Intraplate processes,such as continental surface uplift and intraplate volcanism,are enigmatic and the underlying mechanisms responsible are not fully understood.Central Mongolia is an ideal natural laboratory for stu...Intraplate processes,such as continental surface uplift and intraplate volcanism,are enigmatic and the underlying mechanisms responsible are not fully understood.Central Mongolia is an ideal natural laboratory for studying such processes because of its location in the continental interior far from tectonic plate boundaries.展开更多
Numerical simulation approaches have been widely applied to study mining induced subsidence,and they are potential methods to study the flooding induced uplift for abandoned mines.This paper gives an overview about di...Numerical simulation approaches have been widely applied to study mining induced subsidence,and they are potential methods to study the flooding induced uplift for abandoned mines.This paper gives an overview about different numerical approaches to simulate uplift induced by flooding abandoned underground mines,including three different hydraulic conditions,considering both unconfined and confined water conditions.Four basic simulation schemes using 1-dimensional rock column models verified by analytical solutions demonstrate these procedures.The results reveal that flooding induced uplift is mainly related to the pore pressure in the mine goaf.The parameter study documents that height and stiffness of the mine goaf have the strongest influence on maximum surface uplift.展开更多
Based on field landscape investigations, thermoluminescence (TL), magnetostratigraphy and Ioess-paleosol sequence, we found that there are at least four Yellow River terraces, whose ages are 0.86 Ma, 0.62 Ma, 0.13 M...Based on field landscape investigations, thermoluminescence (TL), magnetostratigraphy and Ioess-paleosol sequence, we found that there are at least four Yellow River terraces, whose ages are 0.86 Ma, 0.62 Ma, 0.13 Ma and 0.05 Ma, in Yuxi Fault-Uplift (from Sanmen Gorge to Mengjin) and at least three Yellow River terraces, whose ages are 1.24 Ma, 0.25 Ma and 0.05 Ma, in Huabei Fault Depression (from Mengjin to Kouma). All the terraces have a similar structure that several meters of paleosols directly develop on the top of fluvial silt. It shows that the Yellow River incised and consequently abandoned floodplain converted to terrace during the interglacial period. Therefore, there may be a link between the formation of terraces and glacial-interglacial climatic cycles. However, the differences in the Yellow River terrace sequences and ages between Yuxi Fault-Uplift and Huabei Fault Depression indicate that the surface uplift should play an important role in the formation of these terraces.展开更多
Surface uplift at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has been widely studied,but more palaeoaltimetry data are required to better understand the elevation history of this geologically complex region.In thi...Surface uplift at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has been widely studied,but more palaeoaltimetry data are required to better understand the elevation history of this geologically complex region.In this study,fossil leaves of Abies(Pinaceae),a cool-temperate element,recovered from the latest MioceneePliocene Yangyi Formation of the southern Baoshan Basin,were used as a proxy to estimate the local palaeoelevation.Based on the regional modern altitude range(2100e4280 m)of the genus as well as regional temperature discrepancy(1.5℃)between the past and present,the palaeoelevation of the study area was calculated to be>2360 m above sea level as compared to 1670 m at present.Our result suggests that the southern Baoshan Basin experienced pronounced uplift prior to the time of fossil deposition,probably as a result of crustal shortening and thickening of the northern Baoshan Terrane during the EoceneeOligocene.We infer that surface growth in areas south of the Dali Basin may have been greater than previously interpreted,and that a widespread plateau or plateau patches higher than 2000 m probably extended southwards into at least the Baoshan Basin by the latest MioceneePliocene.We also infer that the elevation of the southern Baoshan Basin has decreased by at least 690 m since then,in contrast to most other scenarios in which the elevation of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has increased or remained close to modern levels since the late Miocene.The major cause of the inferred altitude decline is likely tectonic deformation.As a transtensional graben basin,the Baoshan Basin has experienced pull-apart and base-fall movement since the late Miocene,which would reduce the altitude of its southern part located on the hanging wall.Surface erosion associated with the increased summer rainfall might also have played a role especially in reducing the local relief,although its contribution can be limited.Our study provides one of the few palaeoelevation estimates from areas south of the Dali Basin and an example of past elevation loss at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau,thus shedding important light on the landscape evolution of this region.展开更多
基金part of the research project"Crustmantle interactions beneath the Hangai Mountains in western Mongolia"the financial support of the DFG and the SNF,awarded through the DACH program
文摘Intraplate processes,such as continental surface uplift and intraplate volcanism,are enigmatic and the underlying mechanisms responsible are not fully understood.Central Mongolia is an ideal natural laboratory for studying such processes because of its location in the continental interior far from tectonic plate boundaries.
