Inversion of the Erlian Basin (NE China) in the early Late Cretaceous: Implications for the collision of the Okhotomorsk Block with East Asia

Guo, Zhi-Xin; Yuanpeng, Shi; Yang, Yanchu; Jiang, Songchun; Linbo, Li; Zhao, Zhidan

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.12.007

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“…The tectonic push might have come from the SE on the basis of the analysis of attitudes of the resulting faults (Figure ). The simultaneous contractional deformations were also reported in the Erlian Basin (Guo, Shi, et al, ; Guo, Zhao, et al, ), East Gobi Basin (Cari, ; Heumann et al, ; Johnson, ), and southeastern Mongolia (Graham et al, ), with both folds and thrust faults displaying structural trends similar to those in NE China. It is thus conjectured that the NW‐ or WNW‐directed flat subduction of the Palaeo‐Pacific Plate might have been the cause for shortening at the end of the Early Cretaceous in NE China.…”

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Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

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The Hailar Basin is located in the northern portion of NE China and preserves relatively complete Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous volcanic and clastic successions. The understanding of the basin's Mesozoic stratigraphic development can help reveal Mesozoic tectonic complexity in NE China. This study focuses on Mesozoic sequences of the Hailar Basin based mainly on interpretations of seismic profiles and logging data. Three tectono‐stratigraphic sequences are dividable, the pre‐Mesozoic, the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous, and the Upper Cretaceous successions, respectively. Two angular unconformities separate the three sequences, with one below the Middle Jurassic and the other atop the Lower Cretaceous. Noticeable is the absence of the two angular unconformities in the Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sequence, which are usually observed in the northern North China Block. Instead, a disconformity occurs between the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous. The absence of angular unconformities in the Hailar Basin implies that this region had not been affected by crustal shortening or the Yanshanian Orogeny that had strongly influenced the northern North China Block in the late Mesozoic. It is concluded that the closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean exerted little impact on the continent on the south, and flat subducting of the Palaeo‐Pacific Plate might have been responsible for the occurrence of the Yanshan Orogeny.

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Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

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“…These formations may date to the Coniacian-Santonian (e.g. [113]) or alternatively much earlier (Cenomanian; [114]) or later (Campanian-Maastrichtian; [115,116]) in time, making comparisons with the Merchantville Formation tenuous. A handful of dinosaurs, including nodosaurids and ceratopsians, have been also described from the Santonian of Hungary [117].…”

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Dinosaurs from the Santonian–Campanian Atlantic coastline substantiate phylogenetic signatures of vicariance in Cretaceous North America

Brownstein

2021

R. Soc. open sci.

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During the Cretaceous, diversifications and turnovers affected terrestrial vertebrates experiencing the effects of global geographical change. However, the poor fossil record from the early Late Cretaceous has concealed how dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates responded to these events. I describe two dinosaurs from the Santonian to Early Campanian of the obscure North American paleolandmass Appalachia. A revised look at a large, potentially novel theropod shows that it likely belongs to a new clade of tyrannosauroids solely from Appalachia. Another partial skeleton belongs to an early member of the Hadrosauridae, a highly successful clade of herbivorous dinosaurs. This skeleton is associated with the first small juvenile dinosaur specimens from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The tyrannosauroid and hadrosaurid substantiate one of the only Late Santonian dinosaur faunas and help pinpoint the timing of important anatomical innovations in two widespread dinosaur lineages. The phylogenetic positions of the tyrannosauroid and hadrosaurid show Santonian Appalachian dinosaur faunas are comparable to coeval Eurasian ones, and the presence of clades formed only by Appalachian dinosaur taxa establishes a degree of endemism in Appalachian dinosaur assemblages attributable to episodes of vicariance.

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“…The strike-slip damaged the integrity of Eurasia's eastern margin's lithosphere and thinned of the Lower Cretaceous lithosphere. In Northeast Asia, it generated a wide shear stress field, causing numerous Palaeozoic suture zones to rejuvenate (Li et al, 2004;Zhu et al, 2006;Sun et al, 2008;Guo et al, 2018) (Figure 8C), resulting in a mass of strike-slip faults (Meng, 2003) and the widespread absence of early Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) deposits (U2).…”

