Thermal and exhumation history of the Songnan Low Uplift, Qiongdongnan Basin: constraints from the apatite fission-track and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology

Xiaoyin Tang; Kaixun Zhang; Shuchun Yang; Shuai Guo; Xinyan Zhao; Zhizhao Bai

doi:10.1007/s13131-023-2253-z

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Xiaoyin Tang, Kaixun Zhang, Shuchun Yang, Shuai Guo, Xinyan Zhao, Zhizhao Bai. Thermal and exhumation history of the Songnan Low Uplift, Qiongdongnan Basin: constraints from the apatite fission-track and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 40-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2253-z

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Xiaoyin Tang, Kaixun Zhang, Shuchun Yang, Shuai Guo, Xinyan Zhao, Zhizhao Bai. Thermal and exhumation history of the Songnan Low Uplift, Qiongdongnan Basin: constraints from the apatite fission-track and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 40-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2253-z

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Xiaoyin Tang, Kaixun Zhang, Shuchun Yang, Shuai Guo, Xinyan Zhao, Zhizhao Bai. Thermal and exhumation history of the Songnan Low Uplift, Qiongdongnan Basin: constraints from the apatite fission-track and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(4): 40-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2253-z

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Thermal and exhumation history of the Songnan Low Uplift, Qiongdongnan Basin: constraints from the apatite fission-track and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology

doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2253-z

Xiaoyin Tang^{1, 2, 3
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Kaixun Zhang^{1, 2, 3
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Shuchun Yang⁴,
Shuai Guo⁴,
Xinyan Zhao^{1, 2, 3},
Zhizhao Bai⁴

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Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China
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Key Laboratory of Petroleum Geomechanics, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100081, China
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Research Center, Beijing 100028, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 42072181; the CNOOC Research Project "Resource Potential, Reservoir Formation Mechanism and Breakthrough Direction of Potential Oil-rich Depressions in Offshore Basins of China (YXKY-ZX 01 2021)".

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Corresponding author: E-mail: xytang2019@126.com; zhangkaixun@126.com
Received Date: 2023-07-04
Accepted Date: 2023-09-12

Available Online: 2023-10-16

Publish Date: 2024-04-01

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Abstract

Significant advancements have been made in the study of Mesozoic granite buried hills in the Songnan Low Uplift (SNLU) of the Qiongdongnan Basin. These findings indicate that the bedrock buried hills in this basin hold great potential for exploration. Borehole samples taken from the granite buried hills in the SNLU were analyzed using apatite fission track (AFT) and zircon (U-Th)/He data to unravel the thermal history of the basement rock. This information is crucial for understanding the processes of exhumation and alteration that occurred after its formation. Thermal modeling of a sample from the western bulge of the SNLU revealed a prolonged cooling event from the late Mesozoic to the Oligocene period (~80−23.8 Ma), followed by a heating stage from the Miocene epoch until the present (~23.8 Ma to present). In contrast, the sample from the eastern bulge experienced a more complex thermal history. It underwent two cooling stages during the late Mesozoic to late Eocene period (~80−36.4 Ma) and the late Oligocene period (~30−23.8 Ma), interspersed with two heating phases during the late Eocene to early Oligocene period (~36.4−30 Ma) and the Miocene epoch to recent times (~23.8−0 Ma), respectively. The differences in exhumation histories between the western and eastern bulges during the late Eocene to Oligocene period in the SNLU can likely be attributed to differences in fault activity. Unlike typical passive continental margin basins, the SNLU has experienced accelerated subsidence after the rifting phase, which began around 5.2 Ma ago. The possible mechanism for this abnormal post-rifting subsidence may be the decay or movement of the deep thermal source and the rapid cooling of the asthenosphere. Long-term and multi-episodic cooling and exhumation processes play a key role in the alteration of bedrock and contribute to the formation of reservoirs. On the other hand, rapid post-rifting subsidence (sedimentation) promotes the formation of cap rocks.
- granite buried hills,
- (U-Th)/He dating,
- fission-track dating,
- exhumation,
- Songnan Low Uplift

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