Polyphase deformation of a Paleozoic forearc–arc complex in the Beishan orogen, NW China

Song, Dongfang; Xiao, Wenjiao; Han, Chunming; Tian, Zhixin

doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.030

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“…It infers that the oceanic basin was expanding in the Early-Middle Ordovician. Previous studies show that the Mazongshan trench developed in late Middle Ordovician, consisting of ancient arc or oceanic plateau, and coeval fore-arc basin and arc were formed along the southern Mingshui-Hanshan massif (Song et al, 2014(Song et al, , 2015Wang et al, 2020). This implies that the features of late Middle Ordovician active continental margin were present in the southern Mingshui-Hanshan massif.…”

Section: The Paleogeography Of the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 89%

“…The primary structures of the protoliths of the metasedimentary rocks have been extensively obliterated by intense deformation and metamorphism, but residual bedding such as graded bedding or rhythmic bedding can still be observed. The lithological characteristics indicate that the sediments of the Lebaquan complex accumulated in a fore-arc basin (Song et al, 2014) 4 Discussion…”

Section: Mé Lange Units In the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 97%

“…In this paper, we reconstruct the Xichangjing-Yueyashan ophiolite mé lange (data from Hu et al, 2016), the Mazongshan accretion complex (data from Wang et al, 2020; shown in Fig. 9), the Niujuanzi ophiolite mé lange (data from Wang et al, 2017; shown in Figure 8) and the Lebaquan forearc-arc complex in the central part of HNMX (data from Song et al, 2014; shown in Fig. 9).…”

Section: Mé Lange Units In the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Beishan orogenic zone, as the distal segments of the CAOB, encompasses the final attachment of the Tarim and North China cratons to the southern Altaids (Zuo et al, 1991;Liu et al, 1995;Gong et al, 2002;Windley et al, 2007;Xiao et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2010;Wilhem et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2018). The complexity of the evolution and tectonic settings within the Beishan orogenic zone has stimulated much debate recently, especially in the areas of high-resolution geochronology and geochemistry (Zhang et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2011;Mao et al, 2010Mao et al, , 2011Mao et al, , 2012Qu et al, 2011;Ao et al, 2012Ao et al, , 2016Song et al, 2013Song et al, , 2014Song et al, , 2015Song et al, , 2016Zheng et al, 2013Zheng et al, , 2018Zheng et al, , 2019Guo et al, 2014;Tian et al, , 2016Wang et al, 2014Wang et al, , 2016Hu et al, 2015;Sun et al, 2017;Chen et al, 2017a, b;Wang S D et al, 2017Wang S D et al, , 2018Shi et al, 2018;Wang X Y et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Early Paleozoic Ocean Plate Stratigraphy of the Beishan Orogenic Zone, NW China: Implications for Regional Tectonic Evolution

Wang

Zhang

Jin

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Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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The Beishan orogenic zone is a key area to understand evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt that is an accretionary factory well‐enough preserved in the Paleozoic. In early Paleozoic, the tectonic mélange zone containing the coherent unit and mélange unit is triggered by the complicated accretionary process of the Beishan area. The early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Beishan orogenic zone is investigated in this study using sedimentology and stratigraphic correlations of the lowe Paleozoic deposits. From the Cambrian to the middle Ordovician, this region was characterized by geographically extensive, flat‐bedded siliceous mudstone, indicating the existence of a large ocean basin. The oceanic plate entered the convergence phase in terms of the Wilson Circle during the Middle Ordovician, when numerous magmatic arcs formed along two opposite sides of the ocean. The magmatic arcs became the widest during the Silurian, suggesting that the Hongliuhe‐Niujuanzi‐Xichangjing Ocean (HNX; a southern branch of the Paleo Asian Ocean) was reduced to a small residual ocean in the central Beishan region by that time, and probably lasted till the Carboniferous or later by newly published data.

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Section: The Paleogeography Of the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Mé Lange Units In the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Mé Lange Units In the Beishan Orogenic Zonementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Early Paleozoic Ocean Plate Stratigraphy of the Beishan Orogenic Zone, NW China: Implications for Regional Tectonic Evolution

Wang

Zhang

Jin

et al. 2020

Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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“…Due to the northward subduction of the Hongliuhe-Xichangjing Ocean (Song et al, 2013b(Song et al, , 2014Hu et al, 2015;Yuan et al, 2018), the metasandstones of the accretionary complex reflect the basement properties of the Minshui-Hanshan Block, the age characteristics for the sample (4442-1) are shown to include two main peaks at c. 1186 Ma and 1287 Ma with several minor peaks at c. 606 Ma, 749 Ma, 968 Ma, 1476 Ma (Fig. 7e).…”

