Shen, X;
Tian, Y;
Li, D;
Qin, S;
Vermeesch, P;
Schwanethal, J;
(2016)
Oligocene-Early Miocene river incision near the first bend of the Yangze River: Insights from apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronology.
Tectonophysics
, 687
pp. 223-231.
10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.006.
Preview |
Text
Vermeesch_MS_revised.pdf - Accepted Version Download (5MB) | Preview |
Abstract
The southeastern Tibetan Plateau is deeply incised by three parallel rivers, the Salween, the Mekong and the Yangtze. The river incision and surface uplift histories of this landscape are hotly debated. This study presents bedrock apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He data from a ~ 1800 m vertical profile, located near the first bend of the Yangtze River. Ages range from 20 to 30 Ma, indicating an Oligocene-Early Miocene phase of moderate river incision at a rate of ~ 0.10–0.18 mm/yr. This is considerably older than elsewhere in the region, but consistent with a previously proposed phase of Eocene surface uplift inferred from stable isotope geochemistry. We consider the implications of the new data under two different tectonic models. If the surface uplift and river incision resulted from lower crustal flow, the new results require such flow to have commenced at Oligocene-Early Miocene time rather than during the previously proposed Late Miocene. Alternatively, Oligocene to Early Miocene plateau growth might have resulted from transpressional deformation in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Oligocene-Early Miocene river incision near the first bend of the Yangze River: Insights from apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.006 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | River incision; Thermochronology; Tibetan plateau; Yangtze River; (U-Th-Sm)/He; Landscape evolution |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529025 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
