Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin
Abstract Researchers have long suspected a source‐to‐sink link between the Yangtze Block (and/or North China Block) and Eocene‐Miocene passive margin strata in Taiwan, and various models have been proposed to explain similarities in provenance and the presence of Archean grains. The East China Sea S...
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| description | Abstract Researchers have long suspected a source‐to‐sink link between the Yangtze Block (and/or North China Block) and Eocene‐Miocene passive margin strata in Taiwan, and various models have been proposed to explain similarities in provenance and the presence of Archean grains. The East China Sea Shelf Basin, whose evolution has been neglected in most models, resides between potential mainland China source regions and the sediment sink in Taiwan, and occupies the corridor through which sediment would have been transported. Here we present 378 new concordant detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Oligocene Huagang formation in the Xihu Sag, eastern East China Sea Shelf Basin. We also present a compilation of published detrital zircon data from major rivers across mainland China to evaluate potential sediment source regions. Detrital zircons in the Huagang formation range in age from 33 ± 0.4 to 2842 ± 43 Ma, with major clusters at 100–300 and 1,600–2,200 Ma and small early‐middle Paleozoic, Neoproterozoic, and Paleoproterozoic to Archean peaks. Visual and statistical comparison of age distributions suggest close relationships between the Min River and Eocene–Oligocene samples from western Taiwan and between the Oligocene Huagang formation and Miocene strata in western Taiwan. Combined with the tectonic and depositional evolution of the region, these observations suggest that Eocene–Oligocene sediments in Taiwan were mainly sourced from the Min River or similar drainage in the Cathaysia Block. However, the similarities between the Huagang formation and Miocene strata are best explained by reworking of the Oligocene sediment in the Xihu Sag and transportation to western Taiwain during Miocene tectonic inversion of the East China Sea Shelf Basin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a88c4e136d7f4b2eb2988dc4b261d5212023-09-14T11:39:59ZengWileyGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems1525-20272018-10-0119103673368810.1029/2018GC007576Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf BasinWei Wang0Tandis Bidgoli1Xianghua Yang2Jiaren Ye3Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaKansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence KS USAKey Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaKey Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaAbstract Researchers have long suspected a source‐to‐sink link between the Yangtze Block (and/or North China Block) and Eocene‐Miocene passive margin strata in Taiwan, and various models have been proposed to explain similarities in provenance and the presence of Archean grains. The East China Sea Shelf Basin, whose evolution has been neglected in most models, resides between potential mainland China source regions and the sediment sink in Taiwan, and occupies the corridor through which sediment would have been transported. Here we present 378 new concordant detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Oligocene Huagang formation in the Xihu Sag, eastern East China Sea Shelf Basin. We also present a compilation of published detrital zircon data from major rivers across mainland China to evaluate potential sediment source regions. Detrital zircons in the Huagang formation range in age from 33 ± 0.4 to 2842 ± 43 Ma, with major clusters at 100–300 and 1,600–2,200 Ma and small early‐middle Paleozoic, Neoproterozoic, and Paleoproterozoic to Archean peaks. Visual and statistical comparison of age distributions suggest close relationships between the Min River and Eocene–Oligocene samples from western Taiwan and between the Oligocene Huagang formation and Miocene strata in western Taiwan. Combined with the tectonic and depositional evolution of the region, these observations suggest that Eocene–Oligocene sediments in Taiwan were mainly sourced from the Min River or similar drainage in the Cathaysia Block. However, the similarities between the Huagang formation and Miocene strata are best explained by reworking of the Oligocene sediment in the Xihu Sag and transportation to western Taiwain during Miocene tectonic inversion of the East China Sea Shelf Basin.https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007576U–PbYangtzewestern foothillsHsuehshan rangemultidimensional scaling |
| spellingShingle | Wei Wang Tandis Bidgoli Xianghua Yang Jiaren Ye Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems U–Pb Yangtze western foothills Hsuehshan range multidimensional scaling |
| title | Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin |
| title_full | Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin |
| title_fullStr | Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin |
| title_short | Source‐To‐Sink Links Between East Asia and Taiwan From Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Oligocene Huagang Formation in the East China Sea Shelf Basin |
| title_sort | source to sink links between east asia and taiwan from detrital zircon geochronology of the oligocene huagang formation in the east china sea shelf basin |
| topic | U–Pb Yangtze western foothills Hsuehshan range multidimensional scaling |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007576 |
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