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“…Several significant petroleum-and coal-bearing sedimentary basins exist in Northeast Asian, such as the Songliao, Sanjiang, Hailar, Erlian, and Sanjiang-Middle Amur basins (Cao and Zheng, 2003;Wu et al, 2004;Liu et al, 2006;Jia and Zheng, 2010;Men et al, 2010). Previous studies have proposed that these basins have undergone underwent rifting, thermal subsidence; and then basin inversion since the Mesozoic (Song, 1997;Wang et al, 2016;Guo et al, 2018). It is widely accepted that the twosided active continental margin tectonics of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Belt, with suturing in the north, and the Pacific Plate subduction in the east during the Mesozoic are caused the series of basin tectonics (Northrup et al, 1995;Maruyama et al, 1997;Song, 1997;Wang et al, 2001;Zhang et al, 2012;Song et al, 2015;Cui et al, 2020).…”

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“…Two decisive factors caused these tectonic movements. One is the closure of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Sea in the north during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Halim et al, 1998;Zhang et al, 2001;Ren et al, 2002;Kirillova, 2003;Liu et al, 2004;Metelkin et al, 2007;Yin, 2010;Zhu et al, 2010;Guo et al, 2018); the other is the ancient Pacific Plate subduction beneath the Eurasia Plate in the east during the Mesozoic (Faure et al, 1995;Shao, 1995;Liu et al, 2001;Kirillova, 2003;Li et al, 2003;Huang and Zhao, 2006;Chen et al, 2008;Duan et al, 2009;Cho et al, 2016). Several studies have proposed significant collision between the Okhotomorsk Block and Northeast Asia in the Late Cretaceous (Yang, 2013;Zhang et al, 2017b).…”

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Geological Characteristics of the Mesozoic Unconformities in Eastern Heilongjiang, NE China: Implications for the Mesozoic Continental Margin Evolution of Northeast Asia

Zhao

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Jiang³

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Front. Earth Sci.

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Most of the significant petroleum- and coal-bearing sedimentary basins in Northeast Asia originated via rifting and thermal subsidence during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, followed by basin inversion in the Late Cretaceous. However, the tectonic background governing these basin prototype shifts has not been fully explored. The unconformities are excellent archives of plate boundary interactions and geodynamic switches in subduction zones. The Eastern Heilongjiang Province (EHLJ), Northeast China (NE China), comprises a series of Mesozoic-Cenozoic residual basins with well-preserved successions and provides significant insights into the tectonic characteristics and background of Northeast Asia. Mesozoic unconformities and large-scale contractional structures in the basins mark a series of important tectonic transitions in Northeast Asia. Based on the synthesis information of regional Mesozoic unconformities identified in the seismic reflection profiles and field outcrops of EHLJ, the tectonic characteristics and geodynamic background of the Mesozoic continental margin basins in Northeast Asia are analysed. The Middle-Upper Jurassic/basement unconformity (U1) can only be found in some areas of the Sanjiang and Hulin basins. It was a response to the continental collision of Siberia and the northern China–Mongolia tract along the Mongolia–Okhotsk suture during the Jurassic. The Paleo-Pacific Plate rapidly subducted in the NNW direction towards the eastern margin of Eurasia in the early Lower Cretaceous resulting in a mass of strike-slip faults and the widespread absence of deposits (Valanginian) (U2) in the EHLJ. Because of the subduction slab rollback of the Paleo-Pacific Plate during the late Lower Cretaceous, the local asthenospheric material upwelled, and fault and volcanic activities intensified in Northeast Asia. The Lower Cretaceous Dongshan Formation (Fm)/Muleng Fm unconformity (U3-1) reflects a specific scale of bimodal magmatism in the Songliao Basin and the EHLJ. The Pacific Plate subducted in a transformation from NNW to WNW during the early Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian). The Houshigou Fm (Qixinhe Fm)/Lower Cretaceous angular unconformity (U3) reflects that on the basins experienced denudation after being extensively uplifted from the subduction events. With the subduction of the Kula Plate, a compression stress field during the later Upper Cretaceous Period controlled NE China. The basins underwent a widely compressive deformation, accompanied by large-scale thrusts, denudation and deplanation, resulting in Paleogene/Cretaceous unconformity (U4) was formed.

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Inversion of the Erlian Basin (NE China) in the early Late Cretaceous: Implications for the collision of the Okhotomorsk Block with East Asia

Cited by 33 publications

References 70 publications

Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

Decoding stratigraphic evolution of the Hailar Basin: Implications for the late Mesozoic tectonics of NE China

Dinosaurs from the Santonian–Campanian Atlantic coastline substantiate phylogenetic signatures of vicariance in Cretaceous North America

Geological Characteristics of the Mesozoic Unconformities in Eastern Heilongjiang, NE China: Implications for the Mesozoic Continental Margin Evolution of Northeast Asia

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