Abstract
The Daqingshan thrust system, to the south of the Shiguai Mesozoic basin, is a complex system of top-to-the-north thrusting tectonic sheets. The thrust system has a complicated evolution due to multi-stage thrusting. In order to date the thrusting events, syntectonic muscovite and biotite grains are respectively analyzed with normal40Ar/39Ar dating and laser40Ar/39Ar dating, which yield 2 isochron ages, i.e. 193.74 ± 3.88 Ma and 121.6 ± 1.6 Ma. These ages suggest that faults within the Daqingshan thrust system formed during 2 stages of thrusting, one the early Indosinian and the other the late Yanshanian. The isotopic dating is consistent with field geological relations. Indosinan deformation is evidenced by top-to-the-north thrusting, with the occurrence of a series of large-scale east-west trending thrust faults and folds, while the Yanshanian thrusting is characterized by top-to-the-NNW thrusting. It is superposed on and modifies early Indosinian thrust faults.
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Liu, Z., Xu, Z. & Yang, Z. 40Ar/39Ar dating of Daqingshan thrust. Chin. Sci. Bull. 48, 2734–2738 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901766
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