Amugang Group is distributed mainly over Amugang, Jiangai Mountain, Mayigangri,Gemuri and Qiagela,etc. lt includes Gemuri Formation and Qiagela Formation. They had even been thought of the crystalline basement of Qian...Amugang Group is distributed mainly over Amugang, Jiangai Mountain, Mayigangri,Gemuri and Qiagela,etc. lt includes Gemuri Formation and Qiagela Formation. They had even been thought of the crystalline basement of Qiangtang terrain. However, Gemuri Formation and Qiagela Formation are not alike in the protolithes, metamorphism and deformation, rock association,etc.In fact, they are different in mechanism.Gemuri Formation is composed of high\|Pressure, low\|temperature glaucophane greenschist\|faci metamorphic rocks. The petrolithes of the blueschists are glaciomarine conglomerates and basalts from the Southern Qiagtang area. The typical mineralogy include: glaucophane+ epidote + calcite +stilpnomelane and stilpnomelane+chlorite+sericite+ quartz+ glaucophane. P.T conditions for the metamorphism of blueschist are estimated to be 0 6～0 7GPa and 320～400℃.The 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of the crossite has yielded good plateau age of (222 5±3 7)Ma,which represents the formation of Gemuri Formation.Qiagela Formation comprises schist series, marbles, Gneisses and plagioamphiboles. The protolithes of them are a suit of argillaceous sandstones, arkoses, carbonates and mafic volcanic rocks. The Sm\|Nd isochron age of the metamorphic mafic volcanic rocks is (268 0±5 6)Ma, which shows that The age of the protolithes is early Dias. The typical mineralogy include: Muscovite+biotite+plagioclase+quartz; garnet+kyanite+ staurolite+ biotite+ muscovite+plagioclase+quartz; amphibole+ plagioclase±garnet+ quartz. They are meos\|pressure,meso\|temperature low amphibole\|faci metamorphic rocks. Qiagela Formation is coexistent with the late Triassic and the early Jurassic volcano\|magmatic arc in space and overlapped by the triassic limestones of Xiaocaka Formation. So,it is suggested that the formation of Qiagela Formation be between the late Dias and the late Triassic period. Its genesis is relative to the thermal current provided by magmatic activity.展开更多
The oil shale with marine origin was first reported in 1987 from Shuanghui of the Qiangtang region. Its depositional sequence consists of brown\|black oil shale interbedded massive to thin limestone. Eleven oil shale ...The oil shale with marine origin was first reported in 1987 from Shuanghui of the Qiangtang region. Its depositional sequence consists of brown\|black oil shale interbedded massive to thin limestone. Eleven oil shale beds occur and aggregated thickness is up to 47 38m. It deposit age is confined in middle Jurassic by fossils identification. Nine samples selected from horizons with high\|organic contents have been examined by organic geochemistry approach. The oil\|shale range widely in organic carbon content (Toc), average in 8 34%, maximum values reaching 26.12%. Toc are markedly varied in vertical section. The Upper and lower members are slightly low and increase in the middle. The oil\|shale sediments are characterized by high concentration in chloroform bitumen“A”(608～18707)×10 -6 )and total hydrocarbon ((311～5272)×10 -6 ).The Rock\|Eval T \|max data (434～440℃) and vitrinite reflectance values (0.88%～1.26%) indicate that oil\|shale sequence are mature in all samples. The organic matter is predominantly made up of typeⅡ kerogen.展开更多
The surface of sequence boundary is a negative record. Its recognition largely depends on the physics of the sediments below and above the boundaries, or on the different sedimentary structures are synthetic marks for...The surface of sequence boundary is a negative record. Its recognition largely depends on the physics of the sediments below and above the boundaries, or on the different sedimentary structures are synthetic marks for the sedimentation and tectonic movements in the sedimentary basin. The Qiangtang Basin that is in 5000m above the sea level is located in Northern Tibet. The Lazhulung—Jinshajiang suture zone now bound it to the north and the Bangong—Nujiang suture zone to the south. Three second\|order tectonic units have been distinguished, i.e. North Qiangtang depression, Central rise and South Qiangtang depression from north to south.The Upper Permian