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Late Jurassic Margin of Laurasia–A Record of Faulting Accommodating Plate Rotation

GSA Special Papers

Late Jurassic Margin of Laurasia–A Record of Faulting Accommodating Plate Rotation

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Geological Society of America

Volume

513

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE513

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© 2015 Geological Society of America

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ISBN print:

9780813725130

Publication date:

December 01, 2015

Book Chapter

Tectonic transformations in the north of eastern China during 170–150 Ma: Causal linkage to the rapid formation of the paleo–Pacific plate

Author(s)

Yu Wang

Institute of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

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Liyun Zhou

Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

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Lijun Zhao

Tianjin Institute of Geology and Resources, Tianjin 300170, China

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Tim Cope

Department of Geosciences, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana 46135, USA

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Jian Liu

Institute of Geologic Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

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Doi:

https://doi.org/10.1130/2015.2513(18)

Published:

December 01, 2015

A transformation in the tectonic regime affected the continental crust of eastern China during the Middle–Late Jurassic period by changing tectonic trends from E-W to NE and then NNE. The Mesozoic Yanshan tectonic belt in northern China has a distinctive three-segment geometry. This includes a segment south and west of Beijing with a NE trend, a central E-W segment near and east of Beijing, and a NNE-trending segment farther to the east. Field investigations of Mesozoic thrust faults and folds, granitic intrusions and dikes, combined with zircon sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) and laser-ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) dating, constrain...

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