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Mesozoic exhumation of the Jueluotage area, Eastern Tianshan, NW China: constraints from (U–Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2021

Jingbo Sun*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing100037, China Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, PR China
Wen Chen
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing100037, China
Kezhang Qin
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, PR China
Martin Danišík
Affiliation:
John de Laeter Centre/School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA6845, Australia
Noreen J. Evans
Affiliation:
John de Laeter Centre/School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA6845, Australia
Brent I. A. McInnes
Affiliation:
John de Laeter Centre/School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA6845, Australia
Ze Shen
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing100037, China
Shuangfeng Zhao
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing100037, China
Bin Zhang
Affiliation:
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, PR China
Jiyuan Yin
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing100037, China
Ni Tao
Affiliation:
School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University, and Key Laboratory of Western Mineral Resources and Geological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Xi’an710054, China
*
Author for correspondence: Jingbo Sun, Email: jingbo95003@126.com

Abstract

The Jueluotage area, which is located in the southern branch of the Eastern Tianshan and northeast of the Tarim Basin, represents a vital locality for investigating intracontinental reactivation induced by the tectonic events at the Eurasian plate margin. This study applies zircon and apatite (U–Th)/He and apatite fission-track thermochronology to the Jueluotage area in the Eastern Tianshan. Our data and thermal history modelling show that the Jueluotage area experienced Triassic–Early Jurassic (˜240–180 Ma) cooling, reflecting the closure of the North Tianshan Ocean and subsequent far-field effects of collision/accretion of the Qiangtang Block and Kunlun terrane. Following this period of fast cooling, a differential exhumation process occurred between the various tectonic belts in the Jueluotage area. The Aqishan–Yamansu belt was exposed at the surface during the Triassic–Early Jurassic cooling phase and experienced subsequent burial, which continued until Early Cretaceous time when a pulse of exhumation occurred. However, the major fault zones (Kanggurtag ductile shear zone and Aqikkuduk Fault) and Central Tianshan arc have remained tectonically stable since Early Jurassic time. No Cenozoic rapid cooling was recorded by the low-temperature thermochronology results in this study, indicating that much of the Jueluotage area was exhumed to the upper crust in the late Mesozoic period.

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