Paleomagnetic tests of tectonic reconstructions of the India-Asia collision zone
- Several solutions have been proposed to explain the long-standing kinematic observation that postcollisional upper crustal shortening within the Himalaya and Asia is much less than the magnitude of India-Asia convergence. Here we implement these hypotheses in global plate reconstructions and test paleolatitudes predicted by the global apparent polar wander path against independent, and the most robust paleomagnetic data. Our tests demonstrate that (1) reconstructed 600-750km postcollisional intra-Asian shortening is a minimum value; (2) a 52Ma collision age is only consistent with paleomagnetic data if intra-Asian shortening was 900km; a 56-58Ma collision age requires greater intra-Asian shortening; (3) collision ages of 34 or 65Ma incorrectly predict Late Cretaceous and Paleogene paleolatitudes of the Tibetan Himalaya (TH); and (4) Cretaceous counterclockwise rotation of India cannot explain the paleolatitudinal divergence between the TH and India. All hypotheses, regardless of collision age, require major Cretaceous extension withinSeveral solutions have been proposed to explain the long-standing kinematic observation that postcollisional upper crustal shortening within the Himalaya and Asia is much less than the magnitude of India-Asia convergence. Here we implement these hypotheses in global plate reconstructions and test paleolatitudes predicted by the global apparent polar wander path against independent, and the most robust paleomagnetic data. Our tests demonstrate that (1) reconstructed 600-750km postcollisional intra-Asian shortening is a minimum value; (2) a 52Ma collision age is only consistent with paleomagnetic data if intra-Asian shortening was 900km; a 56-58Ma collision age requires greater intra-Asian shortening; (3) collision ages of 34 or 65Ma incorrectly predict Late Cretaceous and Paleogene paleolatitudes of the Tibetan Himalaya (TH); and (4) Cretaceous counterclockwise rotation of India cannot explain the paleolatitudinal divergence between the TH and India. All hypotheses, regardless of collision age, require major Cretaceous extension within Greater India.…
Verfasserangaben: | Wentao Huang, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Peter C. Lippert, Zhaojie Guo, Guillaume Dupont-NivetORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063749 |
ISSN: | 0094-8276 |
ISSN: | 1944-8007 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Geophysical research letters |
Verlag: | American Geophysical Union |
Verlagsort: | Washington |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2015 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 27.03.2017 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | India-Asia collision; paleomagnetism; tectonic reconstruction |
Band: | 42 |
Ausgabe: | 8 |
Seitenanzahl: | 8 |
Erste Seite: | 2642 |
Letzte Seite: | 2649 |
Fördernde Institution: | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); VIDI [864.08.005]; DJJvH [864.11.004]; ERC [306810 (SINK)]; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; CIG "HIRESDAT"; U.S. National Science Foundation [EAR-1008527]; French ministry of foreign affairs; French ministry of higher education and research; Chinese Ministry of Education |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Name der Einrichtung zum Zeitpunkt der Publikation: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften |