Journal
TECTONOPHYSICS
Volume 618, Issue -, Pages 67-78Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.031
Keywords
Paleomagnetism; Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Tectonic evolution; The Altyn Tagh Range; The Miocene
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Funding
- Chinese National Key Projects [2011CB403106]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41130312, 40721003, 41002053]
- China Geological Survey project [1212011121267]
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Despite receiving considerable attention, the nature and timing of Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Altyn Tagh Fault (AFT) remain highly debated. Here we conducted detailed magnetostratigraphy and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) studies on the Cenozoic Janggalsay section, southeast Tarim basin. Magnetostratigraphy indicates that the measured Janggalsay section spans a time interval of similar to 22-11 Ma The magnetic declination data suggest that the Janggalsay site has rotated significantly counterclockwise (17.2 degrees +/- 8.5 degrees) from similar to 22 to 17-15 Ma, while the rotation has terminated from 17-15 to 11 Ma. The results are consistent with a two-stage tectonic model for the ATF, with a phase of large magnitude strike-slip motion along the ATF from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and a second phase of lower amounts of strike-slip motion and more widespread contraction since the Middle Miocene. The AMS fabric data and sedimentology of the Janggalsay section likely indicate the rapid rock uplift of the Altyn Tagh Range since 16 Ma. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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