Riejuichaka Formation is built up of mudstone and mud\|limestone, which is represented by sediments in seamarsh. The Lower Triassic Kuanglu Formation, which exhibits the structure unconformable contact with the overlying Upper Permian strata, is characterized by terrigenous clastic rocks in the lower area and is carbonate rocks in the upwarding area and the Middle Triassic Kuangnan Formation. The Upper Triassic Xiachaka Formation consisting of terrigenous clastic rocks, carbonates rocks and mixed sediments, is confined to the uplift zones. The lower Jurassic volcanic rocks are deposited in continental rift. The middle and Upper Jurassic Yangshiping Group are conformable contact and assembled by the gypsum\|bearing terrigenous clastic rock formations and carbonate rock formation. The Middle Cretaceous and the Paleocene strata is built up of the terrigenous clastic rock formations.展开更多
The east\|west striking Northern Altyn Tagh Fault, about 240km long between Bashkaogong (90°E, 39°25′N) and Lapeiquan (92°15′E, 39°25′N), was previously mapped as a north\|dipping thrust, juxtap...The east\|west striking Northern Altyn Tagh Fault, about 240km long between Bashkaogong (90°E, 39°25′N) and Lapeiquan (92°15′E, 39°25′N), was previously mapped as a north\|dipping thrust, juxtaposing late Archean\|Mesoproterozoic gneisses in the hanging wall over Paleozoic volcanics, plutons, turbidite, and melange complexes in the footwall. In order to estimate the total magnitude of slip along the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault, we conducted geologic mapping along four traverses across the Jinyan Shan where the fault lies. Our field observations suggest that the fault is south\|dipping, with dip angles varying from <25° in the east to about 40° in the west. The eastern fault zone exhibits mylonitic fabrics, whereas the western fault zone is characterized by cataclastic deformation. Kinematic indicators in the ductily deformed mylonitic shear zone consistently show a top\|to\|the\|south sense of shear, suggesting that the Northern Altyn Tagh fault is a south\|dipping normal fault, not a north\|dipping thrust.. The ductile shear zone is typically 30～40m thick, consisting of highly sheared metasediments (pelite and marble), granites, and granitic veins.The latter are systematically cut by small\|scale, south\|dipping ductile normal faults with displacements between 10s of cm to several meters, forming spectacular asymmetric boudinages in the sheared meta\|pelite matrix.The minimum displacement along the detachment is about 20km, as measured by the north\|south width of the exposed footwall gneisses. We renamed the Northern Altyn Tagh Fault in the Jinyan Shan region as the Lapeiquan detachment fault to avoid confusion with other east\|west trending Cenozoic faults to the west along the northern edge of the Altyn Tagh range (e.g., the Cenozoic Jianglisai fault near Qiemo), collectively known as the Northern Altyn Tagh fault system (see Cowgill et al., Geology,in press). The lower age bound of the Lapeiquan fault is Ordovician, as the fault cuts Ordovician volcanics and plutons in its hanging wall. As the Ordovician volcanic rocks are folded together with Carboniferous marbles and Jurassic sedimentary strata, it is likely that normal faulting along the Lapeiquan detachment postdates the Jurassic. The Lapeiquan detachment fault is covered by Quaternary sediments of the Tarim basin in the west, and is apparently truncated by the Cenozoic left\|slip Altyn Tagh fault to the east as indicated by regional geologic maps. If true, this relationship implies that the Lapeiquan fault predates the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault. The apparent truncational relationship between the Lapeiquan fault and the Altyn Tagh fault posses an important question: where is the counterpart of the Lapeiquan fault south of the Altyn Tagh fault? Preliminary mapping in the Yema Nan Shan south of the Altyn Tagh fault reveals a fragment of a low\|angle mylonitic shear zone, which is interpreted as a detachment fault because it puts lower\|grade meta\|pelite over higher\|grade mylonitic quartzite. The correlation of detachment faults in the Yema Nan Shan and the Lapeiquan area would imply an amount of about 280～300km left slip along the Altyn Tagh fault. Alternatively, movement along the Lapeiquan detachment fault could have been synchronous with the development of the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault. This interpretation requires no counterpart of the Lapeiquan fault south of the Altyn Tagh fault. Instead, it implies that a major topographic collapse event occurred in the Cenozoic along the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau during movement along the Altyn Tagh fault. On\|going thermochronologic analysis will provide constraints on the age of the detachment fault and a test for the two distinctive hypotheses.展开更多
