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New paleomagnetic evidences of paleogene tectonic rotation of the Qaidam Basin and adjacent region: mechanism and its tectonic implication

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In order to better understand the tectonic evolution of the Qaidam Basin. The authors carried out a paleomagnetic study on 39 samples of 7 sites from Hongsanhan section, northwest Qaidam Basin. Stepwise thermo-demagnetization isolated a high-temperature component (HTC), which passes the fold and reversal tests at 95% confidence level. It suggests that the HTC should be primary. Unblocking temperature (about 685℃) and the experiment of isothermal remanence indicate that hematite is the mainly carrier of the remanence. A tilt-corrected mean direction is: Ds=7.1°, Is=38.5°, α95=7.4°. Corresponding to a palaeopole at, φ=250.1°E, λ=72.0°N, A95=6.8°, Compared with the reference APWP of Eurasia, the sampling area occurred a non-significant rotation (3.4°±5.5°) relative to Eurasia since Eocene due to the affect of left-lateral Altyn fault, Based on the paleomagnetic results of early Cretaceous and Teritary within the Qaidam block, we can obtained the mean clockwise rotations from the samples deposited from 160 Ma to 45 Ma is 24.5°±9.0°, and from 38 Ma to present is -0.5°±7.5° relative to present geomagnetism respectively. During the Mid Eocene (45~38 Ma) rotation phase, there should existing an important early tectonic event in northern part of the present-day Tibetan Plateau, which probably represents one of large-scale strike-slip events of the Altyn strike-slip fault.

Qaidam BasinTibetan PlateauPaleomagnetismEoceneAltyn strike-slip Fault

Weimin Li、Yongjiang Liu、Zhiming Sun、Xiaohong Ge、Shoumai Ren、Junling Pei、Sihua Yuang、Xinzhuan Guo

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College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, Jilin, China

Laboratory of Paleomagnetism, Institute of Geomechanics, CAGS, Beijing 100081, China

Strategic Research Center for Oil & Gas Resources, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100034, China

国家自然科学基金高等学校博士学科点专项科研项目

4057213520040183055

2006

世界地质(英文版)
吉林大学 东北亚国际地学研究与教学中心

世界地质(英文版)

影响因子:0.125
ISSN:1673-9736
年,卷(期):2006.9(1)
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