Research progress of the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary evolution in eastern Pakistan sea

LI Sen; LIANG Jie; GONG Jianming; LIAO Jing; CHEN Jianwen; ZHANG Yinguo; WANG Jianqiang; YANG Chuansheng; YUAN Yong; LEI Baohua

doi:10.16028/j.1009-2722.2021.016

2022 Vol. 37, No. 2

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LI Sen, LIANG Jie, GONG Jianming, LIAO Jing, CHEN Jianwen, ZHANG Yinguo, WANG Jianqiang, YANG Chuansheng, YUAN Yong, LEI Baohua. Research progress of the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary evolution in eastern Pakistan sea[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2022, 38(2): 1-13. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2021.016

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LI Sen, LIANG Jie, GONG Jianming, LIAO Jing, CHEN Jianwen, ZHANG Yinguo, WANG Jianqiang, YANG Chuansheng, YUAN Yong, LEI Baohua. Research progress of the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary evolution in eastern Pakistan sea[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2022, 38(2): 1-13. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2021.016

Research progress of the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary evolution in eastern Pakistan sea

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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geology Survey, Qingdao 266071, China
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Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266071, China

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Corresponding author: LIANG Jie, lj_100@163.com

Received Date: 26 January 2021

Accepted Date: 30 November 2021

Publish Date: 28 February 2022

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The East Pakistan sea area, located in the junction of three major plates of the world, has experienced complex tectonic-sedimentary evolution in history. Since Cenozoic era, the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate has been accelerated, that led to the rapid uplifting of the Himalaya, the form of the Indus deep-water fan, the second largest in the world, and the development of the sea off the Pakistan land. In addition to it, the area is heavily influenced by Indian monsoon as one of the two major monsoon regions in Asia. It is indeed the unique place in the world for study of the coupling relationship and interaction among the tectonic, sedimentary and climatic factors. Upon the basis of previous research results, we summarized in this paper the current research status of sedimentary evolution of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins in the Eastern Pakistan sea, put forward some main problems remained in controversy and made suggestions for future researches. Four main research interests and directions are put in front of us, i.e, the Indus fan since Miocene; the typical Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary geological bodies; the latest Quaternary turbidite sedimentology and the interaction of tectonic, sedimentation and climate. So far, few reports are available concerning the Mesozoic sediments beneath the Deccan basalt, the regional sedimentary evolution out of the depositional system, and the correlation of continental-marine sedimentary systems. Further investigations should be accelerated.
- eastern Pakistan sea /
- sedimentary evolution /
- Indus Fan /
- coupling relationship

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