Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental convergence and intracontinental orogenesis in East Asia: A synthesis of the Yanshan Revolution

Dong, Shuwen; Zhang, Yueqiao; Zhang, Fuqin; Cui, Jianjun; Chen, Xuanhua; Shuanhong, Zhang; Miao, Laicheng; Li, Jianhua; Shi, Wei; Li, Zhenhong; Huang, Shiqi; Li, Hailong

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.08.011

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“…North of the Yanshan belt, the oblique closure of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Ocean was not complete until the early Late Jurassic (van der Voo et al, ; Ren et al, ; Wang, Zhou, & Xie, ). Some authors attempted to link the “Yanshanian movement” to the far‐field effect by this collisional event (Dong et al, ). However, the Middle Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous NW‐SE compression in the Yanshan belt is clearly not consistent with the N‐S compression produced by the closure of the Mongol‐Okhotsk Ocean (Wang et al, 2018).…”

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Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous Deformation in the Western Yanshan Fold‐Thrust Belt: Insights From Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Chicheng Basin, North China

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The Yanshan fold‐thrust belt is a significant intraplate deformation belt along the northern margin of North China Craton and records multiple phases of deformation during the Mesozoic. However, the specific tectonic evolution of the Yanshan belt during the Mesozoic has long been debated. In particular, many arguments exit regarding whether a contractional or extensional context dominated the Yanshan belt in the Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous. One reason for this argument is the poor understanding of the tectono‐sedimentary relationship preserved in the sedimentary records. A lack of evidence of syntectonic sediments makes it more difficult to reconstruct this relationship. The Chicheng basin in the western Yanshan belt contains complete Upper Jurassic‐Lower Cretaceous succession and is bounded by marginal faults. New regional geological mapping, detailed sedimentary facies analysis, and recognition of two growth strata packages help reconstruct the tectono‐sedimentary relationship in the Chicheng basin. Additionally, zircon U‐Pb dating provides constraints on the timing of the deformation. Our results suggest that the dynamic sediment dispersal system in the Chicheng basin during the Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous were controlled by two phases of thrusting, including the activities of the Shangyi‐Pingquan fault during 162–147 Ma, and the Fengning‐Longhua fault during 140–135 Ma. Therefore, we propose that the western Yanshan belt was in a contractional context during the Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous. Our findings indicate that the tectonic setting of the Yanshan belt experienced a prominent transition from E‐W trending structures to NE‐SW trending structures and that this transition was probably related to subduction of the Paleo‐Pacific plate beneath the East Asian continent.

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Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous Deformation in the Western Yanshan Fold‐Thrust Belt: Insights From Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Chicheng Basin, North China

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“…The Sichuan basin began to take shape during the Early Mesozoic Indosinian orogeny when the northwestern margin of the SCB collided with the SGT (Hsü et al, 1988;Wan, 2010). Subsequent Indosinian collisions of the SCB with NCB on the north, with Qiangtang block on the west and with Indochina block on the southwest (e.g., Cao et al, 2015;Qiu et al, 2016) firmly amalgamated the SCB to the Eurasian plate (Dong et al, 2015). Finally, compressional tectonism during the Late Mesozoic Yanshanian orogeny and the Cenozoic Himalayan orogeny terminated the conversion of the stable marine carbonate platform to a continental basin.…”

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Provenance and tectonic-paleogeographic evolution: Constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb ages of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic deposits in the northern Sichuan basin, central China

Shao

Cheng

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2016

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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“…S. Liu et al, 2016). Indeed, intracontinental contractional tectonics during this period has been documented in many places of eastern China, such as the development of several thrust-fold belts surrounding the Ordos and Sichuan Basins (Dong et al, 2015;Li et al, 2012;Liu et al, 2015;Yan et al, 2003). We further infer that the "magmatic quiescence" of the SCB probably foreshadowed the geodynamic transformation from slab foundering to slab rollback of the paleo-Pacific Plate.…”

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“…In eastern China, the Late Mesozoic geological evolution characterized by large-scale intracontinental deformation and magmatism is traditionally referred to as the Yanshanian (i.e., Jurassic-Cretaceous period) cycle (e.g., Davis et al, 2001;Dong et al, 2015;Li et al, 2012;J. In eastern China, the Late Mesozoic geological evolution characterized by large-scale intracontinental deformation and magmatism is traditionally referred to as the Yanshanian (i.e., Jurassic-Cretaceous period) cycle (e.g., Davis et al, 2001;Dong et al, 2015;Li et al, 2012;J.…”

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Multiple Emplacement and Exhumation History of the Late Mesozoic Dayunshan‐Mufushan Batholith in Southeast China and Its Tectonic Significance: 2. Magnetic Fabrics and Gravity Survey

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The Late Mesozoic magmatic province is a prominent feature of the South China Block (SCB). However, the tectonic regimes associated with the magmatism are still elusive. A combined anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and gravity study has been carried out to determine the fabric patterns and shape at depth of the Dayunshan‐Mufushan composite batholith in the north‐central SCB. This is a companion paper to Part 1 that presented the structural and geochronological data of this batholith. The magnetic fabrics in the batholith interior predominantly reflect magma flow structures. Two distinct patterns of the magnetic lineations are defined, around NNE‐SSW and WNW‐ESE trends for the early‐stage and late‐stage intrusions of the batholith, respectively. The gravity survey reveals that the early‐stage intrusion has a main feeder zone located below its northern part, while several linear feeder zones trending NNE‐SSW are inferred for the late‐stage intrusion. Integrating all results, a two‐stage construction of the batholith with distinct tectonic regimes has been established. It is concluded that the early‐stage intrusion experienced a southward magma transport during its emplacement, partially assisted by far‐field compression from the north at ca. 150 Ma. Conversely, the emplacement and exhumation of the late‐stage intrusion was accommodated by a NW‐SE crustal stretching involving a lateral magma expansion above the multiple feeder zones (likely corresponding to extensional fractures) and ductile shearing during 132–95 Ma localized mainly along the Dayunshan detachment fault. Finally, we discuss the geodynamic linkage between the paleo‐Pacific subduction and the Late Mesozoic tectonomagmatism in the SCB.

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Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental convergence and intracontinental orogenesis in East Asia: A synthesis of the Yanshan Revolution

Cited by 204 publications

References 205 publications

Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous Deformation in the Western Yanshan Fold‐Thrust Belt: Insights From Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Chicheng Basin, North China

Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous Deformation in the Western Yanshan Fold‐Thrust Belt: Insights From Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Chicheng Basin, North China

Provenance and tectonic-paleogeographic evolution: Constraints from detrital zircon U–Pb ages of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic deposits in the northern Sichuan basin, central China

Multiple Emplacement and Exhumation History of the Late Mesozoic Dayunshan‐Mufushan Batholith in Southeast China and Its Tectonic Significance: 2. Magnetic Fabrics and Gravity Survey

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