We focus on early Cenozoic uplift, erosion and growth of northern Tibet plateau by reconstructing paleo\|drainage pattern in the Hoh Xil basin. Stratigraphical infilling sequences and lithic type orogenic basins are d...We focus on early Cenozoic uplift, erosion and growth of northern Tibet plateau by reconstructing paleo\|drainage pattern in the Hoh Xil basin. Stratigraphical infilling sequences and lithic type orogenic basins are determined largely by contemporaneous tectonic activity. It is therefore reasonable to infer that paleoflow variability record give useful information about regional tectonic events. We now report paleocurrent data from outcrop measurement of 4 expedition profiles across the basin during 1997—1998.The west\|east trending Hoh Xil basin is the largest redbeds basin in northern Tibet plateau. It is 400km in axial length and has maximum width of 200km, which extends along Jin zone, separated the Qiangtang from the Bayankara block. It accommodates more than 5000m of terrestrial sediments during the Eocene to Oligocene dated by preliminary magnetostratigraphy and minor fossils.Detailed sedimentological observation and lithic facies associations analysis of the Eocene Fenghuoshan Group show to have evolved vertically from alluvial fan system in the lowest part, into stacked megasequences of coarsening\|upward fan\|delta system in the middle and upper part. The braided fluvial conglomeratic deposits occur at intervals along the basin margin and grade basin ward interbedded sandstone and mudstone. The Oligocene Yaxicuo Group is locally present and forms as laterally elongate sub\|basins, which is of a maximum thickness of 2000m, as seen in the Wudaoliang and the Hantaishan area. Alluvial fan associations in this sub\|basin in the proximal part adjacent to the southern faulted border and prograded northward to floodplain in distal part.展开更多
The northern Himalayas was situated on the north margin of the Indian plate and was part of the Gondwana. During Mesozoic and Cenozoic, the geological development of the region was mainly controlled by the evolution o...The northern Himalayas was situated on the north margin of the Indian plate and was part of the Gondwana. During Mesozoic and Cenozoic, the geological development of the region was mainly controlled by the evolution of the Neotethyan ocean as well as the movement of the plates (or blocks) on its two sides, showing as a typical passive continental margin [1] . The Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentation forms a giant transgression\|regression cycle in this region [2] . The strata have clearly recorded the processes that the Gondwana continent broke up, the Indian plate drifted northward, and consequently collided with the Eurasia, suggesting a Wilson cycle. They also reveals the evolution of the Neotethyan ocean from breakup to expanding, contracting and finally to closing. 1\ The major sedimentary cycles\;The marine Mesozoic and Cenozoic developed continuously in the northern Himalayas, south Tibet, with a total thickness of about 8000m. From the Triassic to Eocene, 70 third\|order sequences have been recognized [2] . Among them 12 are in the Triassic, 22 in the Jurassic, 27 in the Cretaceous and 9 in the Paleogene, with an average duration of 3m.y for each. These can in turn be grouped as 21 sequence sets and 6 mesosequences (2nd order). All of the mesosequences are bounded by prominent discontinuity at bottom, either with subaerial erosion or submarine truncation [2] , suggesting abrupt falls of sea\|level in long\|term changes. The approximate ages for the basal boundaries of these mesosequences are respectively at ca. 257Ma (latest Capitanian), 215Ma (latest Norian), 177Ma (early Aalenian), 138Ma (mid Tithonian), 103Ma (mid Albian) and 68Ma (late Maastrichtian). Each of mesosequences forms a major sedimentary cycles in the region and may result from the joint effects of global sea\|level changes and regional tectonic\|basin evolution.展开更多
