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The continuous Cenozoic strata in the Xining Basin record the growth and evolution of the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Here, the mechanisms and evolution of the Xining Basin during the Cenozoic were investigated by studying the sedimentary facies of 22 Cenozoic sections across the basin and detrital zircon U‐Pb ages of three Cenozoic sections located in the eastern, central and western basin, respectively. In the Eocene (. 50–44 Ma), the India‐Eurasia Collision affected the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. The Central Qilian Block rotated clockwise by . 24° to form the Xining Basin. The Triassic flysch sediments surrounding the basin were the primary sources of sediment. Between . 44–40 Ma, the basin enlarged and deepened, and sedimentation was dominated by saline lake sediments. Between . 40–25.5 Ma, the Xining Basin began to shrink and dry, resulting in the deposition of saline pan and saline mudflat sediments in the basin. After . 20 Ma, the Laji Shan to the south of the Xining Basin was uplifted due to the northward compression of the Guide Basin to the south. Clasts that eroded from this range dominated the sediments as the basin evolved from a lacustrine environment into a fluvial system. The Xining Basin was an extensional basin in the Early Cenozoic, but changed into a compressive one during the Late Cenozoic, it was not a foreland basin either to the Kunlun Shan or to the western Qinling Shan in the whole Cenozoic. The formation and deformation of the Xining Basin are the direct responses of the India‐Eurasia Collision and the growth of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau.

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Tectonics of the Xining Basin in NW China and its implications for the evolution of the NE Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau
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References for zircon data used in this study from tectonic units around the Xining basin.

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Cenozoic stratigraphic correlation between the Xining Basin and adjacent basins with the geomagnetic polarity timescale (GPTS) of Cande & Kent (1995).

Thicknesses (A1–D1) and tectonic interpretations (A2–D2) of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks deposited during different periods in the Xining Basin (data from BGMRQP (1985) and our measurements). Colours in figures indicate possible ranges of basin in different stages.

207Pb/235U‐206Pb/238U concordia diagrams of detrital zircon samples from the Shuiwan section. Error ellipses are at the 2σ level.

207Pb/235U‐206Pb/238U concordia diagrams of detrital zircon samples from the Haiyan section. Error ellipses are at the 2σ level.

207Pb/235U‐206Pb/238U concordia diagrams of detrital zircon samples from the Dazhai section. Error ellipses are at the 2σ level.

Architectural element (Miall, 1996).

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U–Pb geochronologic analyses of detrital zircons from Cenozoic strata in the Xining basin by LA–ICP–MS spectrometry.

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