Provenance of Late Carboniferous bauxite deposits in the North China Craton: New constraints on marginal arc construction and accretion processes

Wang, Qingfei; Deng, Jun; Liu, Xuefei; Zhao, Rui; Cai, Shenshen

doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.10.015

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, ; Q. F. Wang et al, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ) and Lower Permian Taiyuan Formation (D. B. Yang et al, ; Zhu et al, ) within the southern NCC was derived from the NQB, indicating that the NQB was uplifted during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. However, the source region changed dramatically as a result of the intense uplift along the northern margin of the NCC since the depositional stage of the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation (W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ; Zhu et al, ).…”

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, 2015;Q. F. Wang et al, 2016;W.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Recently, a number of studies have performed analyses on the sediments from the southern NCC during the Late Palaeozoic to reveal the orogenic evolution of the QOB (Figure b). Based on the detrital zircon geochronology analyses of the Benxi and Taiyuan formations, the NQB provided the primary detritus for the southern NCC during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian (Cai, Wang, Liu, Feng, & Zhang, ; Q. F. Wang, Deng, Liu, Zhao, & Cai, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, & Zhao, ; Zhu, Zhu, Ge, & Wang, ). In contrast, the sediments in the Early Permian to Triassic strata were widely considered to originate from the Inner Mongolia Palaeo‐Uplift (IMPU) along the northern margin of the NCC (H. Y. Li, He, Xu, & Huang, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ; Zhu et al, ).…”

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Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

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Basin formation and sedimentary development in the southern North China Craton (NCC) are closely related to the tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB). With the aim of revealing the coupling evolution between the QOB and southern NCC during the Late Palaeozoic, an investigation based on provenance analysis was performed in this study. We present new detrital zircon U–Pb data from the Middle–Late Permian sediments in the Yiyang area, southern NCC. The results show that detrital zircons, from the Middle Permian Shihezi Formation, have three major peaks at 2,447, 1,905, and 296 Ma. In contrast, the lower and upper parts of the Late Permian Sunjiagou Formation yield major peaks at ~1.85 Ga and ~260 Ma, with weak peaks at ~2.5 Ga, ~450 Ma, and ~315 Ma, and the middle part of the Sunjiagou Formation displays a major peak at 429 Ma. Combined with published palaeocurrent data and lithofacies palaeogeography, the sediments of the Middle Permian Shihezi Formation were sourced from the Inner Mongolia Palaeo‐Uplift along the northern margin of the NCC, whereas the Upper Permian Sunjiagou Formation originated mainly from the southern margin of the NCC including the North Qinling Belt. This provenance shift indicates that the North Qinling Belt and southern margin of the NCC initiated the uplift and exhumation during the Late Permian. On the basis of the evolutionary history of the QOB, we attribute the uplift geodynamics to the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction. This study provides important sedimentological constraints for the tectonic conversion during the Late Palaeozoic along the southern margin of the NCC, which also restricts the start‐up time of the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction from the perspective of the basin–mountain system.

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, 2015;Q. F. Wang et al, 2016;W.…”

Section: Tectonic Implications For Mianlue Oceanic Crust Subductionmentioning

confidence: 87%

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Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

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“…Available literature suggest that a walled continental basin was formed, and continuous strata were deposited within the NCC from Late Paleozoic to the Early-Middle Triassic eras, as evidenced by prototype basin reconstruction [10,11,13,18,80]. Starting from the late Carboniferous, strong tectonic uplifting occurred at the northern margin of the NCC, with crustal rocks at least 15 km thick being eroded [59,61,81].…”

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“…Starting from the late Carboniferous, strong tectonic uplifting occurred at the northern margin of the NCC, with crustal rocks at least 15 km thick being eroded [59,61,81]. Consequently, the topographic slope of the whole NCC reversed to south-dipping and the depocenter significantly migrated southward [8,21,80] in response to the tectonic setting of syn-orogenic compression [11,24,61]. Subsequently, the NQOB and southern margin of the NCC started the uplift probably during the Late Permian period, possibly driven by the compression related to the northward subduction of the South Qinling terrane and the Mianlue Oceanic crust [22,47,77,[82][83][84].…”