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The Tectonic Implications of the Hongliuhe‐Xichangjing Ophiolitic Mélanges Belt in the Central Region of the Beishan Orogen, NW China — Constrained by the U‐Pb Ages of Detrital Zircons of the Metasandstones

Jian

Xin

Teng

et al. 2020

Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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The tectonic attributes of different blocks within orogenic belts are of great significance for the study of accretionary processes and the evolution of Earth. The Hongliuhe‐Niujianzi‐Baiyunshan‐Xichangjing ophiolitic mélange belt (HXOMB) is distributed in the heart of the Beishan Orogen, the Shuangyingshan and Minshui‐Hanshan blocks being distributed in the south and north of the HXOMB respectively, and a large number of Early Paleozoic geological units are exposed on the blocks. According to the zircon age populations of the metasandstones in the Baiyunshan area recovered in this paper, when compared with the zircon age populations of the Paleozoic metasandstones reported in the Niujuanzi and Hanshan areas, we found that the metasandstones of the Shuangyingshan Block have age peaks at c. 598 Ma, 742 Ma, 828 Ma, 941 Ma, 990 Ma, 1168Ma, 1636 Ma, 2497 Ma with non‐significant age populations of 1500–1300 Ma, showing a possible affinity with the Tarim Craton; the metasandstones of the Minshui‐Hanshan Block have age peaks at c. 606 Ma, 758 Ma, 914 Ma, 1102 Ma, 1194 Ma, 1304 Ma, 1672 Ma with significant age populations of 1500‐1300 Ma, showing a possible affinity with the Chinese Central Tianshan Block. Therefore, the HXOMB of the Beishan Orogen is of great significance in plate segmentation, which separates the Tarim Craton in the south and the Chinese Central Tianshan Block in the north. Based on the evolutionary process of the Hongliuhe‐Xichangjing ocean in the Beishan Orogen, we believe that break‐up and convergence can be recognized as having occurred twice between the Chinese Central Tianshan Block and the Tarim Craton since the Mesoproterozoic in the Beishan area. This was related firstly to the break‐up of the Columbia Supercontinent and the convergence of the Rodinia Supercontinent, mainly during the Middle Mesoproterozoic to Early Neoproterozoic, and secondly to the opening and closing of the Hongliuhe‐Xichangjing ocean, mainly during the Early Paleozoic.

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Elucidating tectonic events and processes from variably tectonized conglomerate clast detrital geochronology: Examples from the Permian Hongliuhe Formation in the southern Central Asian orogenic Belt, NW China

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This article expands upon detrital zircon geochronology with a sampling and analysis strategy dating variably tectonized granitoid conglomerate clasts. Its purpose is to elucidate details of the provenance's tectonomagmatic history from deformation-relative age distributions. The method involves bulk samples of clasts, sorted based on the degree of internal ductile deformation. Isolating granitoid clasts, we divide them into three subsets: undeformed, slightly deformed, and deformed. Laser ablation, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry U-Pb geochronology is performed on zircon separates of each subset. Our case study, involving the Permian Hongliuhe Formation in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, analyzes each of the three clast subsets, as well as sandstone detrital samples, at three stratigraphic levels and yields a profile of the unroofed provenance. Clast age distributions exhibit different, wider-age spectra than sandstone samples, an effect of proximity to the respective provenance. They indicate a minimal lag time, implying rapid exhumation rates, whereas sandstone data alone would indicate a 90 Myr lag time. Early Paleozoic arc-building episodes appear as Ordovician peaks in sandstone data and Silurian-Devonian peaks in clast data, indicating a younging of magmatism toward proximal provenance. A magmatic hiatus starts in the Devonian, correlating with the latest age of deformed clasts, interpreted as timing of collisional tectonics. The detailed age spectra provide regional tectonic context and interpretation of processes, as well as more robust provenance interpretation than could be determined from sandstone samples alone. The variably tectonized clast detrital geochronology method removes human sampling bias and the practical limits of studying regional granitoid distributions.

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Polyphase deformation of a Paleozoic forearc–arc complex in the Beishan orogen, NW China

Cited by 36 publications

References 61 publications

Early Paleozoic Ocean Plate Stratigraphy of the Beishan Orogenic Zone, NW China: Implications for Regional Tectonic Evolution

Early Paleozoic Ocean Plate Stratigraphy of the Beishan Orogenic Zone, NW China: Implications for Regional Tectonic Evolution

The Tectonic Implications of the Hongliuhe‐Xichangjing Ophiolitic Mélanges Belt in the Central Region of the Beishan Orogen, NW China — Constrained by the U‐Pb Ages of Detrital Zircons of the Metasandstones

Elucidating tectonic events and processes from variably tectonized conglomerate clast detrital geochronology: Examples from the Permian Hongliuhe Formation in the southern Central Asian orogenic Belt, NW China

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