Magnetostratigraphy of Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene Deposits in the Xunhua Basin on the Tibet Plateau, China, and Their Paleoclimate Significance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Setting and Section Lithology
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Magnetostratigraphy
4.2. Magnetic Susceptibility
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
- (1)
- Magnetostratigraphy results show that the Cenozoic sedimentary sequence of the Xunhua Basin in the northeastern margin of the Tibet Plateau records a continuous geomagnetic polarity sequence from C5ACn to C10r. Therefore, the interval span of this section is 30–14.3 Ma from the early Oligocene to the middle Miocene.
- (2)
- The enhancement events of the East Asian summer monsoon at approximately 27 Ma and 15 Ma are mainly controlled by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. The East Asian summer monsoon is mainly controlled by global temperature in 30~14.3 Ma.
- (3)
- Rock magnetic analysis reveals that the reason for the increase in magnetic susceptibility of sediments is because of the increase in superparamagnetic particles caused by soil formation and the input of near-source magnetic materials resulted in the uplift of mountains around the Xunhua basin, while the plateau expanded to the northeast. The climate in this area is controlled by the combination of the global temperature and the Plateau uplift.
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Li, P.; Fu, C.; Saimaiti, A.; Chang, H.; Tian, J.; Chen, L.; Qiang, X. Magnetostratigraphy of Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene Deposits in the Xunhua Basin on the Tibet Plateau, China, and Their Paleoclimate Significance. Minerals 2023, 13, 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050671
Li P, Fu C, Saimaiti A, Chang H, Tian J, Chen L, Qiang X. Magnetostratigraphy of Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene Deposits in the Xunhua Basin on the Tibet Plateau, China, and Their Paleoclimate Significance. Minerals. 2023; 13(5):671. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050671
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Pengfei, Chaofeng Fu, Akemu Saimaiti, Hong Chang, Ju’e Tian, Lin Chen, and Xiaoke Qiang. 2023. "Magnetostratigraphy of Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene Deposits in the Xunhua Basin on the Tibet Plateau, China, and Their Paleoclimate Significance" Minerals 13, no. 5: 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13050671