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Regional tectono-sedimentary evolution in the northeastern Beijing Sub-plain: evidence from the Yx02 core chronostratigraphy in the buried Daxing Uplift

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The buried Daxing Uplift connects the Beijing Sag and Dachang Sag, which is the critical tectonic unit for understanding the structural evolution of the Beijing Sub-plain and its linkages to regional tectonics. This study combines paleomagnetic, 26Al-10Be isochron dates and sedimentary analyses from a new borehole (Yx02) in the northeastern Beijing Sub-plain to shed fresh light on regional tectonic processes and the sedimentary history since the Pliocene. The main findings are as follows: (1) the Daxing Uplift had formed three depositional episodes: alluvial-fan, lacustrine-delta, and alluvial-fan sedimentation since the Cenozoic; (2) The borehole records the Brunhes, Gauss normal chron, and the Matuyama, Gilbert reversed chron in the Daxing Uplift, the corresponding depths are 0–148.9 m, 148.9–315.0 m, 315.0–520.5 m and 520.5–650 m; (3) An important tectonic event started in ~4.3 Ma, disintegrated NE-trending basin and range terrain, reactivated the NW-trending Nankou-Sunhe fault, and formed Shunyi fault in Beijing Sub-plain. Sedimentation occurs exclusively in the Beijing Sag and the northeastern Daxing Uplift during ~4.3–1.77 Ma; (4) During ~1.77–1.07 Ma, a transition from an extension to a strike-slip occurred, and is described not only in a progressively higher increase of the overall deposition rate, but also in a decrease of the relative deposition disparity between sags and uplifts. Since then, the Beijing Sub-plain has been shaped, associated with an overall subsidence depression in the Bohai Bay Basin. This work enhances our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Beijing Sub-plain, the division of tectonic episodes, and the initiation time of the latest tectonic movement in the break-up region, North China Craton, since the Neogene.

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The Beijing Geological Survey Project (PXM2016 158203 000008, PXM2018 158203 000014, 11000022T000000439387) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (8234070) supported this research. The paper has been improved by the contributions of Yonghua Sun and Xiangmin Cai. The editors’ constructive comments and peer review are also greatly appreciated.

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    Fubing He, Zhenhua Liu, Yueze Zhang, Lingyan Bai, Yubin Cui, Kai Wang, Wenzhi Niu, Jingbo Ni, Xiaoyong Liu & Mengmeng Cao

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    Fubing He, Zhenhua Liu, Yueze Zhang, Lingyan Bai, Yubin Cui, Kai Wang, Wenzhi Niu, Jingbo Ni, Xiaoyong Liu & Mengmeng Cao

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He, F., Xu, X., Tian, F. et al. Regional tectono-sedimentary evolution in the northeastern Beijing Sub-plain: evidence from the Yx02 core chronostratigraphy in the buried Daxing Uplift. Geosci J 28, 145–158 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12303-023-0039-0

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