Late Mesozoic basin evolution in NE China and its surrounding areas, mechanisms of the continental-scale extensional regime in East Asia during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

Guo, Zhi-Xin; Yang, Yanchu

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104418

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“…During the mid-Cretaceous, the movement direction of the Pacific Plate rotated about 75 • clockwise, changed from SWW to NW, and kept this direction until now [19,21]. Regional angular unconformity between the Upper and Lower Cretaceous widely occurred in the Korean peninsula [16], NE China [18], North China [17], and South China [12]. The regional magmatism in all of East China was significantly weakened.…”

Section: Indications For Mid-cretaceous Tectonic Evolution In East Asiamentioning

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“…However, the late Mesozoic evolution of the East Asian continent was mainly controlled by the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate [12][13][14][15]. Regional angular unconformity between the Upper and Lower Cretaceous occurred widely in East Asia [12,[16][17][18], which was generally related to the mid-Cretaceous (~100 Ma) global plate reorganization event [19][20][21]. Although it is still controversial whether there was a plateau in East China during the late Mesozoic era [22,23], the topographical pattern was obviously different from the current one.…”

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The Mid-Cretaceous Tectonothermal Evolution of the Zhangbaling Tectonic Belt, East China: Evidence from Zircon (U–Th)/He and Detrital Zircon U–Pb Dating

Wang,

Bai,

et al. 2023

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The Zhangbaling tectonic belt (ZTB), one of the most representative tectonic belts in East China, has experienced uplift since the Early Cretaceous and is, thus, an excellent object for understanding the tectonic uplift and topographical evolution of East China and the whole of East Asia. On the basis of field observations, in this contribution to the literature, we carried out detrital zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating for the Upper Cretaceous sediments in the basins adjacent to the ZTB and zircon (U–Th)/He dating for the Early Cretaceous plutons along the western flank of this belt. Detailed field observation showed that the orthogneiss of the Feidong Complex experienced sinistral strike–slip activities, while the marbles underwent thrusting; thrust faults were developed in the Early Cretaceous plutons and volcanic rocks, and normal faults were superimposed on thrust or strike–slip faults. The detrital zircon dating results showed that the Upper Cretaceous sediments are characterized by an Early Cretaceous major cluster with just a minor cluster from the middle Neoproterozoic ages, indicating that the Zhangbaling Group and the Feidong Complex of the ZTB are not their main provenance. Zircon (U–Th)/He dating results showed that the ZTB experienced rapid uplifting during the mid-Cretaceous and recorded another rapid uplifting after 30 Ma. Combining existing research with our new data, it can be concluded that the ZTB was characterized by thrust activity in the mid-Cretaceous, which occurred under regional compression setting and was the basis of the formation of a watershed after 30 Ma.

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Section: Indications For Mid-cretaceous Tectonic Evolution In East Asiamentioning

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The Mid-Cretaceous Tectonothermal Evolution of the Zhangbaling Tectonic Belt, East China: Evidence from Zircon (U–Th)/He and Detrital Zircon U–Pb Dating

Wang,

Bai,

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Sedimentary infill of Early-Middle Jurassic in the southeastern Tarim Basin and its constraints on the evolution of the Altyn Tagh Fault in the Northeast Tibet Plateau

Xia,

Yang,

et al. 2024

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Northward expansion of the Jiaolai Basin during the Early Cretaceous: Insights from source‐to‐sink reconstruction

Zhang,

Liu,

Lin

et al. 2024

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The Jiaolai Basin, situated in the northern Sulu orogenic belt along East Aisa continental margin, preserves evidence of the extensional events in East Asia and the post‐orogenic evolution of the Sulu orogenic belt during the Cretaceous period. In this study, multiple provenance analyses were employed to reconstruct the source‐to‐sink system of the Laiyang Group within the Jiaolai Basin. These studies reveal a history of northward expansion dictated by two significant rift events. During the early Early Cretaceous period (ca. 135–121 Ma), the Zhucheng and Gaomi sags in southern region developed initially. Subsequently, in the late Early Cretaceous period (ca. 120–113 Ma), the Laiyang sag in northern region emerged. Furthermore, these sags were fed by independent source‐to‐sink systems in their early stages but eventually shared a similar source‐to‐sink system towards the end of the Laiyang Group deposition (ca. 113 Ma). The provenance analysis results indicate that ca. 121 Ma, ultrahigh‐pressure rocks in the northern segment of the Sulu orogenic belt experienced rapid exhumation, while those in the southern segment might have remained concealed until ca. 113 Ma. The two rift events in East Asia, coupled with the alteration in the direction and magnitude of extension documented in the Jiaolai Basin, suggests that trench retreat and the change in subduction direction from E–W to NW–SE of the Izanagi plate played a principal role in driving the extensional events in East Asia during the Early Cretaceous. Our findings imply that the change in Izanagi subduction direction may have occurred ca. 121 Ma.

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Late Mesozoic basin evolution in NE China and its surrounding areas, mechanisms of the continental-scale extensional regime in East Asia during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

Cited by 4 publications

References 172 publications

The Mid-Cretaceous Tectonothermal Evolution of the Zhangbaling Tectonic Belt, East China: Evidence from Zircon (U–Th)/He and Detrital Zircon U–Pb Dating

The Mid-Cretaceous Tectonothermal Evolution of the Zhangbaling Tectonic Belt, East China: Evidence from Zircon (U–Th)/He and Detrital Zircon U–Pb Dating

Sedimentary infill of Early-Middle Jurassic in the southeastern Tarim Basin and its constraints on the evolution of the Altyn Tagh Fault in the Northeast Tibet Plateau

Northward expansion of the Jiaolai Basin during the Early Cretaceous: Insights from source‐to‐sink reconstruction

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