Provenance Analysis in the Nima Basin during Paleogene and Its Implications for the Decline of the Tibetan Central Valley
Yuhang Luo,
Wentian Mi,
Yuan Gao
et al.
Abstract:It is unclear what caused the Bangong Nujiang suture
zone in the
central Tibetan plateau to rise from less than 2 km in early Cenozoic
to more than 4 km at present. The zircon U–Pb ages and trace
elements of samples from the Niubao Formation in the Paleogene of
the Nima basin were analyzed and tested. Combined with the isostasy
theory, the surface uplift height of the Nima Basin during the Cenozoic
period was calculated. The zircon U–Pb age results of the Niubao
formation are consistent with the ages of the Lh… Show more
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