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Geoscience ›› 2011, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 503-509.

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Seismites from Bayan Obo Group in the Bainaimiao Area of Inner Mongolia
and Their Tectonic Implications

 JIAO  De-Yang-1, CUI  Xiao-Huan- 1, SU  Hong-Wei-2   

  • Online:2011-06-22 Published:2011-06-23

Abstract:

The MiddleUpper Proterozoic Bayan Obo Group is located at the northern margin of the North China Craton, and was deposited under intraplate tectonic setting of extension in MiddleLate Proterozoic. From the Halahuogete Formation of Bayan Obo Group in the Bainaimiao area of Inner Mongolia, the authors discovered a set of structures resulted from softsediment deformation for the first time. They occur within the crystalline limestone at the lower section of this group, and include remobilisation breccias, synsedimentary folds, faultgrading, molar tooth and so on. These characteristics demonstrate they belong to the seismites. According to further comparisons between the Bayan Obo Group and the contemporary Sailinhudong Group nearby, we found they exhibit similar features of softsediment deformation as well as the same age of formation. This discovery of the seismites from Bayan Obo Group indicates the northern margin of the North China Craton was undergoing a rapid and intense extension and divergence in MiddleLate Proterozoic, which provides fundamental observations for further studies on tectonic evolution of the North China Craton. 

Key words: Bayan Obo Group, softsediment deformation, seismite, Inner Mongolia