期刊
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 543, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116312
关键词
SE Tibetan Plateau; clumped isotope; paleoelevation; Eocene; intracontinental subduction
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41941016, 41661134049, 41490615]
- National Key Research and Development Project of China [2016YFC0600303]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Strategic Priority Research Program [XDA20070301]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program [2019QZKK0708]
- Natural Environment Research Council of the UK [NE/P013805/1, NE/K014757/1, NE/I005722/1, NE/I005714/1]
- NERC [NE/K014757/1, NE/I005714/1, NE/P013805/1, NE/I005722/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Views differ on the uplift history of the SE Tibetan Plateau and causal geodynamic mechanisms, yet reliable age-constrained paleoaltimetry in this region could test growth models of the entire plateau. Here we apply carbonate clumped isotope thermometry to well-dated carbonate paleosols and marls in the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet, to reveal the topographic evolution of the basin. The sedimentary ages of carbonates of the lower and upper Ranmugou Formation are constrained to 54-50 Ma and 44-40 Ma, respectively. The temperature derived from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry indicates the mean annual air temperature (MAAT) of the Gonjo Basin in the early Eocene was similar to 24 degrees C, which is consistent with the warm climate indicated by palm fossils. The MAAT of the basin in the middle Eocene was similar to 7 degrees C, 17 degrees C cooler than in the early Eocene. Carbonate clumped oxygen isotope thermometry-based paleoaltimetry shows the Gonjo Basin experienced a rapid uplift of 3.1 km, from similar to 0.7 km in the early Eocene to similar to 3.8 km in the middle Eocene. This rise explains the marked cooling. As a cause of this rapid rise, and the associated regional climate change transforming the landscape from desert to forest, we invoke crustal deformation and thickening induced by intracontinental subduction between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes that comprise the core of the Tibet. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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