Thick Miocene eolian deposits on the Huajialing Mountains: The geomorphic evolution of the western Loess Plateau

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• 作者：Tao Zhan (1) (2)
  ZhengTang Guo (1)
  HaiBin Wu (1)
  JunYi Ge (1)
  Xin Zhou (1)
  ChunLin Wu (1) (2)
  FangMing Zeng (1) (2)
  
• 关键词：Miocene ; eolian deposits ; Huajialing ; Tibetan Plateau ; Cenozoic geomorphic evolution
• 刊名：Science China Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：February 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：54
• 期：2
• 页码：241-248
• 全文大小：767KB
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• 作者单位：Tao Zhan (1) (2)
  ZhengTang Guo (1)
  HaiBin Wu (1)
  JunYi Ge (1)
  Xin Zhou (1)
  ChunLin Wu (1) (2)
  FangMing Zeng (1) (2)
  
  1. Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
  
• ISSN：1869-1897

文摘

The geomorphic evolution of northwestern China during the Cenozoic has been a subject of much geological interest because of its link with the uplift of the Himalayan-Tibetan complex. Much information about these changes is recoverable from the sedimentary sequences of the region. We report here on the thick eolian deposits mantling the Huajialing Mountains, a relatively flat mountain range in the western Loess Plateau. Correlation of magnetic susceptibility stratigraphy with the QA-I Miocene eolian sequence dates a 134.7 m section (NL-VII) for the interval from 18.7 to 11.8 Ma, as confirmed by micromammalian fossils. These eolian deposits demonstrate a much wider distribution of the Miocene eolian deposits, and also indicate that the topography contrasts in the western Loess Plateau, including the uplifts of the Huajialing Mountains and the bedrock highlands in the Qinan region, were formed by the early Miocene. The near-continuous Miocene eolian sequence from 18.7 to 11.8 Ma indicates that the substratum of Huajialing had not experienced any intense tectonic changes during this time interval, which suggests further, the relative tectonic stability of the nearby Tibetan Plateau.