Strong deformed sediments investigated in the Hoh Xil basin may contain detailed records for early Tertiary crustal shortening in northern Tibet (Fig.1A). Sedimentary sequences in the basin consist of the Fenghuoshan ...Strong deformed sediments investigated in the Hoh Xil basin may contain detailed records for early Tertiary crustal shortening in northern Tibet (Fig.1A). Sedimentary sequences in the basin consist of the Fenghuoshan Group, the Yaxicuo Group, and the early Miocene Wudaoliang Group from lower to upper. Magnetostratigraphic research has indicated the Eocene to early Oligocene ages for the Fenghuoshan and Yaxicuo Groups (Liu, et al., 2000). Total 29 lithological sections with 20487 7m thick were measured spread all over the 101000km\+2 Hoh Xil basin, the largest Tertiary sedimentary basin in the hinterland of the Tibetan plateau, to reveal the prototype basin and its evolution processes. They include 17 sections with 14925 3m thick of the Fenghuoshan Group, 8 sections with 4273 5m thick of the Yaxicuo Group, and 4 sections with 1284 9m thick of the Wudaoliang Group.展开更多
文摘Amugang Group is distributed mainly over Amugang, Jiangai Mountain, Mayigangri,Gemuri and Qiagela,etc. lt includes Gemuri Formation and Qiagela Formation. They had even been thought of the crystalline basement of Qiangtang terrain. However, Gemuri Formation and Qiagela Formation are not alike in the protolithes, metamorphism and deformation, rock association,etc.In fact, they are different in mechanism.Gemuri Formation is composed of high\|Pressure, low\|temperature glaucophane greenschist\|faci metamorphic rocks. The petrolithes of the blueschists are glaciomarine conglomerates and basalts from the Southern Qiagtang area. The typical mineralogy include: glaucophane+ epidote + calcite +stilpnomelane and stilpnomelane+chlorite+sericite+ quartz+ glaucophane. P.T conditions for the metamorphism of blueschist are estimated to be 0 6～0 7GPa and 320～400℃.The 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of the crossite has yielded good plateau age of (222 5±3 7)Ma,which represents the formation of Gemuri Formation.Qiagela Formation comprises schist series, marbles, Gneisses and plagioamphiboles. The protolithes of them are a suit of argillaceous sandstones, arkoses, carbonates and mafic volcanic rocks. The Sm\|Nd isochron age of the metamorphic mafic volcanic rocks is (268 0±5 6)Ma, which shows that The age of the protolithes is early Dias. The typical mineralogy include: Muscovite+biotite+plagioclase+quartz; garnet+kyanite+ staurolite+ biotite+ muscovite+plagioclase+quartz; amphibole+ plagioclase±garnet+ quartz. They are meos\|pressure,meso\|temperature low amphibole\|faci metamorphic rocks. Qiagela Formation is coexistent with the late Triassic and the early Jurassic volcano\|magmatic arc in space and overlapped by the triassic limestones of Xiaocaka Formation. So,it is suggested that the formation of Qiagela Formation be between the late Dias and the late Triassic period. Its genesis is relative to the thermal current provided by magmatic activity.
文摘The oil shale with marine origin was first reported in 1987 from Shuanghui of the Qiangtang region. Its depositional sequence consists of brown\|black oil shale interbedded massive to thin limestone. Eleven oil shale beds occur and aggregated thickness is up to 47 38m. It deposit age is confined in middle Jurassic by fossils identification. Nine samples selected from horizons with high\|organic contents have been examined by organic geochemistry approach. The oil\|shale range widely in organic carbon content (Toc), average in 8 34%, maximum values reaching 26.12%. Toc are markedly varied in vertical section. The Upper and lower members are slightly low and increase in the middle. The oil\|shale sediments are characterized by high concentration in chloroform bitumen“A”(608～18707)×10 -6 )and total hydrocarbon ((311～5272)×10 -6 ).The Rock\|Eval T \|max data (434～440℃) and vitrinite reflectance values (0.88%～1.26%) indicate that oil\|shale sequence are mature in all samples. The organic matter is predominantly made up of typeⅡ kerogen.
