Post-Triassic multiple exhumation of the Taihang Mountains revealed via low-T thermochronology: Implications for the paleo-geomorphologic reconstruction of the North China Craton

Chang, Jian; Qiu, Nansheng; Liu, Shuai; Change, Cai; Xu, Quan

doi:10.1016/j.gr.2018.11.007

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“…recognized two phases of relatively rapid cooling at 68-52 Ma and 23-18 Ma respectively, based on apatite and zircon fission track ages from a detachment fault zone between the Taihang Mountain Belt and the North China Basin. In the central part of the Taihang Mountain Belt (Wutai and Fuping complexes), multiple phases of rapid cooling (Late Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene) were recognized by other authors(Qing et al 2008;Chang et al 2019). Similar Cenozoic rapid cooling phases were also found in the southern Taihang Mountain Belt(Cao et al 2015;SB Li et al 2015;Meng et al 2015) and the Lvliang Mountains…”

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“…This collision event resulted in the rapid uplift and exhumation of major mountains and basins along the East Asian continental margin (e.g. the Jiaolai Basin (LM , the Yanshan Belt (Wu et al 2014), the Taihang Mountains (SB Chang et al 2019; this study)) and fault reactivation (Zhang et al 2002;Wang & Zhou, 2009).…”

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“…Previous low-temperature thermochronology studies (mainly using fission track) have been carried out on the cooling/uplift history of the Taihang Mountain Belt in the last two decades (Zhang et al 2002;Qing et al 2008;Cao et al 2015;SB Li et al 2015;Meng et al 2015;Zhao et al 2015). However, most of these studies focused on the evolution of the central (Qing et al 2008;Cao et al 2015;Chang et al 2018Chang et al , 2019 and southern parts (Cao et al 2015;SB Li et al 2015;Zhao et al 2015) of the Taihang Mountain Belt. In order to better constrain the Mesozoic-Cenozoic cooling/uplift process in the northern Taihang Mountain Belt, we conducted zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology analyses on samples from a vertical transect across the Early Cretaceous Dahenan granitic pluton, as well as on two additional granite samples located just to the south of the vertical transect.…”

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“…(U-Th)/He analytical results for the reference standard zircon and apatite samples additional uplift/exhumation during the Early Cretaceous (146-125 Ma) and Early Cenozoic (70 Ma). Some studies have been carried out on the low-temperature evolution of the Taihang Mountain Belt through fission track thermochronology(Zhang et al 2002;Qing et al 2008;Cao et al 2015;SB Li et al 2015;Meng et al 2015;Zhao et al 2015;Chang et al 2019) Zhang et al (2002). recognized two phases of relatively rapid cooling at 68-52 Ma and 23-18 Ma respectively, based on apatite and zircon fission track ages from a detachment fault zone between the Taihang Mountain Belt and the North China Basin.…”

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Meso-Cenozoic uplift of the Taihang Mountains, North China: evidence from zircon and apatite thermochronology

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Yang

et al. 2019

Geol. Mag.

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AbstractThe Taihangshan Mountain Belt, in the central North China Craton, represents an important crustal and tectonic boundary. To explore the complex tectonic evolution of this area during the Mesozoic–Cenozoic, we gathered zircon and apatite (U–Th)/He thermochronology data along a vertical transect (elevation of 630−1584 m) of the northern part of the Taihang Mountain Belt. From our data, we observed three separate rapid cooling phases that occurred at 100 Ma, 50−40 Ma and 27 Ma. Combined with previously published geochronological ages, we suggest that the uplift of the Taihang Mountain Belt initiated during the Jurassic and experienced multiphase rapid uplift from the Cretaceous to the Cenozoic. The early Cretaceous rapid cooling/uplifting events are widespread in the North China Craton and are caused by the collision between the Okhotomorsk Block and the East Asian continental margin. The Eocene and Oligocene rapid cooling events correspond to the initial rifting and thermal subsidence of the Bohai Bay Basin, indicating a coupling between the creation of basins and mountains.

