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Sandstone composition of the Upper Jurassic Emuerhe Formation from the Mohe Basin, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2013

MING MING ZHANG ,
ZHAO JUN LIU ,
SHI FANG  and
QIU SHI SUN
MING MING ZHANG
Affiliation:
College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
ZHAO JUN LIU*
Affiliation:
College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
SHI FANG
Affiliation:
College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
QIU SHI SUN
Affiliation:
College of Earth Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
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*Author for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The sandstone composition analysis carried out on the samples from three different sections (western section, middle section and eastern section) of the Upper Jurassic Emuerhe Formation in the Mohe Basin, northeastern China, reveals that the Okhotsk orogenic belt and the Ergun massif basement are the source areas for the Emuerhe Formation. The source area of the western section and the A segment of the middle section is the Okhotsk orogenic belt. The tectonic attributes of the Okhotsk orogenic belt are those of a dissected arc. The transportation distance of clastic rocks from these sections gradually lengthened, and the uplift rate of the Okhotsk orogenic belt gradually increased. The source area of the eastern section and the B segment of the middle section is the Ergun massif basement. Compared with the Okhotsk orogenic belt, the tectonic attributes and uplift rate of the Ergun massif basement are different from the former. The attributes of the Ergun massif basement are those of basement uplift. The transportation distance of clastic rocks from the eastern section and the B segment of the middle section gradually shortened, and the uplift rate of the Ergun massif basement gradually decreased. These conclusions are consistent with the characteristics of a foreland basin. Thus, we can draw the conclusion that the Mohe Basin belongs to the foreland basin.

Keywords

Mohe BasinUpper JurassicEmuerhe Formationsandstone compositiontectonic implications
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Geological Magazine , Volume 151 , Issue 5 , September 2014 , pp. 850 - 863
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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