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Journal of Earth Science  > 2013  >  24(4): 491-505.
Xiuxi Wang, Massimiliano Zattin, Jijun Li, Chunhui Song, Shu Chen, Cheng Yang, Shengda Zhang, Jiwei Yang. Cenozoic Tectonic Uplift History of Western Qinling: Evidence from Sedimentary and Fission-Track Data. Journal of Earth Science, 2013, 24(4): 491-505. doi: 10.1007/s12583-013-0345-y
Citation: Xiuxi Wang, Massimiliano Zattin, Jijun Li, Chunhui Song, Shu Chen, Cheng Yang, Shengda Zhang, Jiwei Yang. Cenozoic Tectonic Uplift History of Western Qinling: Evidence from Sedimentary and Fission-Track Data. Journal of Earth Science, 2013, 24(4): 491-505. doi: 10.1007/s12583-013-0345-y
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Cenozoic Tectonic Uplift History of Western Qinling: Evidence from Sedimentary and Fission-Track Data

doi: 10.1007/s12583-013-0345-y
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    Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education) & Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Giotto 1 35137, Padova, Italy

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    School of Earth Sciences, Key Laboratory of Western China's Mineral Resources of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB03020402

the National Basic Research Program (973) of China 2013CB956403

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41201005

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41272128

the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities lzujbky-2013-122

the NSFC National Innovative Research Team Project 41021091

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  • Corresponding author: Xiuxi Wang: wangxiuxi@gmail.com
  • Received Date: 17 Oct 2012
  • Accepted Date: 18 Mar 2013
  • Publish Date: 01 Aug 2013
    Abstract
  • The western Qinling (秦岭) orogenic belt is one of the outermost ranges in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Its tectonic uplift history is therefore essential to insight on the evolution history of the plateau. However, the timing of deformation and uplift history is still poorly known. Fortunately, its Cenozoic orogenic history is recorded in an excellent synorogenic sedimentary sequence exposed in the Tianshui (天水) Basin, the northeastern foot of western Qinling. According to sedimentary-tectonic analysis of the Yaodian (尧店) and Lamashan (喇嘛山) sections based on the previous magnetostratigraphy studies, we speculated that two stages (occurred at 9.2–7.4 and ~3.6 Ma) of variation in depositional facies were attributed to the uplift and deformation of the western Qinling, and the modern structure geomorphic frame of the northeastern Tibet formed after 2.6 Ma. Furthermore, four stages of active processes along the western Qinling occurred at 49–41, 34–27, 25–19 and ~13 Ma, are deciphered from an integrated detrital apatite fission-track data of the Ganquan (甘泉), Yaodian main sections and seven small ones. The former two are represents the exhumation episodes triggered by tectonism and the others attributed to the volcanic signals.

     

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