Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas

doi:10.1007/s11430-023-1303-2

	Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas
	Xi, Dangpeng 8; Li, Guobiao 8; Jiang, Shijun 7; Rao, Xin 6; Jiang, Tian 8; Wang, Tianyang 5; Qin, Zuohuan 8; Wang, Yasu 7; Jia, Jianzhong 4; Kamran, Muhammad 8
刊名	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
	2024-04-01
卷号	67 期号:4 页码:1229-1289
关键词	Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Tethys Cretaceous Stratigraphy Biota Paleogeography
ISSN号	1674-7313
DOI	10.1007/s11430-023-1303-2
通讯作者	Xi, Dangpeng(xdp1121@163.com) ; Wan, Xiaoqiao(wanxq@cugb.edu.cn)
英文摘要	The Cretaceous Period is a vital time interval in deciphering the evolutionary history of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the convergence of different plates and blocks across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. A detailed stratigraphic framework and paleogeographic patterns are the basis for understanding the evolution of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the formation of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Here, the Cretaceous stratigraphy, biota, paleogeography, and major geological events in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are analyzed to establish an integrative stratigraphic framework, reconstruct the paleogeography during the Cretaceous Period, and decode the history of the major geological events. The Cretaceous rocks of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding area are predominantly marine deposits, with a small amount of interbedded marine-terrestrial and terrestrial conponents. The Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo Suture Zone was responsible for the deposition of deep marine sediments dominated by ophiolite suites and radiolarian silicalite. To the south, the Tethys Himalayas and Indus Basin received marine sediments of varying depths and lithology; to the north, the Xigaze and Ladakh forearc basins are also filled with marine sediments. The Lhasa Block, Karakorum Block, western Tarim Basin, and West Burma block consist of shallow marine, interbedded marine-terrestrial, and terrestrial sediments. The Qiangtang Basin and other areas are dominated by terrestrial sedimentation. The Cretaceous strata of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas are widely distributed and diversified, with abundant foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils, radiolarians, ammonites, bivalves, and palynomorphs. On the basis of integrated lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic, geochronologic, and chemostratigraphic analyses, we proposed herein a comprehensive stratigraphic framework for the Cretaceous Period of the eastern Neo-Tethys. By analyzing the Cretaceous biota of different biogeographic zones from eastern Neo-Tethys and its surrounding areas, we reconstructed the paleobiogeography of different periods of eastern Neo-Tethys. The Cretaceous paleogeographic evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas can be divided into three phases: (1) gradual breakup of the Indian Plate from the Australia-Antarctica continent and the early collision phase of the Lhasa-Qiangtang blocks (145-125 Ma); (2) northward drift of the Indian Plate and the collision phase of the Lhasa-Qiangtang blocks (125-100 Ma); (3) rapid northward drift of the Indian Plate, formation of the Tarim-Tajik-Karakorum Bay, and early uplift of the Gangdise Mountains (100-66 Ma). The Indus-Tethys Himalayan biota underwent a transition from the cold-water type in the high latitudes of the southern hemisphere to the warm-water type near the equator from the Early Cretaceous to the Mid-Cretaceous. The biodiversity and abundance of the eastern Neo-Tethys Ocean increased gradually in the Early Cretaceous, peaking in the Mid-Cretaceous, and decreased sharply during the late Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian). Along with the northward drift of the Indian Plate and subduction of the Neo-Tethys, the eastern Neo-Tethys and its surrounding areas experienced a series of major geological events, including the formation of the large igneous province, oceanic anoxia events, and mass extinction, etc.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Project[2022YFF08008002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42272035] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42288201] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42072001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42272027] ; Second Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition[2019QZKK0706] ; The 111 Introduction Program[B20011] ; International Geological Comparison Program[IGCP679]
WOS关键词	OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT ; FORE-ARC BASIN ; YARLUNG-TSANGPO SUTURE ; SOUTHERN XIZANG TIBET ; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY ; RADIOLARIAN AGE CONSTRAINTS ; BANGONG-NUJIANG SUTURE ; INDIA-ASIA COLLISION ; SEA-LEVEL CHANGE ; PB ZIRCON AGES
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:001194883000001
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Project ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Second Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition ; The 111 Introduction Program ; International Geological Comparison Program
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43584]
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Xi, Dangpeng; Wan, Xiaoqiao
作者单位	1.China Geol Survey, Tianjin Geol Survey Ctr, Tianjin 300170, Peoples R China 2.Xizang Bur Geol & Mineral Explorat & Dev, Lhasa 850000, Peoples R China 3.Shanghai Sci & Technol Museum, Shanghai 200120, Peoples R China 4.China Natl Offshore Oil Corp Ltd, Beijing 100028, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, State Key Lab Tibetan Plateau Earth Syst Environm, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Paleontol, Key Lab Palaeobiol & Petr Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 7.Hohai Univ, Coll Oceanog, Nanjing 213200, Peoples R China 8.China Univ Geosci, State Key Lab Biogeol & Environm Geol, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xi, Dangpeng,Li, Guobiao,Jiang, Shijun,et al. Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2024,67(4):1229-1289.
APA	Xi, Dangpeng.,Li, Guobiao.,Jiang, Shijun.,Rao, Xin.,Jiang, Tian.,...&Wan, Xiaoqiao.(2024).Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,67(4),1229-1289.
MLA	Xi, Dangpeng,et al."Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 67.4(2024):1229-1289.