Eclogite from the Qianliyan Island in the Yellow Sea: a missing link between the mainland of China and the Korean peninsula

Li, Xu-Ping; Yan, Jiyuan; Schertl, Hans‐Peter; Kong, Fan-Mei; Xu, Hong

doi:10.1127/ejm/2014/0026-2403

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“…Zones outlined by blue lines were defined by Cong (). The zone outlined by red line was defined by the data collected from Han, Xiao, Yu, and Li (), M. Li (), M. Li, Han, et al (), X. Li, Yan, Schertl, Kong, and Xu (), and P. Ma () [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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The Early Cretaceous sedimentary‐tectonic attributes of Lingshan Island Basin, East Shandong Province, China: Constraints from the chemical compositions of detrital heavy minerals

Gao

Zhong

2019

Geological Journal

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North China Craton experienced significant lithospheric destruction or delamination during the Late Mesozoic, accompanied with the emergence of numerous basins and intensive volcanism. Extensional basins also formed in East Shandong Province.Even though they have been studied for decades, the relationship between basin development and tectonic processes still remains obscure. Recently, a set of Early Cretaceous strata has been found in Lingshan Island. It is characterized by translating from turbidite deposits to terrestrial strata units and ending up with a unique volcaniclastic layer within a relatively short time span. Previous studies have reached an agreement that Lingshan Island strata are formed in a distinct sedimentary background compared with the coeval sedimentary units in Jiaolai Basin. Essential information about basin development and its tectonic setting in this region during Early Cretaceous are preserved in Lingshan Island strata. In this study, it shows the characteristics of heavy mineral assemblage and the characteristics of detrital minerals' chemical component in the two representative samples. Based on these studies, itindicates that Lingshan Island Basin was developed in a transpressional tectonic setting with complex source materials, mainly from Qianliyan Uplift during the period ca. 123-120 Ma. Then, the basin evolved within an extensional setting and was filled with locally derived clastics during 120 to 105 Ma. In addition, the basin evolved during the process of progressive lithospheric thinning and asthenosphere upwelling.

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The Early Cretaceous sedimentary‐tectonic attributes of Lingshan Island Basin, East Shandong Province, China: Constraints from the chemical compositions of detrital heavy minerals

Gao

Zhong

2019

Geological Journal

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“…The onshore portion of the Sulu orogen is divided into two parts: the ultrahigh‐pressure and the high‐pressure metamorphic belts (Xu et al, ). The boundary of those two belts is believed to cross the SYS and extend eastward to the Korean Peninsula (Oh, ; Li et al, 2014a, b).…”

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“…The evolution of the SYS region can be divided into four major stages (Li, ; Li et al, 2014a, b; Zhang et al, ): During the Proterozoic, the basement of the SCB was formed during the Jinning Movement (~800 Ma), when the SYS area was located in the northeastern portion of the Yangtze Block. From early Palaeozoic to Triassic, the SYS area experienced continuous marine carbonate sedimentation. This region experienced uplift and erosion during the Indosinian Movement (~205 Ma), when the SCB and the NCB collided along the Qinling‐Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt and the Tanlu Fault (Ames et al, ; Hou et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, ; Li et al, 2014a, b). At this time, the Tanlu Fault became a left‐lateral strike‐slip fault (Zhu et al, ). From the late Mesozoic to early Cenozoic, the SYS experienced extensional stress resulting in the generation of half‐grabens that were subsequently filled with terrestrial sediments.…”

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“…At this time, the Tanlu Fault became a left‐lateral strike‐slip fault (Zhu et al, ). From the late Mesozoic to early Cenozoic, the SYS experienced extensional stress resulting in the generation of half‐grabens that were subsequently filled with terrestrial sediments. During the late part of the Yanshan Movement (~66 Ma), the SYS area experienced a strong magmatic event (Li et al, 2014a, b), and the Sulu ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic belt was generated by the collision of the SCB and the NCB (Hong and Choi, ). After the Neogene, the SYS basin experienced subsidence and terrestrial sedimentation. During this time, there was a small amount of faulting and folding in the SYS, while the Tanlu Fault reversed motion direction and became a right‐lateral strike‐slip fault (Hou et al, ).…”

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“…Different tectonic models of the collision between the NCB and the SCB have been proposed to explain the tectonic evolution of the region (Xu et al, ; Okay et al 1993; Yin and Nie, ; Zhang, ; Li and Yang, ; Zhang et al, ; Li et al, ). Some models suggest that eastern China is tectonically connected with the ultrahigh‐pressure belt in the Korea Peninsula (Kim et al, ; Oh, ; Jung et al, ; Li et al, 2014a, b). However, the connection of those tectonic blocks is still unclear due to the lack of detailed geologic and geophysical data in the SYS.…”

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Upper crustal structure beneath the northern South Yellow Sea revealed by wide‐angle seismic tomography and joint interpretation of geophysical data

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Mapping the crustal structure beneath the South Yellow Sea (SYS), which includes the collision zone between the North China Block and the South China Block, will help to reveal the geologic history and relationship between these geologic blocks. Previous interpretations of the crustal structure of the SYS did not use detailed seismic velocity structure as a constraint. We produced an upper crustal velocity model of the northern SYS using a new wide‐angle seismic dataset. Velocity anomalies resolved by our models correlate well with known features such as sedimentary basins and the tectonic uplifts in the SYS as low‐ and high‐velocity anomalies, respectively. As might be expected, not only major faults and/or lithologic boundaries were found to be associated with large velocity gradients, but also our models exhibited resolvable deeply penetrating vertical low‐velocity anomalies associated with the locations of strike‐slip faults that were poorly resolved in an older seismic reflection profile. Our interpretations of the locations of major faults were based on the stacked seismic reflection profile and velocity modelling of wide‐angle seismic array data and were extended to neighbouring regions by following trends in gravity, magnetic and earthquake location data. Faults traversing the North Basin of the SYS converged with the onshore Jia‐Xiang Fault (JXF), suggesting that the branching of the JXF fault system controlled the formation of the North Basin. The distribution of the strike‐slip faults resolved by our modelling of the JXF leads us to propose a model for the North Basin as a strike‐slip stress regime that is consistent with the known tectonic framework. These models will be useful for future analysis of the regional tectonic evolution of the SYS region. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Coupling relationship between sedimentary basin and Moho morphology in the South Yellow Sea, East China

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The development of the sedimentary basin in the South Yellow Sea that lies between the Chinese mainland and the Korean Peninsula well documents the tectonic evolution of eastern China. However, the Moho morphology and its relationship with the basin in this area remain poorly understood. Here we used high‐resolution 2D seismic lines and well data to map the geometry, structure, and distribution of the sedimentary basin in the South Yellow Sea. Our results suggest that the South Yellow Sea Basin can be divided into two distinct depressions and three uplifts. The depressions consist of eight depositional sags that are largely controlled by ENE‐, EW‐, and WNW‐striking normal faults. The basin depth reaches 9,500 m in the depressions, but is only <2000 m in the uplift zones. Calculated using a gravity stripping method, the Moho depth varies between 27.4 and 31.5 km. The basin is isostatically compensated and the Moho morphology approximately mirrors that of the basin basement. The Moho lows correspond to the uplift zones and Moho highs correspond to the depression zones, with exception of a sag in the Northern Depression. This exception is caused by the presence of a geological body of high velocity and high density beneath the sag. This body is likely to represent high‐pressure metamorphic rock that initially formed during the collision between the Sino‐Korean and Yangtze cratons and are currently overlain by the sedimentary basin. Based on the stretching factors and strain rates of the South Yellow Sea Basin, we propose that development of the basin was primarily driven by the subduction and retreat of the Pacific Plate since the Late Cretaceous, combined by far‐field effects from the convergence between the Indian and Eurasian plates during the Cenozoic.

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Eclogite from the Qianliyan Island in the Yellow Sea: a missing link between the mainland of China and the Korean peninsula

Cited by 22 publications

References 71 publications

The Early Cretaceous sedimentary‐tectonic attributes of Lingshan Island Basin, East Shandong Province, China: Constraints from the chemical compositions of detrital heavy minerals

The Early Cretaceous sedimentary‐tectonic attributes of Lingshan Island Basin, East Shandong Province, China: Constraints from the chemical compositions of detrital heavy minerals

Upper crustal structure beneath the northern South Yellow Sea revealed by wide‐angle seismic tomography and joint interpretation of geophysical data

Coupling relationship between sedimentary basin and Moho morphology in the South Yellow Sea, East China

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