Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence
Abstract The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau is interpreted in terms of two alterative dynamic mechanisms: lateral extrusion of coherent lithospheric blocks and viscous lower crustal flow. To contribute to this debate, we conducted a magnetostratigraphic s...
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| author | Xinxin Sun Yabo Tong Zhenyu Yang Junling Pei Zongwen Pu Lifu Hou Shuchen Jin Zijian Zhang Xinyue Li |
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| description | Abstract The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau is interpreted in terms of two alterative dynamic mechanisms: lateral extrusion of coherent lithospheric blocks and viscous lower crustal flow. To contribute to this debate, we conducted a magnetostratigraphic study of the Early Miocene sedimentary strata of the Gengma Basin, in the northern part of the Shan‐Thai Block (STB). The results show that variations in the deposition rate were synchronous with the rate of clockwise rotation during ∼18.05–15.93 Ma, indicating that the crustal clockwise rotation of the northern STB was the driver of the tectonic transformation of the NE‐SW trending strike‐slip system within the STB by at least ∼18.05 Ma. The rapid decrease in the clockwise rotational rate of the Gengma Basin was also synchronous with the sharp decrease in the convergence rate between the Indian Plate (IDP) and Eurasia at ∼17.23 Ma, which is similar to that occurred in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau during the Paleocene and Eocene, demonstrating the fast response of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau to the convergence of the IDP and Eurasia, in the form of the continuous upper crustal ductile deformation of the Tibetan Plateau and its periphery. The lateral flow of the viscous lower crust beneath the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau may be the predominant driver of the tectonic evolution of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau since the Early Miocene. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84ebc8789c884d288c8c67ff66a0aff62023-11-03T17:00:51ZengWileyGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems1525-20272022-09-01239n/an/a10.1029/2022GC010556Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia ConvergenceXinxin Sun0Yabo Tong1Zhenyu Yang2Junling Pei3Zongwen Pu4Lifu Hou5Shuchen Jin6Zijian Zhang7Xinyue Li8College of Resource, Environment and Tourism Capital Normal University Beijing ChinaInstitute of Geomechanics Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Beijing ChinaCollege of Resource, Environment and Tourism Capital Normal University Beijing ChinaInstitute of Geomechanics Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Beijing ChinaInstitute of Geomechanics Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Beijing ChinaInstitute of Geomechanics Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Beijing ChinaCollege of Resource, Environment and Tourism Capital Normal University Beijing ChinaCollege of Resource, Environment and Tourism Capital Normal University Beijing ChinaCollege of Resource, Environment and Tourism Capital Normal University Beijing ChinaAbstract The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau is interpreted in terms of two alterative dynamic mechanisms: lateral extrusion of coherent lithospheric blocks and viscous lower crustal flow. To contribute to this debate, we conducted a magnetostratigraphic study of the Early Miocene sedimentary strata of the Gengma Basin, in the northern part of the Shan‐Thai Block (STB). The results show that variations in the deposition rate were synchronous with the rate of clockwise rotation during ∼18.05–15.93 Ma, indicating that the crustal clockwise rotation of the northern STB was the driver of the tectonic transformation of the NE‐SW trending strike‐slip system within the STB by at least ∼18.05 Ma. The rapid decrease in the clockwise rotational rate of the Gengma Basin was also synchronous with the sharp decrease in the convergence rate between the Indian Plate (IDP) and Eurasia at ∼17.23 Ma, which is similar to that occurred in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau during the Paleocene and Eocene, demonstrating the fast response of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau to the convergence of the IDP and Eurasia, in the form of the continuous upper crustal ductile deformation of the Tibetan Plateau and its periphery. The lateral flow of the viscous lower crust beneath the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau may be the predominant driver of the tectonic evolution of the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau since the Early Miocene.https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010556southeastern edge of the Tibetan plateauShan‐Thai BlockmagnetostratigraphyEarly Miocenecrustal clockwise rotationlower crustal flow |
| spellingShingle | Xinxin Sun Yabo Tong Zhenyu Yang Junling Pei Zongwen Pu Lifu Hou Shuchen Jin Zijian Zhang Xinyue Li Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems southeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau Shan‐Thai Block magnetostratigraphy Early Miocene crustal clockwise rotation lower crustal flow |
| title | Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence |
| title_full | Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence |
| title_fullStr | Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence |
| title_short | Magnetostratigraphic Evidence From the Gengma Basin for the Fast Response of the Crustal Rotation of the Northern Part of the Shan‐Thai Block to the India‐Eurasia Convergence |
| title_sort | magnetostratigraphic evidence from the gengma basin for the fast response of the crustal rotation of the northern part of the shan thai block to the india eurasia convergence |
| topic | southeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau Shan‐Thai Block magnetostratigraphy Early Miocene crustal clockwise rotation lower crustal flow |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010556 |
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