Mineralogical characteristics and paleoclimatic significance of the Miocene deposit in the northwestern Qaidam Basin

QIN Xiuling; CHANG Hong; GUAN Chong

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2024010901

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QIN Xiuling, CHANG Hong, GUAN Chong. Mineralogical characteristics and paleoclimatic significance of the Miocene deposit in the northwestern Qaidam Basin[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2025, 45(2): 177-188. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2024010901

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QIN Xiuling, CHANG Hong, GUAN Chong. Mineralogical characteristics and paleoclimatic significance of the Miocene deposit in the northwestern Qaidam Basin[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2025, 45(2): 177-188. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2024010901

Mineralogical characteristics and paleoclimatic significance of the Miocene deposit in the northwestern Qaidam Basin

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State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi 'an 710061, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Xi’an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Xi 'an 710119, China

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Corresponding author: CHANG Hong, changh@loess.llqg.ac.cn

Received Date: 09 January 2024

Revised Date: 03 April 2024

Accepted Date: 03 April 2024

Publish Date: 28 April 2025

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The Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO) is a short-term climate warming event interrupting the background of Cenozoic climate cooling. Study on the environmental characteristics based on sediments is important for predicting the trend of climate change with the global warming in the future. There are few records of the MMCO in the extreme arid interior of Asia, and the controlling factors of paleoclimate changes are still unclear. The mineral assemblages of the Miocene sediments from the Huatugou section in the northern Qaidam Basin were analyzed, the regional response to the global climate event and the environmental change in the Qaidam Basin during early-middle Miocene were revealed, and the paleoclimate evolution including the shifting and driving mechanisms of relative moisture index of clay minerals were focused. Results show that during the early-middle Miocene in Qaidam Basin, the climate during 17.2～15.2 Ma was the warmest and wettest, which should belong to the MMCO and mainly affected by the global climate. The climate in the basin began to fluctuate and became dried during 15.2～12.4 Ma. The basin was affected by the regional geological structure and the Middle Miocene cooling event. From 12.4 to 11.3 Ma, Qaidam Basin continued to dry out, mainly under the influence of global climate again. We pointed out that the global climate change trend and regional tectonic movement influenced the early and middle Miocene climate in Qaidam Basin.
- mineral assemblage /
- tectonic movement /
- paleoclimate /
- Miocene /
- Qaidam Basin

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