PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE LATE CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE CENTRAL TARIM BASIN:IMPLICATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF TAKELIMAKAN DESERT

WANG Xin; SUN Donghuai; Wang fei; WU Sheng; LI Baofeng

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WANG Xin, SUN Donghuai, Wang fei, et al., 2010. PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE LATE CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE CENTRAL TARIM BASIN:IMPLICATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF TAKELIMAKAN DESERT. Journal of Geomechanics, 16 (4): 412-422, 411.

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PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE LATE CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE CENTRAL TARIM BASIN:IMPLICATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF TAKELIMAKAN DESERT

Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System within Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou 73000, China

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High resolution magnetostratigraphy study and paleoenvironment analysis were developed to the parallel section in the central of Tarim basin. The results indicate that dry land environment with relative warm and humid climate pattern dominant in the area between 4.2~3.4Ma. The oldest in-situ eolian dun sands formed in 3.4Ma, which in turn indicate the age of Taklimakan desert. The dry climate significant intensified by 2.8Ma, consequently forming the extremely dry environment like those of present. We argue that the retreat of Para-Tethys, uplift of Tibet Plateau and evolution of Northern Hemisphere glaciations are all played key roles in the desertification of interior Asian.
- Tarim Basin,
- Taklimakan Desert,
- Magnetostratigraphy

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