Editorial Material
Geography, Physical
Junsheng Nie, Chunhui Song, Jinbo Zan, Yougui Song
Summary: This special issue delves into the paleoclimate history and driving mechanisms of Central Asia. Divided into two volumes, the papers mainly focus on climate and environmental reconstructions in the Westerlies-dominated core area of Central Asia, as well as the tectonic-orbital timescale climate evolution of northwest China and the deformation history of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Xin Li, Yun Chen, Xiaobo Tian, Shaozhuo Liu
Summary: The Yinchuan-Jilantai rift system in western North China has a prominent intracontinental rift zone, where the lithospheric electrical structure has been altered by heat and volatiles, resulting in changes in the crust and uppermost mantle. Compared to the Shanxi rift system along the eastern margin of the Ordos Block, the Yinchuan-Jilantai rift system has undergone a larger extent of lithospheric modification.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nurul Afifah Mohd Radzir, Che Aziz Ali, Kamal Roslan Mohamed
Summary: This study examines the sedimentary outcrops of the Crocker Formation in northwest Sabah through geological mapping, field observations, and sedimentological analysis. The study area consists of lobes, channel-levee complexes, and levees formed in a deep-water basin setting.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Feng Cheng, Marc Jolivet, Zhaojie Guo, Lin Wang, Changhao Zhang, Xiangzhong Li
Summary: The Qaidam basin, as the largest depression in the Tibetan plateau, contains over 10 km thick of Cenozoic sediments that provide a unique record of the evolution of the northern part of the Tibetan plateau. Despite controversies surrounding the basin's evolution, a comprehensive review of structural geology, sedimentology, geochronology, and geophysics data has led to a holistic view of the Cenozoic evolution of the basin, emphasizing the interplay between tectonics and climate. Key findings include the development of basement-involved faults, the Neogene initiation of strike-slip faulting, and the role of the Eastern Kunlun Shan in controlling sediment sources and basin partitioning.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Laszlo Kocsis, Antonino Briguglio, Anna Cipriani, Gianluca Frijia, Torsten Vennemann, Claudia Baumgartner, Amajida Roslim
Summary: Neogene marine deposits in North Borneo contain abundant fossils that provide insights into past biodiversity. Strontium isotope stratigraphy is used to obtain more precise relative dating, and most measured ages are consistent with existing chronostratigraphic framework. However, some age results challenge current stratigraphic studies and require further research and revision.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Yiming Ma, Qiang Wang, Tianshui Yang, Quan Ou, Xiuzheng Zhang, Wei Dan, Shihong Zhang, Huaichun Wu, Haiyan Li, Liwan Cao, Jun Wang, Di Zou, Huapei Wang
Summary: The Cenozoic crustal deformation of the Asian continent is constrained by the location of its southern margin in the Late Cretaceous, which aligns with its present-day orientation. Paleomagnetic analysis of redbeds in the Linzhou Basin indicates a convergence of latitudes within Asia since the Late Cretaceous.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yang Wang, Yan Gao, Chris K. K. Morley, Erin G. G. Seagren, Xin Qian, Jeremy M. M. Rimando, Peizhen Zhang, Yuejun Wang
Summary: In this study, low-temperature thermochronology was used to measure the cooling histories of rocks within and outside of the Sumatran fault. It was found that accelerated exhumation within the fault zone began around 2 million years ago and the Barisan Mountains experienced uplift and river incision in the late Miocene to Pliocene. The fault systems in the forearc region were linked to the Andaman Sea and Sunda Strait and played a role in early plate convergence before the strike-slip component of deformation shifted to the Sumatran fault.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qiang Shu, Zhijun Zhao, Yifei Zhao, Ye Chen, Maoheng Zhang
Summary: The study on the Subei Basin reveals significant changes in the river system, with the Yangtze and Huai Rivers flowing through the area at different times. The formation of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River may have occurred earlier than previously thought, based on sediment analysis in the XH-2 borehole.
