Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of Piggy-Back Basin: Example from Kuqa Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Minghui Yang; Zhijun Jin; Xiuxiang Lü; Dongsheng Sun; Peng Zeng

doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0104-2

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Minghui Yang, Zhijun Jin, Xiuxiang Lü, Dongsheng Sun, Peng Zeng. Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of Piggy-Back Basin: Example from Kuqa Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(4): 412-422. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0104-2

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Minghui Yang, Zhijun Jin, Xiuxiang Lü, Dongsheng Sun, Peng Zeng. Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of Piggy-Back Basin: Example from Kuqa Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(4): 412-422. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0104-2

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Minghui Yang, Zhijun Jin, Xiuxiang Lü, Dongsheng Sun, Peng Zeng. Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of Piggy-Back Basin: Example from Kuqa Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(4): 412-422. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0104-2

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Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of Piggy-Back Basin: Example from Kuqa Fold and Thrust Belt, Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0104-2

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College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China
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State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China
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Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation, SINOPEC, Beijing, 100083, China

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the State Key Scientific and Technological Research Project 2001BA605A-02-03-03-04

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Corresponding author: Minghui Yang, yangmh@cup.edu.cn
Received Date: 22 Feb 2010
Accepted Date: 10 May 2010
Publish Date: 01 Aug 2010

Abstract

Abstract

The Baicheng (拜城) piggy-back basin was part of the intracontinental foreland basin system of southern Tianshan (天山) Mountains. It was formed on a thrust-and-fold belt induced by Mio-Pliocene collision between southern Tianshan Mountains and Tarim craton that controlled the thick synorogenic basin fills. Sedimentological analysis and a restored cross-section based on seismic data and field studies revealed three tectono-depositional sequences of synorogenic basin fills. (1) The Lower Miocene sequence (Jidike (吉迪克) Formation) was formed under alluvial-braided river-lacustrine environments,in response to geodynamic changes of the Kuqa (库车) fold and thrust belt from the embryonic foreland to a foredeep in the course of orogenic loading period. (2) The Upper Miocene sequence (Kangcun (康村) Formation) was developed in fluvial-delta and lacustrine environments,within a foredeep due to orogenic thrust. (3) The Pliocene sequence (Kuqa Formation) was formed in the Baicheng piggy-back basin that became a wedge-top depozone,thrusting in the Qiulitagh (秋里塔格) thrust belt that propagated progressively southward to the Yaken (牙肯) thrust belt.
- tectono-sedimentary evolution,
- Mio-Pliocene,
- blind thrust,
- Baicheng piggy-back basin,
- Kuqa fold and thrust belt

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