| Late Triassic paleogeographic reconstruction along the Neo-Tethyan Ocean margins, southern Tibet | |
| Cai, FL (Cai, Fulong)1,2; Ding, L (Ding, Lin)1,3; Laskowski, AK (Laskowski, Andrew K.)2; Kapp, P (Kapp, Paul)2; Wang, HQ (Wang, Houqi)1; Xu, Q (Xu, Qiang)1,3; Zhang, LY (Zhang, Liyun)1,3; Cai, FL | |
| Source Publication | EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
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| 2016 | |
| Volume | 435Issue:0Pages:105-114 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.027 |
| Abstract | Sandstone petrographic and U-Pb detrital zircon analyses of Upper Triassic sedimentary rocks from the northern margin of India (Tethyan Himalaya Sequence) and southern margin of Eurasia (Lhasa terrane) provide new constraints on the Mesozoic paleogeography of Neo-Tethyan Ocean basins. The Upper Triassic Nieru Formation of the Tethyan Himalaya Sequence (THS) near Lazi city (similar to 29 degrees N, 87.5 degrees E) is dominated by Indian-affinity, Precambrian detrital zircons, which are typical of the majority of the THS. However, the Upper Triassic Langjiexue Formation of the THS exposed to the east (at 90-93 degrees E longitude) includes significant populations of Permian to Early Jurassic (291-184 Ma) detrital zircons for which there is no known Indian source. In addition, the Upper Triassic Nieru Formation near Kangma town (similar to 28.5 degrees N, 90 degrees E), located similar to 200 km to the southeast of Lazi city, yielded detrital zircon age spectra that are similar to those of Langjiexue Formation. Based on detrital zircon age spectra comparisons, we propose that both the Langjiexue and Nieru formations were derived from continental crustal fragments that were adjacent to the northwestern margin of Australia. Furthermore, we suggest that these THS units, and age-equivalent strata in Northwest Australia, West Sulawesi, Timor and West Papua, comprised a Late Triassic submarine fan along the northern Australian shelf. The Upper Triassic Mailonggang Formation in the southern Lhasa terrane (35 km northeast of Lhasa city, similar to 30 degrees N, 91.5 degrees E) is dominated by Permian detrital zircons, which were likely derived from proximal Lhasa terrane sources. The Mailonggang Formation differs from all age-equivalent strata in the Tethyan Himalaya; therefore we interpret that it was separated from Greater India by the Neo-Tethyan Ocean. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Subject Area | 地质学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000369213900012 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Subduction-accretion Processes Detrital Zircon Geochronology Southeastern Tibet Lhasa Terrane Suture Zone U-pb Tethys Provenance Himalaya Evolution |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Department | 碰撞与隆升 |
| Subtype | Article |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7770 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Cai, FL |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Arizona, Dept Geosci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cai, FL ,Ding, L ,Laskowski, AK ,et al. Late Triassic paleogeographic reconstruction along the Neo-Tethyan Ocean margins, southern Tibet[J]. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,2016,435(0):105-114. |
| APA | Cai, FL .,Ding, L .,Laskowski, AK .,Kapp, P .,Wang, HQ .,...&Cai, FL.(2016).Late Triassic paleogeographic reconstruction along the Neo-Tethyan Ocean margins, southern Tibet.EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,435(0),105-114. |
| MLA | Cai, FL ,et al."Late Triassic paleogeographic reconstruction along the Neo-Tethyan Ocean margins, southern Tibet".EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 435.0(2016):105-114. |
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