Coupling and transition of Meso–Cenozoic intracontinental deformation between the Taihang and Qinling Mountains

Li, Sanzhong; Guo, Lingli; Xu, Liqing; Somerville, Ian D.; Cao, Xianzhi; Shi, Yu; Wang, Pengcheng; Suo, Yanhui; Liu, Xin; Zhao, Shilin

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.04.011

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“…Sun, Liu, Sun, & An, ; X. Y. Tang et al, ; T. Zhang, Ding, Xiao, Zhang, & Du, ) and carbon cycles (Guo et al, ; Q. F. Wang, Zheng, Zhu, & Yu, ) or on the Neoproterozoic glaciations (Liu et al, ). It is clear that the missing link is the connection between active tectonics and the Cenozoic environment (Cao et al, ; Dmitrienko et al, ; Guo et al, ; Li, Guo, et al, ; Li, Hu, Zhu, & Lin, ; Xu et al, ). Neotectonic movement and climate are the main factors that affect river systems (Jin, Qiao, Yang, & Song, ; Li, Tan, Duan, & Yang, ; Schumm, ; C. N. Tang, Bao, Li, & Xia, ; Q. S. Zhang, Li, & Xing, ).…”

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Neotectonic movement in the southern margin of the Ordos Block inferred from the Qianhe River terraces near the north of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

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The Qianhe River flows between the Liupanshan Orogen and the Ordos Block, with the river valley controlled by the southern margin fault of the Ordos Block. Five asymmetrical terraces exist on the banks of the Qianhe River, which correspond to the five terraces of the Wei River. Each terrace is composed of alluvial deposits at the bottom beneath loess deposits, which are characterized by alternating loess (L) and paleosol (S) layers, with the basal layers of the loess deposits being S0, S1, S53, S8, and L15 from T1 to T5. The heights of the five terraces T5, T4, T3, T2, and T1 are 220 to 260 m, 130 to 160 m, 60 to 80 m, 20 to 30 m, and 8 to 10 m, respectively, above the present valley, and their ages are 1.2, 0.8, 0.5, 0.13, and 0.01 Ma, respectively. These ages are generally consistent with the several uplift periods of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in the medium and late stages. Therefore, neotectonic movement is the controlling factor of river terrace formation in the periphery of the Ordos Block. According to the south‐west movement of the river channel in the lower reaches of the Qianhe River, it can be estimated that the Ordos Block rotated about 20° counterclockwise in the Pleistocene.

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Neotectonic movement in the southern margin of the Ordos Block inferred from the Qianhe River terraces near the north of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

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“…The largest subsidence area is to the west of Xi'an, with a deposition thickness of more than 7,000 m (Sun, ). The deposition thickness is about 6,000 m in northern Weinan (S. Z. Li et al, ; Z. C. Li et al, ), whereas it is only 2,000–3,000 m between Xianyang and Weinan (Liu, ). Different starting times have been proposed for the Wei River fault subsidence, and some researchers have suggested that it began in the Late Cretaceous (Zhang, ; Zhang, Guo, Gong, & Hui, ).…”

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“…Some researchers have linked the formation of the Wei River Basin with the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau uplift and the Cenozoic fault subsidence in eastern China (Peltzer, Tapponnier, Zhang, & Qin, ; Sun, ; E. Wang et al, ; Y. Zhang, Ma, Yang, Shi, & Dong, ). As the Wei River Basin is located between the Qinling Orogenic Belt and the Ordos Block (Guo et al, ; Hu, Cui, Meng, & Zhao, ; Hu, Meng, Chen, Wu, & Qu, ; S. Z. Li et al, , ; S. Z. Li et al, ; Z. C. Li et al, ; X. X. Wang et al, ; X. X. Wang, Wang, & Haapala, ; T. Wang, Wang, & Li, ; T. Wang, Zhang, Pei, & Wang, ), its formation and evolution are closely related to the interaction between the two geological features. Based on the sedimentology of the Wei River Basin and the interaction of the Indian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and the Eurasian continent in the Cenozoic, this paper attempts to analyse the formation process of the Wei River Basin.…”

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Combined effects of the subductions of the Pacific Plate and Indian Plate in Central China in the Cenozoic: Recorded from the Wei River Basin

Fan

Chen

2018

Geological Journal

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The Wei River Basin is located between the Qinling Orogenic Belt and the Ordos Block. It is an important seismic belt and part of the Silk Road in China. The development of the basin is the result of interaction between the Qinling Orogenic Belt and the Ordos Block. Based on the geomorphic features, sedimentary characteristics, and geophysical detection data, combined with the tectonic movement of the Qinling Orogenic Belt in the Cenozoic, this article considers that the Wei River Basin was formed by both the Qinling Orogenic Belt thrusting to the Ordos Block and the left‐lateral strike‐slipping of the margin fault in the Cenozoic. The combined actions of Indian Plate subduction and Pacific Plate subduction have caused the eastern section of the Wei River Basin to turn from east–west to northeast and the Ordos Block to undergo counterclockwise rotation. The analysis of the formation mechanism and evolutionary process of the Wei River Basin should be of great practical significance in the study of the seismicity of the Wei River Basin.

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“…The study area is located west of the middle of the Helan Mountains and east of the Tengger Desert (Figure ). The region is at the interchange of the three tectonic units of the Alashan micro‐block, the Ordos Block, and the Qilian Mountains fold belt (Li et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, . The Cenozoic sedimentary type is fan margin face of the alluvial fan from the Helan Mountains.…”

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Holocene climate change inferred from grain‐size analysis in the eastern Alashan Plateau, Inner Mongolia, Northern China

Chen

Fan

2017

Geological Journal

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A grain‐size analysis in Tonggunao sedimentary profile indicated that 6 arid and 6 wet episodes have been detected in the Holocene, reflecting millennium‐scale climate change. The study area is located in the eastern Alashan Plateau, with the Helan Mountains to the east and the Tengger Desert to the west. It has a vulnerable natural ecology that is sensitive to environmental and climatic changes. The rapid climatic changes revealed by the analysis may be representative of the global climate‐change pattern during the Holocene.

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Coupling and transition of Meso–Cenozoic intracontinental deformation between the Taihang and Qinling Mountains

Cited by 50 publications

References 72 publications

Neotectonic movement in the southern margin of the Ordos Block inferred from the Qianhe River terraces near the north of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Neotectonic movement in the southern margin of the Ordos Block inferred from the Qianhe River terraces near the north of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Combined effects of the subductions of the Pacific Plate and Indian Plate in Central China in the Cenozoic: Recorded from the Wei River Basin

Holocene climate change inferred from grain‐size analysis in the eastern Alashan Plateau, Inner Mongolia, Northern China

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