基金The first author would like to thank the China Scholarship Council(CSC No.201806430001)for the financial support for his study in Germany.The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewer for the recommendations to improve the paper。
文摘Numerical simulation approaches have been widely applied to study mining induced subsidence,and they are potential methods to study the flooding induced uplift for abandoned mines.This paper gives an overview about different numerical approaches to simulate uplift induced by flooding abandoned underground mines,including three different hydraulic conditions,considering both unconfined and confined water conditions.Four basic simulation schemes using 1-dimensional rock column models verified by analytical solutions demonstrate these procedures.The results reveal that flooding induced uplift is mainly related to the pore pressure in the mine goaf.The parameter study documents that height and stiffness of the mine goaf have the strongest influence on maximum surface uplift.
基金Science and Technology Planning Project of Yunnan Province,No.2007D199MNational Natural Science Foundation of China,No.40462002No.40161002
文摘Based on field landscape investigations, thermoluminescence (TL), magnetostratigraphy and Ioess-paleosol sequence, we found that there are at least four Yellow River terraces, whose ages are 0.86 Ma, 0.62 Ma, 0.13 Ma and 0.05 Ma, in Yuxi Fault-Uplift (from Sanmen Gorge to Mengjin) and at least three Yellow River terraces, whose ages are 1.24 Ma, 0.25 Ma and 0.05 Ma, in Huabei Fault Depression (from Mengjin to Kouma). All the terraces have a similar structure that several meters of paleosols directly develop on the top of fluvial silt. It shows that the Yellow River incised and consequently abandoned floodplain converted to terrace during the interglacial period. Therefore, there may be a link between the formation of terraces and glacial-interglacial climatic cycles. However, the differences in the Yellow River terrace sequences and ages between Yuxi Fault-Uplift and Huabei Fault Depression indicate that the surface uplift should play an important role in the formation of these terraces.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41972023,42272026)the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(202301AT070374,202201AT070131)+1 种基金the Ten Thousand Talent Plans for Young Top-notch Talents of Yunnan Province(YNWR-QNBJ-2019-261)the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to Y.-J.Huang,and the Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS(213106)。
文摘Surface uplift at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has been widely studied,but more palaeoaltimetry data are required to better understand the elevation history of this geologically complex region.In this study,fossil leaves of Abies(Pinaceae),a cool-temperate element,recovered from the latest MioceneePliocene Yangyi Formation of the southern Baoshan Basin,were used as a proxy to estimate the local palaeoelevation.Based on the regional modern altitude range(2100e4280 m)of the genus as well as regional temperature discrepancy(1.5℃)between the past and present,the palaeoelevation of the study area was calculated to be>2360 m above sea level as compared to 1670 m at present.Our result suggests that the southern Baoshan Basin experienced pronounced uplift prior to the time of fossil deposition,probably as a result of crustal shortening and thickening of the northern Baoshan Terrane during the EoceneeOligocene.We infer that surface growth in areas south of the Dali Basin may have been greater than previously interpreted,and that a widespread plateau or plateau patches higher than 2000 m probably extended southwards into at least the Baoshan Basin by the latest MioceneePliocene.We also infer that the elevation of the southern Baoshan Basin has decreased by at least 690 m since then,in contrast to most other scenarios in which the elevation of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has increased or remained close to modern levels since the late Miocene.The major cause of the inferred altitude decline is likely tectonic deformation.As a transtensional graben basin,the Baoshan Basin has experienced pull-apart and base-fall movement since the late Miocene,which would reduce the altitude of its southern part located on the hanging wall.Surface erosion associated with the increased summer rainfall might also have played a role especially in reducing the local relief,although its contribution can be limited.Our study provides one of the few palaeoelevation estimates from areas south of the Dali Basin and an example of past elevation loss at the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau,thus shedding important light on the landscape evolution of this region.