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Meso-Cenozoic uplift of the Taihang Mountains, North China: evidence from zircon and apatite thermochronology

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Yang

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“…Therefore, the Bohai Bay Basin represents a tectonic setting between tectonic stability and tectonic activity (Huang, Wang, Zhao, Mi, & Xu, 2011; Qiu et al, 2014, 2016; He, 2015; Guo et al, 2016; Deng et al, 2018; Li et al, 2017; Sun et al, 2019). In contrast, due to the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate in the Eocene and their subsequent continuous convergence, the Tarim Basin in western China formed in a regional extensional environment (Chang et al, 2019; Jia, 2004; Qiu et al, 2012; Ren, 1999; Wan, 2010; Xu et al, 2011; Zuo, Li, et al, 2015). It has the following characteristics: the average crustal thickness is 45.2 km; the average “thermal” lithospheric thickness is 134.0 km; the average Moho temperature is 615°C; the average mantle heat flow is 18.4 mW/m 2 ; the mantle heat flow accounts for 42.8% of surface heat flow; and the lithospheric thermal structure is “hot crust and cold mantle” type (Table 8) (Zuo, Li, et al, 2015).…”

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Terrestrial heat flow and lithospheric thermal structure in the Chagan Depression of the Yingen‐Ejinaqi Basin, north central China

Zuo

Jiang

Shi-hu³

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The Chagan Depression in the Yingen-Ejinaqi Basin, located at the intersection of the Paleo-Asian Ocean and the Tethys Ocean domains is an important region to gain insights on terrestrial heat flow, lithospheric thermal structure and deep geodynamic processes. Here, we compute terrestrial heat flow values in the Chagan Depression using a large set of system steady-state temperature data from four representative wells and rock thermal conductivity. We also estimate the "thermal" lithospheric thickness, mantle heat flow, ratio of mantle heat flow to surface heat flow and Moho temperature to evaluate the regional tectonic framework and deep dynamics. The results show that the heat flow in the Chagan Depression ranges from 66.5 to 69.8 mW/ m 2 , with an average value of 68.3 ± 1.2 mW/m 2. The Chagan Depression is characterized by a thin "thermal" lithosphere, high mantle heat flow, and high Moho temperature, corresponding to the lithospheric thermal structure of "cold mantle and hot crust" type. We correlate the formation of the Yingen-Ejinaqi Basin to the Early Cretaceous and Cenozoic subduction of the western Pacific Plate and the Cenozoic multiple extrusions. Our results provide new insights into the thermal structure and dynamics of the lithospheric evolution in central China.

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Mesozoic–Cenozoic thermal evolution of the Linqing Sub‐basin, Bohai Bay Basin (eastern North China Craton): Constraints from vitrinite reflectance data and apatite fission track thermochronology

Qiu

Chang

et al. 2019

Geological Journal

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The Linqing Sub‐basin is situated in the south‐west of the Bohai Bay Basin (BBB), which is the centre of lithospheric destruction and thinning of the eastern North China Craton (NCC). It is also one of China's premier hydrocarbon‐bearing basins. To better understand the Mesozoic–Cenozoic thermal history of the Linqing Sub‐basin, 178 vitrinite reflectance (Ro) data from nine wells and six apatite fission track (AFT) ages have been used. The effective AFT ages range from 53.5 to 107.7 Ma, with mean track lengths of 10.6 μm, recording the tectonic–thermal events from the Early Cretaceous to the Palaeogene. The thermal modelling results of AFT show that the Linqing Sub‐basin experienced two rapid cooling events during the Late Cretaceous (100–70 Ma) and Middle Eocene–Miocene (40–20 Ma), respectively, which are closely related to the subduction and rollback of the Pacific Plate. The thermal modelling results of Ro indicate that the Linqing Sub‐basin has experienced two heat flow peaks during the Early Cretaceous and the Palaeocene–Late Eocene, with the heat flow values of 80 and 86 mW/m2, respectively. These heat flow values were consistent with the destruction peak of the North China Craton and the extension peak of the Bohai Bay Basin. The Carboniferous source rocks experienced a large‐scale hydrocarbon generation stage from the early Mesozoic to the Late Cretaceous and the Shahejie 3 Formation source rocks from the Middle Eocene to the Late Oligocene. Our study provides new geothermal evidence for the process of the destruction of the North China Craton.

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Post-Triassic multiple exhumation of the Taihang Mountains revealed via low-T thermochronology: Implications for the paleo-geomorphologic reconstruction of the North China Craton

Cited by 38 publications

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Meso-Cenozoic uplift of the Taihang Mountains, North China: evidence from zircon and apatite thermochronology

Meso-Cenozoic uplift of the Taihang Mountains, North China: evidence from zircon and apatite thermochronology

Terrestrial heat flow and lithospheric thermal structure in the Chagan Depression of the Yingen‐Ejinaqi Basin, north central China

Mesozoic–Cenozoic thermal evolution of the Linqing Sub‐basin, Bohai Bay Basin (eastern North China Craton): Constraints from vitrinite reflectance data and apatite fission track thermochronology

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