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Early Triassic Conversion from Source to Sink on the Southern Margin of the North China Craton: Constraints by Detrital Zircon U-Pb Ages

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Provenance analysis of sediments provides important constraints on basin formation and orogenic processes. With the aim to define the sedimentary provenance and tectonic evolution of the southern margin of the North China Craton, this paper presents new detrital zircon U-Pb data from Early Triassic sediments in the Yiyang area. The results showed major peaks at 1848, 458, 425, and 268 Ma and subordinate peaks at ca. 2500, 872, and 957 Ma on age spectra from the Liujiagou Formation. The Heshanggou Formation exhibited a major age peak at 445 Ma and subordinate peaks at 755 and 947 Ma. Integrated with the analysis of sandstone detrital compositions, we suggest that the sources of the Liujiagou Formation were mainly a mixture of the southern margin of the North China Craton and the North Qinling Orogenic Belt, whereas the Heshanggou Formation was derived primarily from the North Qinling Orogenic Belt. Age comparisons of detrital zircon geochronology collected from different basins in the North China Craton indicated that the paleogeography of the North China Craton during the Early Triassic was strongly asymmetric, wherein the uplifted highland along the southern margin of the North China Craton was relatively lower than the northern margin. Meanwhile, the marked shift in source region from the Liujiagou to the Heshanggou formations provides a constraint regarding the conversion from denuded zone to deposited zone along the southern margin of the North China Craton in the Early Triassic, which controlled the evolution of the provenance and sedimentary system.

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Cretaceous exhumation history of the southwestern South China Block: Constraints from fission‐track thermochronology

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To detect the exhumation history of the southwestern South China Block (SCB), we performed fission track (FT) analysis on zircon and apatite grains in granitoid and sedimentary samples. From east to west, the study area includes the Yunkai Massif, Lingshan granitic belt, Shiwandashan Basin, and eastern margin of the Youjiang Basin. The granite sample of the Yunkai Massif has two peaks of 75 and 92 Ma for zircon FT dating. The Lingshan granitic belt samples yield zircon FT central ages from 135 to 132 Ma. The Permian bauxite samples of the Youjiang Basin yield zircon FT central ages from 109 to 93 Ma and display age peaks at~97-93 Ma. The Yunkai Massif granite sample has two peaks at 74 and 104 Ma for apatite FT dating, while the Lingshan granitic belt sample has two peaks at 81 and 111 Ma. The cooling paths of the Yunkai Massif sample started with an Early Cretaceous (~120-100 Ma) cooling event that brought the granitoids into the apatite partial annealing zone (PAZ). Through comparative studies, we suggest that the southwestern SCB underwent three periods of crustal uplift during~135-132,~111-92, and~81-74 Ma, respectively, which is consistent with the regional stratigraphic unconformity and crustal extension. Only the Yunkai Massif and Lingshan granitic belt were uplifted during~135-132 Ma. During 111-92 Ma, the southwestern SCB experienced crustal uplift, and the basal conglomerate began to deposit in the Shiwandashan Basin. Late Cretaceous uplifted occurred during~81-74 Ma, and the Yunkai Massif was uplifted throughout the Cretaceous. From 97 to 92 Ma, the Permian bauxite deposits in the Youjiang Basin were uplifted, which provided the basis of the later transformation to Quaternary bauxite.

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Provenance of Late Carboniferous bauxite deposits in the North China Craton: New constraints on marginal arc construction and accretion processes

Cited by 88 publications

References 61 publications

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

Early Triassic Conversion from Source to Sink on the Southern Margin of the North China Craton: Constraints by Detrital Zircon U-Pb Ages

Cretaceous exhumation history of the southwestern South China Block: Constraints from fission‐track thermochronology

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