Structural architecture and stratigraphic record of Late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China: Tectonic archives of the Late Cretaceous continental margin evolution in East Asia

Zhang, Fengqi; Dilek, Yıldırım; Chen, Hanlin; Yang, Shufeng; Meng, Qing‐Ren

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.05.015

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“…Tectonostratigraphy of the seven most representative late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China (modified after Zhang et al., ). Geological time‐scale is after Walker, Geissman, Bowring, and Babcock ().…”

Section: Early Cretaceous Basin and Range Tectonics In Ne Chinamentioning

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“…Structural cross‐sections of the late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China (modified after Zhang et al., ). (a) Sanjiang Basin; (b) Songliao Basin; (c) Beier Depression of the Hailar Basin [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

Section: Late Cretaceous Geology Of the Sedimentary Basinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Late Cretaceous contractional deformation structures are superposed on the earlier‐formed extensional structures within the sedimentary basins (Zhao et al., ; Zhang, Chen, et al., ; Zhang, Chen, et al., ; Zhang, Dilek, Chen, Yang, & Meng, ). In the Sanjiang basin strata in the EZ, these contractional structures are represented by fault‐propagation folds, pop‐up structures, back‐thrusts, imbricate thrust faults and strike‐slip faulting‐related positive flower structures (Figure a).…”

Section: Late Cretaceous Geology Of the Sedimentary Basinsmentioning

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“…One highly plausible tectonic scenario to explain the late Cretaceous contractional deformation and transpressional deformation recorded in the Mesozoic sedimentary basins is the oblique collision of the continental Okhotomorsk block in the downgoing Izanagi oceanic plate along the East Asia continental margin at around 100–89 Ma, followed by its margin‐parallel, NNE‐directed translation between 89 and 77 Ma (Yang, ; Zhang et al., ). Tectonic docking of this block along the active continental margin of East Asia resulted in partitioning of both contractional and strike‐slip deformation across the orogenic front and the previously formed sedimentary basins, and in the development of a retroarc foreland basin system complete with wedge‐top, foredeep, fore‐bulge and back‐bulge depozones.…”

Section: Tectonic Switch In the Continental Margin Geodynamics Of Easmentioning

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“…Distribution of the late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China (modified after Zhang et al., ). BB : Boli Basin; EB : Erlian Basin; GB : Genhe Basin; HLB : Hailar Basin; JB : Jixi Basin; SLB : Songliao Basin; SJB : Sanjiang Basin, ZGC Range: Zhangguangcai Range [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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Late Cretaceous tectonic switch from a Western Pacific‐ to an Andean‐Type continental margin evolution in East Asia, and a foreland basin development in NE China

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The early Cretaceous structure of NE China was a result of slab‐rollback‐driven extensional tectonics, characteristic of Western Pacific‐type continental margins. Oblique docking of a microcontinent along the Asian active margin in the early Late Cretaceous induced a compressional stress regime that brought about an Andean‐type continental margin development. Partitioning of contractional–transpressional strain across NE China produced a retroarc foreland basin system, comprising, from east to west, an orogenic wedge, a foredeep (Songliao basin), a forebulge (Great Xing'an Range) and a back‐bulge depozone (Hailar and Erlian basins). A sub‐circular lacustrine depozone in the pre‐existing Songliao basin evolved into a NNE‐trending depocentre near the forebulge and acquired a westward flowing fluvial–deltaic drainage system during the Campanian. Development of this retroarc foreland basin system signals a significant tectonic switch from a Western Pacific‐type to an Andean‐type continental margin evolution in the geological history of East Asia.

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Section: Late Cretaceous Geology Of the Sedimentary Basinsmentioning

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Section: Tectonic Switch In the Continental Margin Geodynamics Of Easmentioning

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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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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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Structural architecture and stratigraphic record of Late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China: Tectonic archives of the Late Cretaceous continental margin evolution in East Asia

Cited by 81 publications

References 97 publications

Late Cretaceous tectonic switch from a Western Pacific‐ to an Andean‐Type continental margin evolution in East Asia, and a foreland basin development in NE China

Late Cretaceous tectonic switch from a Western Pacific‐ to an Andean‐Type continental margin evolution in East Asia, and a foreland basin development in NE China

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

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

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