian Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from detrital fission track thermochronology in the Jiuquan Basin

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The India‐Asia collision resulted in the Cenozoic framework of faults, ranges, and tectonic basins and the high topography of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, but how and when these features formed remains poorly understood, leading to conflicting tectonic models. However, information on the tectonic evolution of these active orogenic belts is well preserved in synorogenic basin sediments. In this study, we carefully analyze the detrital apatite fission track ages of Cenozoic synorogenic sediments from the Jiuquan Basin to decipher the entire exhumation process of the adjacent Qilian Shan throughout the Cenozoic. Our data indicate that initially rapid Cenozoic exhumation occurred in the Qilian Shan during the late Paleocene‐early Eocene (~60–50 Ma), almost synchronous with the India‐Asia collision. The Qilian Shan subsequently experienced long‐lived exhumation that continued until at least the middle Miocene (~45–10 Ma). During this period of exhumation in the Qilian Shan, tectonic deformation occurred throughout the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. The early Cenozoic deformation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau may have been caused by the transfer of tectonic stress from the distant India‐Asia collision boundary through the complex lithospheric environment of the Tibetan Plateau. The present tectonic configuration and topography of the Qilian Shan and the northeastern Tibetan Plateau likely became established since the middle Miocene and after the long‐lived deformation began in the early Cenozoic.

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Detrital apatite fission track evidence for provenance change in the Subei Basin and implications for the tectonic uplift of the Danghe Nan Shan (NW China) since the mid-Miocene

Cited by 54 publications

References 64 publications

Miocene Range Growth Along the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights From Apatite Fission Track and (U‐Th)/He Thermochronometry in the Western Danghenan Shan, China

Miocene Range Growth Along the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights From Apatite Fission Track and (U‐Th)/He Thermochronometry in the Western Danghenan Shan, China

The Cenozoic growth of the Qilian Shan in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: A sedimentary archive from the Jiuxi Basin

Cenozoic exhumation in the Qilian Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from detrital fission track thermochronology in the Jiuquan Basin

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