Original Article
Triassic Nappe in the Central Part of the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (Ejinaq, NW China): Evidence from Structural Analysis and Geothermochronology
He SU,
Xuanhua CHEN,
Xinqi YU,
Zhaogang SHAO,
Wei YU,
Yiping ZHANG,
Yongchao WANG,
He SU
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083 China
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
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Xuanhua CHEN
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorXinqi YU
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhaogang SHAO
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorWei YU
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009 China
Search for more papers by this authorYiping ZHANG
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorYongchao WANG
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorHe SU,
Xuanhua CHEN,
Xinqi YU,
Zhaogang SHAO,
Wei YU,
Yiping ZHANG,
Yongchao WANG,
He SU
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083 China
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
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Xuanhua CHEN
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorXinqi YU
School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhaogang SHAO
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorWei YU
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009 China
Search for more papers by this authorYiping ZHANG
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorYongchao WANG
SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China Geological Survey, Beijing, 100037 China
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SU He, male, born in 1987 in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China; master; graduated from Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing; he is currently interested in the study of geotectonics, structural geology and tectonogeophysics. E-mail: [email protected].
About the corresponding author:
CHEN Xuanhua, male, born in 1967 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province; Ph.D.; graduated from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences; professor at the SinoProbe Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. He is currently working on structural geology, tectonics and deep earth science. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract
The thrust nappe played an important role in the Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the middle part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). However, the timing, structural style and kinematic processes of the thrust nappe remain controversial, particularly the detail of the thrust nappe in the Guaizihu region (110 km east of Ejinaq). In this study, we investigate new field mapping, seismic sections, geochronology and low-temperature thermochronometric dating to provide constraints on the history of this thrust nappe in the Chaheilingashun area (northwestern Guaizihu region). The field mapping, seismic sections and structural analysis reveal that the autochthonous system had developed a series of strong fold structures in the upper Permian strata. The allochthonous system mainly contains Devonian monzogranite (U-Pb age, ranges from 386.7 to 389.0 Ma) and Meso–Neoproterozoic schists (the maximum depositional age, ∼880 Ma), which were thrust upon the upper Permian strata during Middle to Late Triassic. Based on similar rocks, geochronological dating and the Yagan thrust, we suggest that the postulated root zone of this allochthon might have originated from the Huhetaoergai area (40–60 km northwest of the study area). The geochronological results reveal that the lower age limit of this thrust nappe is constrained by the Lower–Middle Triassic syntectonic sediments (tuffaceous sandstone, ∼247 Ma), which is the sedimentary response of the fold structure., The timing of the termination of this thrust nappe is defined by the cooling age (40Ar/39Ar data, 217–211 Ma) of the Devonian monzogranite and Meso–Neoproterozoic schists. Thus, we consider this thrust event in the study area to potentially have occurred in the period from 247 Ma to 211 Ma, which may represent the tectonic response to the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean.
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