文摘The surface of sequence boundary is a negative record. Its recognition largely depends on the physics of the sediments below and above the boundaries, or on the different sedimentary structures are synthetic marks for the sedimentation and tectonic movements in the sedimentary basin. The Qiangtang Basin that is in 5000m above the sea level is located in Northern Tibet. The Lazhulung—Jinshajiang suture zone now bound it to the north and the Bangong—Nujiang suture zone to the south. Three second\|order tectonic units have been distinguished, i.e. North Qiangtang depression, Central rise and South Qiangtang depression from north to south.The Upper Permian Riejuichaka Formation is built up of mudstone and mud\|limestone, which is represented by sediments in seamarsh. The Lower Triassic Kuanglu Formation, which exhibits the structure unconformable contact with the overlying Upper Permian strata, is characterized by terrigenous clastic rocks in the lower area and is carbonate rocks in the upwarding area and the Middle Triassic Kuangnan Formation. The Upper Triassic Xiachaka Formation consisting of terrigenous clastic rocks, carbonates rocks and mixed sediments, is confined to the uplift zones. The lower Jurassic volcanic rocks are deposited in continental rift. The middle and Upper Jurassic Yangshiping Group are conformable contact and assembled by the gypsum\|bearing terrigenous clastic rock formations and carbonate rock formation. The Middle Cretaceous and the Paleocene strata is built up of the terrigenous clastic rock formations.
文摘The east\|west striking Northern Altyn Tagh Fault, about 240km long between Bashkaogong (90°E, 39°25′N) and Lapeiquan (92°15′E, 39°25′N), was previously mapped as a north\|dipping thrust, juxtaposing late Archean\|Mesoproterozoic gneisses in the hanging wall over Paleozoic volcanics, plutons, turbidite, and melange complexes in the footwall. In order to estimate the total magnitude of slip along the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault, we conducted geologic mapping along four traverses across the Jinyan Shan where the fault lies. Our field observations suggest that the fault is south\|dipping, with dip angles varying from <25° in the east to about 40° in the west. The eastern fault zone exhibits mylonitic fabrics, whereas the western fault zone is characterized by cataclastic deformation. Kinematic indicators in the ductily deformed mylonitic shear zone consistently show a top\|to\|the\|south sense of shear, suggesting that the Northern Altyn Tagh fault is a south\|dipping normal fault, not a north\|dipping thrust.. The ductile shear zone is typically 30～40m thick, consisting of highly sheared metasediments (pelite and marble), granites, and granitic veins.The latter are systematically cut by small\|scale, south\|dipping ductile normal faults with displacements between 10s of cm to several meters, forming spectacular asymmetric boudinages in the sheared meta\|pelite matrix.The minimum displacement along the detachment is about 20km, as measured by the north\|south width of the exposed footwall gneisses. We renamed the Northern Altyn Tagh Fault in the Jinyan Shan region as the Lapeiquan detachment fault to avoid confusion with other east\|west trending Cenozoic faults to the west along the northern edge of the Altyn Tagh range (e.g., the Cenozoic Jianglisai fault near Qiemo), collectively known as the Northern Altyn Tagh fault system (see Cowgill et al., Geology,in press). The lower age bound of the Lapeiquan fault is Ordovician, as the fault cuts Ordovician volcanics and plutons in its hanging wall. As the Ordovician volcanic rocks are folded together with Carboniferous marbles and Jurassic sedimentary strata, it is likely that normal faulting along the Lapeiquan detachment postdates the Jurassic. The Lapeiquan detachment fault is covered by Quaternary sediments of the Tarim basin in the west, and is apparently truncated by the Cenozoic left\|slip Altyn Tagh fault to the east as indicated by regional geologic maps. If true, this relationship implies that the Lapeiquan fault predates the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault. The apparent truncational relationship between the Lapeiquan fault and the Altyn Tagh fault posses an important question: where is the counterpart of the Lapeiquan fault south of the Altyn Tagh fault? Preliminary mapping in the Yema Nan Shan south of the Altyn Tagh fault reveals a fragment of a low\|angle mylonitic shear zone, which is interpreted as a detachment fault because it puts lower\|grade meta\|pelite over higher\|grade mylonitic quartzite. The correlation of detachment faults in the Yema Nan Shan and the Lapeiquan area would imply an amount of about 280～300km left slip along the Altyn Tagh fault. Alternatively, movement along the Lapeiquan detachment fault could have been synchronous with the development of the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault. This interpretation requires no counterpart of the Lapeiquan fault south of the Altyn Tagh fault. Instead, it implies that a major topographic collapse event occurred in the Cenozoic along the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau during movement along the Altyn Tagh fault. On\|going thermochronologic analysis will provide constraints on the age of the detachment fault and a test for the two distinctive hypotheses.
