Post-cratonization deformation processes and tectonic evolution of the North China Craton

Wang, Yu; Zhou, Liyun; Liu, Shaofeng; Li, Jinyi; Yang, Tiannan

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.017

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“…Siberia underwent clockwise rotation after ~130 Ma (Figure b), which may have been driven by the collision of the Kolyma‐Omolon microcontinent with eastern Siberia (Metelkin et al, ; Oxman, ; Y. T. Yang et al, ). The AMU‐NCB began to turn in a steady counter‐clockwise rotation (Figure b) at ~120 Ma, which may have been driven by the mechanism of oblique subduction of the Pacific oceanic slab (Y. Wang et al, ; W. L. Xu et al, ). By ~100 Ma, the rotations of Siberia and the AMU‐NCB had ceased (Figure b and c).…”

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“…The south side of the MOS contains several tectonic units, such as southern Mongolia, northeastern China, the Inner Mongolia belt, and the Yanshan belt of the North China craton. Some areas have been intensively deformed since the Late Jurassic by episodic folding, thrusting, and regional extension, whereas others have been fairly stable (Cogné et al, ; Davis et al, ; Ren et al, ; Y. Wang et al, ). Most paleomagnetic data from the south side of the MOS are from the North China craton (Figure b; e.g., Gilder & Courtillot, ; Ren et al, ; Van der Voo et al, ; Wu, Kravchinsky, Gu, et al, ), and would benefit from more precise age constraints, wider spatial comparison and averaging, and recent advances in paleomagnetic technologies, such as testing for inclination shallowing (Van der Voo et al, ; Wu, Kravchinsky, Gu, et al, ; Wu, Kravchinsky, & Potter, ) and secular variations (Ren et al, ).…”

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New Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Paleomagnetic Results From North China and Southern Mongolia and Their Implications for the Evolution of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Suture

Ren

Zhang

et al. 2018

JGR Solid Earth

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To better constrain the evolution of the Mongol‐Okhotsk suture, we carried out new paleomagnetic studies on Sharilyn Formation (~155 Ma) and Tsagantsav Formation (~130 Ma) in southern Mongolia, Amuria Block (AMU), and Tuchengzi Formation (~140 Ma) and Dadianzi/Yixian Formation (~130 Ma) in the Yanshan belt, North China Block (NCB). A total of 719 collected samples (from 100 sites) were subjected to stepwise thermal demagnetization. After a low‐temperature component of viscous magnetic remanence acquired in the recent field was removed, the stable high‐temperature components were isolated from most samples. The high‐temperature components from each rock unit passed a fold test and a reversal test, indicating their primary origins. The corresponding paleomagnetic poles were thus calculated. For AMU, the ~155 Ma pole is at 74.7°N/232.5°E (A95 = 3.7°), the ~130 Ma pole at 74.6°N/194.7°E (A95 = 2.9°); for the NCB, the ~140 Ma pole is at 82.7°N/208.6°E (A95 = 4.3°), the ~130 Ma pole at 80.5°N/197.4°E (A95 = 2.3°). By combining our new results with the published data, we refined the 155–100 Ma segment of the apparent polar wander paths for AMU and NCB, which can demonstrate that these two blocks have been tectonically coherent (AMU‐NCB) during 155–100 Ma. Comparison of the apparent polar wander paths, however, revealed a latitudinal plate convergence of 14.3° ± 6.9° and ~19.0° relative rotation between Siberia and the AMU‐NCB after ~155 Ma. Large‐scale latitudinal convergence likely ceased by ~130 Ma, although some relative rotation between them continued along the Mongol‐Okhotsk suture until ~100 Ma.

