Sedimentary evolution of the Qiangtang Basin

WANG Jian; FU Xiugen

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WANG Jian, FU Xiugen. Sedimentary evolution of the Qiangtang Basin[J]. GEOLOGY IN CHINA, 2018, 45(2): 237-259. DOI: 10.12029/gc20180203

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WANG Jian, FU Xiugen. Sedimentary evolution of the Qiangtang Basin[J]. GEOLOGY IN CHINA, 2018, 45(2): 237-259. DOI: 10.12029/gc20180203

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WANG Jian, FU Xiugen. Sedimentary evolution of the Qiangtang Basin[J]. GEOLOGY IN CHINA, 2018, 45(2): 237-259. DOI: 10.12029/gc20180203

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Sedimentary evolution of the Qiangtang Basin

Chengdu Center of China Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan, China; Key Laboratory for Sedimentary Basin and Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Land and Resources, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China"Research on the Middle-late Proterozoic Overlapped Interface Properties and Basin Conversion Process on the Southeast Margin of Yangzi" 41672112

Programs from China Geological Survey"Oil and Gas Strategic Survey in the Jinxinghu-Longeni Area of the Qiangtang Basin" DD20160159

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WANG Jian, male, born in 1962, senior researcher, engages in the study of sedimentary geology and petroleum geology; E-mail: w1962jian@163.com
Received Date: February 27, 2018
Revised Date: March 25, 2018
Available Online: September 25, 2023

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The Qiangtang Basin is located between the Hoh Xil-Jinsha River suture zone and the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone. Its sedimentary evolution is of great significance for understanding the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys and Meso-Tethys Oceans. In this study, the authors established the sedimentary evolution mode of the Mesozoic basin (T₃-K₁) based on the sedimentary sequences, lithofacies paleogeography, analysis of sedimentary basin, and the latest research results of chronostratigraphy, and then discussed the relationship between the evolution of the Qiangtang Basin and the closure of the PaleoTethys Ocean as well as the opening of the Meso-Tethys Ocean. The Mesozoic (T₃-K₁) Qiangtang Basin was affected by the diluvial-alluvial facies sedimentary overlap. The sedimentary sequence has undergone an evolution from diluvial-alluvial facies, lacustrine to coastal and shallow-seas facies, which shows a deepening upward transgressive sequence. It can be divided into three typical sedimentary overlap types and five major stages of sedimentary evolution sequence. The Mesozoic Qiangtang Basin is a superimposed basin that evolved from foreland basin into rift basin, then into passive continental marginal basin, and finally into an active continental marginal basin through shrinking and vanishing. The closure of the Early-Middle Triassic foreland basin for the Qiangtang Basin was related to the closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean basin. The evolution of Mesozoic (T₃-K₁) Qiangtang Basin was restricted by the rapid opening and closing of the Meso-Tethys Tethys Ocean basin.
- Tethys Ocean,
- Qiangtang Basin,
- sedimentary evolution,
- lithofacies paleogeography

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