Late Cretaceous climate changes recorded in Eastern Asian lacustrine deposits and North American Epieric sea strata

Wang, Chengshan; Scott, Robert W.; Wan, Xiaoqiao; Graham, Stephan A.; Huang, Yongjian; Wang, Pujun; Wu, Huaichun; Dean, Walter E.; Zhang, Laiming

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.016

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“…Although the stratigraphic evolution of continental foreland basins is relatively well documented (e.g. Heller et al ., ; Gardner, ; Jordan, ; Schwans, ; DeCelles & Giles, ; Wang et al ., ), that of successor foreland basin systems remains somewhat underrepresented in the literature despite an abundance of examples (e.g. Aquitaine Basin, Austrian Molasse Basin, Ebro Basin, Magallanes–Austral Basin) (cf.…”

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Characterisation and diachronous initiation of coarse clastic deposition in the Magallanes–Austral foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

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Magallanes-Austral Basin (MAB) fill is preserved along a >1000 km north-south trending outcrop belt in the southern Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile. Although the stratigraphic evolution of the MAB has been well documented in the Chilean sector (referred to as the Magallanes Basin), its northern terminus in southern Argentina (Austral Basin) is poorly constrained. We present new stratigraphic and geochronologic analyses of the early basin fill (Aptian-Turonian) from the Argentine sector (49-51°S) of the MAB to document spatial variability in stratigraphy and timing of deposition during the initial stages of basin evolution. The initiation of the retroarc foreland basin fill is marked by the transition from mudstone to coarse-clastic deposition, which is characterised by the consistent presence of sandstone beds > ca. 20 cm thick interpreted to represent sediment gravity flows deposited in a submarine fan system. Depositional environments within the early fill of the basin range from lower to upper deep-water fan settings as well as previously undocumented slope deposits. These facies are present as far north as El Chalten, Argentina (ca. 49°S), indicating that facies-equivalent rocks can be traced along-strike for at least 5 degrees of latitude, based on correlation with strata as far south as the Cordillera Darwin (ca. 54°S). Eight new U-Pb zircon ages from ash beds reveal an overall southward younging trend in the initiation of coarse clastic deposition. Inferred depositional ages range from ca. 115 AE 1.9 Ma in the northernmost study area to not older than 92 AE 1 Ma and 89 AE 1.5 Ma in the central and southern sectors respectively. The apparent diachronous delivery of coarse detritus into the basin may reflect (1) gradual southward progradation of a deep-water fan system from a northerly point source and/or (2) orogen-parallel variations in the timing and magnitude of thrust-belt deformation and erosion that provided more local sources for sediment delivery.Correspondence: Matthew A. Malkowski,

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Characterisation and diachronous initiation of coarse clastic deposition in the Magallanes–Austral foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

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“…have greatly contributed to the understanding of these events by the virtue of their continuous records. As an essential part of the Earth system, records from the terrestrial domain should be studied to elucidate its response to both regional and global paleoclimate (e.g., Kent, 1996, 1999;Wang et al, 2013a).…”

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A Floating Astronomical Time Scale for the Early Late Cretaceous Continental Strata in the Songliao Basin, Northeastern China

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Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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A continuous terrestrial succession was recovered from the Songke‐2 (SK‐2) borehole in the Songliao Basin, Northeastern China. This borehole provides a unique material for further research on the continental paleoclimate during Cretaceous greenhouse period, following a series of achievements of the Songke‐1 (SK‐1) core. In this study, thorium (Th) logging data were chosen as a paleoclimate proxy to conduct a detailed cyclostratigraphic analysis. The Th series varies quasi‐periodically; power spectra and evolutionary fast Fourier transformation (FFT) analysis reveal significant cycles in the Quantou (K2q), Qingshankou (K2qn), Yaojia (Ky and Nenjiang (K2n) formations. The ratio of cycle wavelengths in these stratigraphic units is approximately 20:5:2:1, corresponding to long orbital eccentricity (405 kyr), short orbital eccentricity (100 kyr), obliquity (37 kyr), and precession cycles (22.5 kyr and 18.4 kyr). The durations of the K2n, K2y, K2qn and K2q are estimated as 6.97, 1.83, 5.30 and 4.52 Myr, respectively, based on the constructed ∼18.62 Myr “floating” astronomical time scale (ATS). Comparison of the durations between the SK‐1 s and SK‐2 boreholes exhibits a slight difference of 0.06 Myr and 0.459 Myr for K2qn and K2y. Nevertheless, our ATS of K2n supports the chronostratigraphic frame constructed by the CA‐ID‐TIMS data of the SK‐1s borehole. This new “floating” ATS provides precise numerical ages for stratigraphic boundaries, biozones and geological events in the Songliao Basin, and can serve as a basis for correlation of strata and events between marine and terrestrial systems.

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“…The Songliao Basin in the northeast China is a striking and ideal example for thorough investigation. It provides a major and the best studied Cretaceous rift basin in Eastern Asia, covering about an area of ~260,000 km 2 (Figure a) (Hou, Feng, et al, ; Wang, Feng, et al, ; Wang, Scott, et al, ; P.‐J. Wang et al, ).…”

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Post‐rift Tectonic History of the Songliao Basin, NE China: Cooling Events and Post‐rift Unconformities Driven by Orogenic Pulses From Plate Boundaries

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The classic lithosphere‐stretching model predicts that the post‐rift evolution of extensional basin should be exclusively controlled by decaying thermal subsidence. However, the stratigraphy of the Songliao Basin in northeastern China shows that the post‐rift evolution was punctuated by multiple episodes of uplift and exhumation events, commonly attributed to the response to regional tectonic events, including the far‐field compression from plate margins. Three prominent tectonostratigraphic post‐rift unconformities are recognized in the Late Cretaceous strata of the basin: T11, T03, and T02. The subsequent Cenozoic history is less constrained due to the incomplete record of younger deposits. In this paper, we utilize detrital apatite fission track (AFT) thermochronology to unravel the enigmatic timing and origin of post‐rift unconformities. Relating the AFT results to the unconformities and other geological data, we conclude that in the post‐rift stage, the basin experienced a multiepisodic tectonic evolution with four distinct cooling and exhumation events. The thermal history and age pattern document the timing of the unconformities in the Cretaceous succession: the T11 unconformity at ~88–86 Ma, the T03 unconformity at ~79–75 Ma, and the T02 unconformity at ~65–50 Ma. A previously unrecognized Oligocene unconformity is also defined by a ~32–24 Ma cooling event. Tectonically, all the cooling episodes were regional, controlled by plate boundary stresses. We propose that Pacific dynamics influenced the wider part of eastern Asia during the Late Cretaceous until Cenozoic, whereas the far‐field effects of the Neo‐Tethys subduction and collision processes became another tectonic driver in the later Cenozoic.

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Late Cretaceous climate changes recorded in Eastern Asian lacustrine deposits and North American Epieric sea strata

Cited by 116 publications

References 117 publications

Characterisation and diachronous initiation of coarse clastic deposition in the Magallanes–Austral foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

Characterisation and diachronous initiation of coarse clastic deposition in the Magallanes–Austral foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

A Floating Astronomical Time Scale for the Early Late Cretaceous Continental Strata in the Songliao Basin, Northeastern China

Post‐rift Tectonic History of the Songliao Basin, NE China: Cooling Events and Post‐rift Unconformities Driven by Orogenic Pulses From Plate Boundaries

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