Journal article
Multi-stage exhumation history of the West Kunlun orogen and the amalgamation of the Tibetan Plateau
G Li, M Sandiford, A Fang, B Kohn, D Sandiford, B Fu, T Zhang, Y Cao, F Chen
Earth and Planetary Science Letters | ELSEVIER | Published : 2019
Abstract
The West Kunlun range, along the northwest margin of the Tibetan Plateau contains an important record of plateau formation and its northwards expansion. However, apart from the well-documented Miocene tectonism, its long-term history of exhumation/uplift remains enigmatic. Here we report an integrated low-temperature thermochronology study (apatite fission track and corresponding zircon (U-Th)/He) across a N-S transect through the West Kunlun range that reveals a prolonged low-temperature thermochronological record, characterized by a complex mosaic of thermal histories from the individual terrane elements during amalgamation to form the Tibetan Plateau. Our new data reveal two prominent coo..
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Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding for this research was provided by Australia Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA, DE120102245), IGGCAS Open Research Foundation (SKL-K201702) and NSFC (No. 41562007). The University of Melbourne thermochronology laboratory receives infrastructure support under the AuScope Program of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). We are grateful to Abaz Alimanovic for assistance with ZHe dating. We thank Ed Sobel and an anonymous reviewer for their very constructive comments on earlier versions of this work and An Yin for editorial handling.