文摘We focus on early Cenozoic uplift, erosion and growth of northern Tibet plateau by reconstructing paleo\|drainage pattern in the Hoh Xil basin. Stratigraphical infilling sequences and lithic type orogenic basins are determined largely by contemporaneous tectonic activity. It is therefore reasonable to infer that paleoflow variability record give useful information about regional tectonic events. We now report paleocurrent data from outcrop measurement of 4 expedition profiles across the basin during 1997—1998.The west\|east trending Hoh Xil basin is the largest redbeds basin in northern Tibet plateau. It is 400km in axial length and has maximum width of 200km, which extends along Jin zone, separated the Qiangtang from the Bayankara block. It accommodates more than 5000m of terrestrial sediments during the Eocene to Oligocene dated by preliminary magnetostratigraphy and minor fossils.Detailed sedimentological observation and lithic facies associations analysis of the Eocene Fenghuoshan Group show to have evolved vertically from alluvial fan system in the lowest part, into stacked megasequences of coarsening\|upward fan\|delta system in the middle and upper part. The braided fluvial conglomeratic deposits occur at intervals along the basin margin and grade basin ward interbedded sandstone and mudstone. The Oligocene Yaxicuo Group is locally present and forms as laterally elongate sub\|basins, which is of a maximum thickness of 2000m, as seen in the Wudaoliang and the Hantaishan area. Alluvial fan associations in this sub\|basin in the proximal part adjacent to the southern faulted border and prograded northward to floodplain in distal part.
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文摘The northern Himalayas was situated on the north margin of the Indian plate and was part of the Gondwana. During Mesozoic and Cenozoic, the geological development of the region was mainly controlled by the evolution of the Neotethyan ocean as well as the movement of the plates (or blocks) on its two sides, showing as a typical passive continental margin [1] . The Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentation forms a giant transgression\|regression cycle in this region [2] . The strata have clearly recorded the processes that the Gondwana continent broke up, the Indian plate drifted northward, and consequently collided with the Eurasia, suggesting a Wilson cycle. They also reveals the evolution of the Neotethyan ocean from breakup to expanding, contracting and finally to closing. 1\ The major sedimentary cycles\;The marine Mesozoic and Cenozoic developed continuously in the northern Himalayas, south Tibet, with a total thickness of about 8000m. From the Triassic to Eocene, 70 third\|order sequences have been recognized [2] . Among them 12 are in the Triassic, 22 in the Jurassic, 27 in the Cretaceous and 9 in the Paleogene, with an average duration of 3m.y for each. These can in turn be grouped as 21 sequence sets and 6 mesosequences (2nd order). All of the mesosequences are bounded by prominent discontinuity at bottom, either with subaerial erosion or submarine truncation [2] , suggesting abrupt falls of sea\|level in long\|term changes. The approximate ages for the basal boundaries of these mesosequences are respectively at ca. 257Ma (latest Capitanian), 215Ma (latest Norian), 177Ma (early Aalenian), 138Ma (mid Tithonian), 103Ma (mid Albian) and 68Ma (late Maastrichtian). Each of mesosequences forms a major sedimentary cycles in the region and may result from the joint effects of global sea\|level changes and regional tectonic\|basin evolution.
文摘Strong deformed sediments investigated in the Hoh Xil basin may contain detailed records for early Tertiary crustal shortening in northern Tibet (Fig.1A). Sedimentary sequences in the basin consist of the Fenghuoshan Group, the Yaxicuo Group, and the early Miocene Wudaoliang Group from lower to upper. Magnetostratigraphic research has indicated the Eocene to early Oligocene ages for the Fenghuoshan and Yaxicuo Groups (Liu, et al., 2000). Total 29 lithological sections with 20487 7m thick were measured spread all over the 101000km\+2 Hoh Xil basin, the largest Tertiary sedimentary basin in the hinterland of the Tibetan plateau, to reveal the prototype basin and its evolution processes. They include 17 sections with 14925 3m thick of the Fenghuoshan Group, 8 sections with 4273 5m thick of the Yaxicuo Group, and 4 sections with 1284 9m thick of the Wudaoliang Group.
