Upwelling Process of the Western Himalaya Mountains: Height and Velocity Estimation Evidenced by Formation and Evolution of the Zanda Basin, Tibet, China

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	Upwelling Process of the Western Himalaya Mountains: Height and Velocity Estimation Evidenced by Formation and Evolution of the Zanda Basin, Tibet, China
	Zhu, DG (Zhu Dagang); Meng, XG (Meng Xian'gang); Shao, ZG (Shao Zhaogang); Yang, CB (Yang Chaobin); Han, JE (Han Jian'en); Yu, J (Yu Jia); Meng, QW (Meng Qingwei); Lu, RP (Lue Rongping)
刊名	ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION
	2010
卷号	84 期号:2 页码:280-295
关键词	Zanda Basin Pliocene to Early Pleistocene basin evolution mountain upwelling Western Himalaya Mountains
ISSN号	1000-9515
英文摘要	Based on field geological survey, stratigraphic section measurement and indoor comprehensive investigation, the Zanda Basin's tectonic location in the Himalaya Plate was ascertained, and the formation and evolution of the Zanda Basin during the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene was classified as six stages (a) primary rift-faulting stage, (b) quick rift-faulting Stage, (c) intensive rift-faulting stage, (d) stasis stage, (e) secondary rift-faulting stage, and (f) secondary quick rift-faulting stage. Based on this six-staged formation-evolution theory of the Zanda Basin, the upwelling process of the Western Himalaya Mountains from the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene was classified as the following five stages (a) slow upwelling stage (5.4-4.4 Ma), (b) mid-velocity upwelling stage (4.4-3.5 Ma), (c) quick upwelling stage (3.5-3.2 Ma), (d) upwelling-ceasing stage (3.2-2.7 Ma), and (e) quick upwelling stage (2.7 Ma). Research has shown that in the duration from the Early Pliocene (4.7 Ma) to the End of Pliocene (2.67 Ma), which lasted 2.03 million years, the Himalaya Mountains had uplifted 1500 m at a velocity of 0.74 mm/a; this belongs to a mid-velocity upwelling. During the 1.31 million years in the Early Stage of the Early Pleistocene, the Himalaya Mountains had risen up another 1500 m at a velocity of 1.15 mm/a; this is a rather quick upwelling. All of these data have shown that the upwelling of the Western Himalaya Mountains is along a complicated process with multi-stages, multi-velocities, and non-uniformitarian features.
学科主题	构造地质学
WOS关键词	PLATEAU ; DEFORMATION ; HISTORY ; ESR
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY-BLACKWELL
WOS记录号	WOS:000275871500005
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.197/handle/2HKVOGP0/39222]
专题	中国地质调查局
作者单位	Bur Land & Resources, Lhasa 850000, Tibet, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu, DG ,Meng, XG ,Shao, ZG ,et al. Upwelling Process of the Western Himalaya Mountains: Height and Velocity Estimation Evidenced by Formation and Evolution of the Zanda Basin, Tibet, China[J]. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION,2010,84(2):280-295.
APA	Zhu, DG .,Meng, XG .,Shao, ZG .,Yang, CB .,Han, JE .,...&Lu, RP .(2010).Upwelling Process of the Western Himalaya Mountains: Height and Velocity Estimation Evidenced by Formation and Evolution of the Zanda Basin, Tibet, China.ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION,84(2),280-295.
MLA	Zhu, DG ,et al."Upwelling Process of the Western Himalaya Mountains: Height and Velocity Estimation Evidenced by Formation and Evolution of the Zanda Basin, Tibet, China".ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION 84.2(2010):280-295.