Zhao, JF, Liu, CY, Mountney, N et al. (4 more authors) (2016) Timing of uplift and evolution of the Lüliang Mountains, North China Craton. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 59 (1). pp. 58-69. ISSN 1674-7313
Abstract
This study analyses evidence for reformed basin development and basin-mountain coupling associated with development of the Ordos Basin and the Lüliang Mountains, China. Gaining an improved understanding of the timing and nature of uplift and evolution of the Lüliang Mountains is important for the reconstruction of the eastern sedimentary boundary of the Ordos Basin (a major petroliferous basin) as well as for providing insight into the evolution and breakup of the North China Craton (NCC). Based on systematic sampling for fission track analysis, it is suggested that the main phase of uplift of the Lüliang Mountains occurred since later part of the Early Cretaceous. Three evolutionary stages of uplift and development are identified: slow initial uplift (120–65 Ma), accelerated uplift (65–23 Ma), and intensive uplift (23 Ma to present), with the majority of the uplift activity having occurred during the Cenozoic. The history of uplift is non-equilibrium and exhibits complexity in temporal and spatial aspects. The middle and northern parts of the Lüliang Mountains were uplifted earlier than the southern part. The most intensive episode of uplift activity commenced in the Miocene and was associated with a genetic coupling relationship with the eastern neighboring Cenozoic Shanxi Grabens. The uplifting and evolutionary processes of the Lüliang Mountains area since later part of the Early Cretaceous share a unified regional geodynamic setting, which was accompanied by uplift of the Mesozoic Ordos Basin and development of the neighboring Cenozoic Shanxi Grabens. Collectively, this regional orogenic activity is related principally to the far-field effects of both the compression sourced from the southwestern Tibet Plateau and westward subduction of the Pacific Plate in Cenozoic.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015. This is a author produced version of a paper published in Science China Earth Sciences. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-015-5153-z. |
Keywords: | uplift; fission track analysis; basin-mountain coupling; the Lüliang Mountains; the Ordos Basin; North China Craton |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Applied Geosciences (IAG) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Shell International No External Ref |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2015 15:02 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 21:42 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-015-5153-z |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11430-015-5153-z |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89024 |