Cenozoic orogenic growth in the Central Andes: Evidence from sedimentary rock provenance and apatite fission track thermochronology in the Fiambalá Basin, southernmost Puna Plateau margin (NW Argentina)

Thermochronology in Orogenic Systems

“…For example, crystallization or cooling ages of detrital minerals in a basin can be used to determine provenance (e.g., Adams and Kelley, 1998;Baldwin et al, 1986;Barbieri et al, 2003;Carrapa et al, 2006;Clift et al, 2006;Glotzbach et al, 2011;Gray and Zeitler, 1997;Hurford and Carter, 1991;Hurford et al, 1984;Kalsbeek et al, 2000;Kelley and Bluck, 1992;Kosler et al, 2002;Reiners et al, 2005;Spiegel et al, 2007;Vermeesch et al, 2009;von Eynatten et al, 1996;Watt and Thrane, 2001). By comparing depositional ages with the cooling ages for detrital minerals, the timescales for erosion and transport in orogenic settings can be ascertained (Brandon and Vance, 1992;Bullen et al, 2001;Cerveny et al, 1988;Copeland and Harrison, 1990;Corrigan and Crowley, 1992;Garver and Brandon, 1994;van der Beek et al, 2006van der Beek et al, , 2010.…”

Detrital apatite fission track evidence for provenance change in the Subei Basin and implications for the tectonic uplift of the Danghe Nan Shan (NW China) since the mid-Miocene

“…On the other hand, when a sample has been buried to a depth less than the PAZ, its decomposed peak age is older than the respective depositional age and it increases down-section, indicating it is un-reset and can be interpreted in terms of its lag time . Systematic variations in lag time distributions are interpreted as relating to different stages in the evolution of an orogen and can be interpreted through a lag time plot (apatite youngest component fission track age plotted against stratigraphic age) (Garver et al, 1999;Ruiz et al, 2004;Braun et al, 2006;Carrapa et al, 2006;Rahl et al, 2007;Beamud et al, 2011). Therefore, when a link is found between the exhumation of a mountain and the lag time, it can be used to trace the provenance change of a sedimentary basin (Carter, 1999;Gleadow et al, 2002).All our detrital age populations are older than the depositional ages (Fig.…”

Differential uplift of the Chinese Tianshan since the Cretaceous: constraints from sedimentary petrography and apatite fission-track dating

“…Method AFT method has been successfully employed for studying the uplift history of Tianshan (Dumitru et al 2001) and other mountain ranges (Carrapa et al 2006;Hu et al 2006). AFT data can be used to reconstruct time-temperature (t-T) histories of rock samples.…”