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TECTONICS
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2020TC006520
Keywords
finite strain; inclination error; Lhasa terrane; magnetic fabric; paleomagnetism
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41774074, 92055205]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) [2019QZKK0703]
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Bian et al. (2020) studied the paleomagnetism of Late Cretaceous redbeds in the Lhasa terrane and summarized published data, but their interpretations conflict with known geology, highlighting the need for more rigorous structural corrections and evaluation.
Bian et al. (2020, ) recently studied the paleomagnetism of the Late Cretaceous redbeds and summarized all the published paleomagnetic data obtained from the Lhasa terrane. A total of 25 poles from western and central-eastern Lhasa terrane were collectively analyzed, of which they concluded 21 poles are reliable. These filtered directions, corrected for tilt and depositional biases following Tong et al. (2019, ), were then used to reconstruct the paleoposition and shape of the southern margin of the Asian continent. However, some of Bian et al.'s (2020, ) interpretations are in conflict with the known geology of the Lhasa terrane. We argue that they have not applied the appropriate structural corrections to their data. The magnetic directions need to be corrected for a plunging fold axis and evaluated more thoroughly for post-depositional strain. We recommend the data as presented in Bian et al. (2020, ) should not be used for paleogeographic reconstructions. Moreover, cautions need to be given when applying paleomagnetic data with anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility analysis showing pencil structure to the deformational fabric to paleogeographic reconstructions.
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