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DOI | 10.1086/700406 |
High-Angle Normal Faulting at the Tangra Yumco Graben (Southern Tibet) since similar to 15 Ma | |
Wolff, Reinhard; Hetzel, Ralf; Dunkl, Istvan; Xu, Qiang; Broecker, Michael; Anczkiewicz, Aneta A. | |
通讯作者 | Wolff, R (通讯作者) |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 0022-1376 |
EISSN | 1537-5269 |
起始页码 | 15 |
结束页码 | 36 |
卷号 | 127期号:1 |
英文摘要 | Several active graben systems in Tibet and the Himalaya are the expression of ongoing east-west extension, but the significance and history of normal faulting in this large region are still debated. Here, we present geo- and thermochronological data for a granite intrusion in the footwall of an active high-angle normal fault at the Tangra Yumco graben to constrain the onset and history of normal faulting. Crystallization of the granitic rocks occurred at 87 +/- 1 Ma, as revealed by U/Pb zircon dating. After an initial phase of rapid cooling from magmatic temperatures, a later phase of slow cooling is recorded by Rb/Sr biotite ages between similar to 72 and similar to 60 Ma. The elevation dependence of the Rb/Sr ages suggests that cooling was controlled by erosion, which proceeded at a rate of similar to 0.05 km/My during the latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene. The subsequent history of normal faulting is recorded by zircon (U-Th)/He ages of 12.5 +/- 1.1 and 9.7 +/- 0.7 Ma, apatite fission-track ages between 10.8 +/- 1.7 and 7.8 +/- 1.2 Ma, and apatite (U-Th)/He ages from 4.9 +/- 0.4 to 3.0 +/- 0.2 Ma. Thermokinematic modeling of these age data indicates that normal faulting started at 14.5 +/- 1.8 Ma at a rate of similar to 0.3 km/My and accelerated to similar to 0.7 km/My in the Pliocene. Our age constraint for the initiation of faulting supports a widespread onset of rifting in Tibet at similar to 15-10 Ma, as reported for other graben systems. Finally, we suggest that the distribution of high-angle and low-angle normal faults is controlled by their position relative to the India-Asia convergence vector and by lateral variations in the thermal state of the lithosphere. |
关键词 | LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETRYMETAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXFORELAND BASIN EVOLUTIONINDIA-ASIA COLLISIONEAST-WEST EXTENSIONSUTURE ZONEU-PBTECTONIC EVOLUTIONCRUSTAL XENOLITHS(U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
WOS类目 | Geology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000454585300002 |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
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来源机构 | 中国科学院青藏高原研究所 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/259576 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wolff, Reinhard,Hetzel, Ralf,Dunkl, Istvan,et al. High-Angle Normal Faulting at the Tangra Yumco Graben (Southern Tibet) since similar to 15 Ma[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2019,127(1). |
APA | Wolff, Reinhard,Hetzel, Ralf,Dunkl, Istvan,Xu, Qiang,Broecker, Michael,&Anczkiewicz, Aneta A..(2019).High-Angle Normal Faulting at the Tangra Yumco Graben (Southern Tibet) since similar to 15 Ma.JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY,127(1). |
MLA | Wolff, Reinhard,et al."High-Angle Normal Faulting at the Tangra Yumco Graben (Southern Tibet) since similar to 15 Ma".JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 127.1(2019). |
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