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New Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Paleomagnetic Results From North China and Southern Mongolia and Their Implications for the Evolution of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Suture

Ren

Zhang

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“…The Haifanggou Formation in Beipiao Basin yields rich fossils dominated by the clam shrimp Triglypta haifanggouensis , bivalves Ferganoconcha spp., insects Furvoneta relicta and Yanliaocorixa chinensis , and also including abundant plants such as Schmeissneria and Xingxueanthus (Chang et al, ; Huang, ; Jiang, ; Kirchner & Van Konijnenburg‐Van Cittert, ; Liao et al, ; Wang, ; Wang et al, , ; Wang & Wang, ; Zhang et al, ; Jiang et al, ). The pollen and spore assemblage suggests an age of the late Middle Jurassic though possible extension to early Late Jurassic which cannot be completely excluded (Zhang et al, ).…”

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“…It has limited geochronologic studies from volcanic rocks yield ages around 173 Ma in Beipiao area (Chang, Zhang, Hemming, Mesko, & Fang, ; Wu, Li, & Wang, ; Li, ). Based on the discoveries of floral fossils, bivalves, clam shrimps, insects, and plants (Chang et al, ; Huang, ; Jiang, ; Kirchner & Van Konijnenburg‐Van Cittert, ; Liao, Shen, & Huang, ; Wang, ; Wang et al, ; Wang & Wang, ; Wang, Zhou, Liu, Li, & Yang, ; Zhang, Li, & Huang, ) which belong to the Yanliao Biota, researchers suggested that the Haifanggou Formation is Middle Jurassic in age (Chang, Zhang, Renne, & Fang, ; Chang et al, ; Wang et al, ).…”

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Provenance study from petrography and geochronology of Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation in Xingcheng Basin, western Liaoning Province

Liang

Liu

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Geological Journal

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In recent decades, the Yanshanian movement in the Mesozoic has been a hotspot of much geological research, attracting numerous studies focusing on regional tectonics, basin evolution, and associated magmatism and volcanic activities. The Haifanggou Formation, exposed in Xingcheng Basin, which is one of intracontinental basins in western Liaoning Province, North China Craton (NCC), comprises mainly conglomerates dominated with interbedded sandstone. Although palaeontology, stratigraphy and lithofacies have been established, its mineralogical compositions and geochronology, even the provenance and implications for Yanshanian movement are still poorly discussed. Available sandstone samples provided a unique opportunity to study the genesis and further deciphered the tectonic mechanisms. The sandstone types of Haifanggou Formation are dominantly litho‐feldspathic litharenite and litharenite. Modal sandstone analysis shows that the origin and deposition mainly are due to arid to semi‐arid weathering and recycling of older rocks and magmatic arcs, eroded and transported debris from eastern NCC. Our new detrital zircon U–Pb ages exhibit that the maximum depositional ages of the Haifanggou Formation were conservatively estimated as late Middle Jurassic (165.6 ± 3.1 Ma). The detrital zircon U–Pb age spectrum of this formation is dominated by several peaks that indicate a provenance from the surrounding rocks including the basement of NCC. The sedimentation of the Haifanggou Formation is deposited under compressional tectonics as a local response of the Yanshanian movement which was related to the subduction of Palaeo‐Pacific Plate.

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Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

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The Hailar Basin is located in the northern portion of NE China and preserves relatively complete Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous volcanic and clastic successions. The understanding of the basin's Mesozoic stratigraphic development can help reveal Mesozoic tectonic complexity in NE China. This study focuses on Mesozoic sequences of the Hailar Basin based mainly on interpretations of seismic profiles and logging data. Three tectono‐stratigraphic sequences are dividable, the pre‐Mesozoic, the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous, and the Upper Cretaceous successions, respectively. Two angular unconformities separate the three sequences, with one below the Middle Jurassic and the other atop the Lower Cretaceous. Noticeable is the absence of the two angular unconformities in the Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sequence, which are usually observed in the northern North China Block. Instead, a disconformity occurs between the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous. The absence of angular unconformities in the Hailar Basin implies that this region had not been affected by crustal shortening or the Yanshanian Orogeny that had strongly influenced the northern North China Block in the late Mesozoic. It is concluded that the closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean exerted little impact on the continent on the south, and flat subducting of the Palaeo‐Pacific Plate might have been responsible for the occurrence of the Yanshan Orogeny.

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Post-cratonization deformation processes and tectonic evolution of the North China Craton

Cited by 102 publications

References 146 publications

New Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Paleomagnetic Results From North China and Southern Mongolia and Their Implications for the Evolution of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Suture

New Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Paleomagnetic Results From North China and Southern Mongolia and Their Implications for the Evolution of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Suture

Provenance study from petrography and geochronology of Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation in Xingcheng Basin, western Liaoning Province

Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

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