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Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic Reactivation of a Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic Orogen
Wu, C (Wu, Chen)1; Zuza, AV (Zuza, Andrew V.)2; Chen, XH (Chen, Xuanhua)3; Ding, L (Ding, Lin)4; Levy, DA (Levy, Drew A.)2; Liu, CF (Liu, Changfeng)1; Liu, WC (Liu, Wencan)1; Jiang, T (Jiang, Tian)5; Stockli, DF (Stockli, Daniel F.)6
Source PublicationTECTONICS
2019
Volume38Issue:5Pages:1609-1650
DOI10.1029/2018TC005370
Abstract

The Eastern Kunlun Range in north Tibet, located along the northern margin of the eastern Tethyan orogenic system, records evidence for continental break-up and ocean development in the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic-early Mesozoic subduction and continental collision, Mesozoic intracontinental extension, and Cenozoic contractional deformation. The Kunlun region is marked by active left-lateral strike-slip deformation of Kunlun fault system, one of the major intracontinental strike-slip faults in Tibet that developed in response India-Asia. To better constrain the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range and the closure of the various Kunlun oceans, we conducted detailed investigation integrating new geologic mapping, geochronology, and whole-rock geochemistry with a synthesis of existing datasets across north Tibet. The Eastern Kunlun Range experienced three major deformation events in the Neoproterozoic, early Paleozoic, and Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic, which were associated with collision of the Proto-, Paleo-, and Neo-Kunlun arcs, respectively. Our new detrital zircon analyses from Mesoproterozoic-Cenozoic strata constrain stratigraphic age and sediment provenance and highlight the importance of three periods of arc activity. Our stratigraphic synthesis, including new field observations, provides new insights into connections between sediment dispersal and changes in tectonism and paleogeography. Miocene-to-present strike-slip activity on the Kunlun fault and the associated strain pattern can be explained by clockwise rotation of the Kunlun fault and its wall rock as a bookshelf-fault system, which has been proposed for northern Tibet as a result of distributed north-south right-lateral shear. The development of this fault system was facilitated by the presence of a Triassic suture that provided a preexisting weakness.

Subject AreaGeosciences
WOS IDWOS:000472819300005
Language英语
Indexed BySCI
KeywordZircon U-pb Northern Tibetan Plateau Altyn-tagh Fault Fission-track Evidence Nw China Implications Indo-asian Collision West Qinling Terrane A-type Granitoids Hoh Xil Basin Qaidam Basin
WOS Research AreaGeochemistry & Geophysics
WOS SubjectGeochemistry & Geophysics
Cooperation Status国际
ISSN0278-7407
Department大陆碰撞与高原隆升
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PublisherAMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
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Identifierhttp://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/9311
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Corresponding AuthorWu, C (Wu, Chen)
Affiliation1.China Univ Geosci Beijing, Struct Geol Grp, Beijing, Peoples R China;
2.Univ Nevada, Nevada Bur Mines & Geol, Reno, NV 89557 USA;
3.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Geomech, Beijing, Peoples R China;
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing, Peoples R China;
5.China Univ Geosci Beijing, Sch Ocean Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China;
6.Univ Texas Austin, Dept Geol Sci, Austin, TX USA.
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Wu, C ,Zuza, AV ,Chen, XH ,et al. Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic Reactivation of a Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic Orogen[J]. TECTONICS,2019,38(5):1609-1650.
APA Wu, C .,Zuza, AV .,Chen, XH .,Ding, L .,Levy, DA .,...&Stockli, DF .(2019).Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic Reactivation of a Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic Orogen.TECTONICS,38(5),1609-1650.
MLA Wu, C ,et al."Tectonics of the Eastern Kunlun Range: Cenozoic Reactivation of a Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic Orogen".TECTONICS 38.5(2019):1609-1650.
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