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Mesozoic-Cenozoic Exhumation History of the Bogda Range, Eastern Tianshan: Insights from Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology

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MINERALS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min13010071

Keywords

apatite fission track; thermochronology; exhumation history; Bogda; Tianshan

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This study uses apatite fission track data to investigate the exhumation history of the Bogda Range in the Eastern Tianshan. The results show that the Bogda experienced three episodes of cooling during the Late Triassic, Late Cretaceous, and Late Miocene, possibly related to its formation, tectonic extension in the central-eastern Asian regime during the Cretaceous, and the India-Eurasia collision since the beginning of the Cenozoic.
The Bogda Range (hereafter referred to as the Bogda) is located in the Eastern Tianshan. Interpreting its tectono-thermal history is critical to understanding the intra-continental evolution of the Tianshan. In this study, we report new apatite fission track data from the late Paleozoic-Mesozoic sedimentary rocks in the northern Bogda and the Late Paleozoic granites in the southern Bogda to investigate the exhumation history of the Bogda. Apatite fission track ages dominantly range from the Jurassic to earliest Cenozoic (similar to 143-61 Ma), except for one siliciclastic sample from the Early Permian strata with an older age of similar to 251 Ma. Thermal history modeling, together with detrital apatite fission track age peaks, reveal that the Bogda underwent three episodes of cooling during the Late Triassic, the Late Cretaceous, and the Late Miocene. The Late Triassic rapid cooling may represent the initial building of the Bogda, which is probably related to the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. During the Late Cretaceous, the Bogda may have experienced a moderate exhumation, which was possibly triggered by the extensive tectonic extension in the central-eastern Asian regime during the Cretaceous. The Late Miocene rapid cooling may be a response to the rapid uplift of the whole Tianshan, due to the far-field effect of the continuous India-Eurasia collision since the beginning of the Cenozoic.

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