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Rory D. Cottrell, Richard K. Bono, James E. T. Channell, Hans-Peter Bunge, John A. Tarduno
Summary: This study reanalyzes paleomagnetic data and finds an unrecognized secondary magnetization effect that affects previous views on true polar wander. The researchers suggest that previous biased directions were caused by artifacts and probable tectonic rotations, and therefore, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about past true polar wander on Earth.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Liang Gao, Yue Zhao, Zhenyu Yang, Junling Pei, Shuan-Hong Zhang, Xiaochun Liu, Yabo Tong, Jian-Min Liu, Joaquin Bastias
Summary: Plate reconstructions of the Antarctic Peninsula show its rotation and spatio-temporal history of magmatism since 90 Ma, using a combination of paleomagnetic data and geological evidence. It is found that the convergence variation between the Phoenix Plate and Antarctic Peninsula, as well as the back-arc extension of the Scotia Plate, correlate with five different plate rotation periods. The initiation of the South Sandwich subduction zone and the separation between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America can be explained by clockwise rotation of the Antarctic Peninsula starting at around 80 and 62 Ma, respectively.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Muhammad Jamil, Numair Ahmed Siddiqui, Abdul Hadi Bin Abd Rahman, Noor Azahar Ibrahim, Mohd Suhaili Bin Ismail, Nisar Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Zain Gul, Qazi Sohail Imran
Summary: This study presents a conceptual model for the characterization of deep-marine siliciclastic complex deposition, focusing on the integrated submarine fan and lobe architecture. By examining the West Crocker Formation of Sabah in northwest Borneo at a multiscale level, the study highlights the facies heterogeneity and distribution of various lobe elements. The lithological characteristics, bed geometry, sedimentary textures, and structures of individual beds were used to categorize rock units into different sedimentary lithofacies for the characterization of potential hydrocarbon intervals in deep-marine sand-shale systems worldwide.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Chengshi Gan, Xin Qian, Yuejun Wang, Qinglai Feng, Yuzhi Zhang, Junaidi Bin Asis
Summary: This study provides detailed insights into the late Cretaceous granitoids in the Kuching zone of Borneo through geochronology and geochemical analyses. Two episodes of Cretaceous magmatic activities are identified, suggesting the Kuching zone's connection to the Paleo-Pacific subduction system and its similarity to South China and Vietnam.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Wenjun Bi, Yalin Li, Peter J. J. Kamp, Ganqing Xu, Jiawei Zhang, Zhongpeng Han, Lintao Du, Chengshan Wang, Haiyang He, Tiankun Xu, Zining Ma
Summary: Understanding the growth process and dynamic mechanism of the Qiangtang terrane is crucial for comprehending the geological evolution of Central Tibet. New fission track data obtained in this study, combined with previous research, reveal the cooling stages and tectonic events experienced by the Qiangtang terrane. The results show a northward younging trend during the Late Cretaceous, indicating northward exhumation. The data also suggest that the Qiangtang terrane underwent three main cooling stages before becoming a primitive plateau.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
L. A. Velderrain-Rojas, J. R. Vidal-Solano, L. M. Alva-Valdivia
Summary: By analyzing the rock magnetic properties of the magmatic products in Cerro El Vigia, Sonora, Mexico, this study reveals the oblique divergence evolution along the eastern margin of the Gulf of California during the late Miocene. The results suggest that the semicircular geomorphology of Cerro El Vigia has a tectonic origin and is related to the right-lateral transtensional tectonics during the late Miocene.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
M. James Aldrich
Summary: The Olympic subduction complex in Washington State has competing models for the uplift of the mountains - one involving margin-normal deformation and underplating, and the other involving margin-parallel deformation from the rotation and movement of nearby blocks. New evidence of north-south shortening in the Coastal Olympic subduction complex supports the block rotation model and indicates that margin-parallel deformation has significantly contributed to the uplift of the Olympic Mountains.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2021)