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关于尼日尔三角洲盆地陆坡深水区的逆冲构造,其逆冲背景下的构造演化阶段及古地貌变迁特征,是一个需要深入研究的问题。以尼日尔三角洲盆地某深水研究区为例,基于三维地震资料解释,识别了3个关键界面和4种构造样式,将新生界划分为3个超层序,进一步分析了SSQ_1超层序内部的泥岩滑脱面;厘定了中新统逆冲构造的演化阶段,并分析了不同阶段内的地貌特征。形成于构造活动期的超层序(SSQ_3)可进一步划分为3个三级层序,自下而上依次由逆冲断层、泥底辟和披覆沉积所主控,对应3个不同的构造演化阶段:①逆冲断层主控阶段。在重力滑脱作用下,逆冲断层沿不同深度滑脱面发育,所产生的位移差导致构造变换带内地层受到剪切应力而发育撕裂断层,其走向与逆冲断层近垂直;剪切破裂面的存在使地层抗应力强度大幅降低,在地层超压作用下,构造变换带内沿撕裂断层发育泥底辟褶皱;顺陆坡倾向搬运的重力流沉积物受到逆冲相关褶皱阻挡而发生沉积,导致重力流岩性圈闭集中分布于逆冲断层上盘的地貌低部位。②泥底辟主控阶段。在差异负荷作用下,塑性超压泥岩向逆冲相关褶皱与撕裂断层相关褶皱核部集中,形成大型滑脱褶皱;泥岩的塑性变形主要发生在由不同深度滑脱面所限定的地层单元内;滑脱褶皱的存在使其两侧形成了沿陆坡倾向展布的地貌低部位,并成为重力流储层发育的有利场所。③构造平静阶段。构造活动明显减弱,在填平补齐作用下地貌逐渐趋于平缓。 相似文献
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尼日尔三角洲深水区层序地层及地震相研究 总被引：5，自引：1，他引：4
中新世至上新世,研究区发育深海平原和陆坡坡脚沉积。缺少反映海平面变化的上超特征和削截现象,很难利用地震反射终止类型（上超、顶超、削截）进行层序界面识别。文中利用深水区沉积旋回的地震相特征差异进行层序界面识别,并建立了研究区层序演化模式:低位体系域发育重力流沉积（块状搬运复合体、浊积扇）———海侵高位体系域深海泥质发育。以层序为格架进行地震相和沉积相在时间和空间分布特征分析。研究区识别出两类叠加地 震相样式:杂乱反射块状搬运复合体———丘形水道—堤岸复合体（浊积扇）———平行反射深海泥质沉积;丘形水道—堤岸复合体（浊积扇）———平行反射深海泥质沉积。 相似文献
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苏北盆地勘探开发重点正逐步由寻找构造类油气藏向寻找隐蔽油气藏转变,重力流沉积形成的岩性砂体对隐蔽油气藏的勘探显得日益重要.以岩心、测-录井、地震反射特征等资料对苏北盆地高邮凹陷西南端黄珏-马家嘴地区戴南组沉积砂体及其成因进行研究,结果表明:该区戴南组一段沉积时期主要发育了近岸水下冲积扇、滑塌-浊积扇沉积;戴南组二段沉积时期主要发育了扇三角洲沉积、滑塌-浊积扇沉积.这些沉积砂体的发育与独特的构造样式、活跃的构造背景、外力活动等因素有着密切的联系;滑塌-浊积扇的发现为进一步的油气勘探提供了依据和思路. 相似文献
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右江盆地深水沉积层序地层学研究 总被引：19，自引：2，他引：17
以右江地区泥盆-三叠纪深水盆地相地层为研究对象,①详细讨论了深水浊流沉积的层序划分及特征,结果表明浊流沉积的层序界面特征明显,主要表现为界面不规则,LST期砂岩底面具大量侵蚀充填构造及塑性流动变形构造等,层序的体系域构成与浊积扇演化关系密切,即从低水位体系域→海侵体系域→高水位体系域的演化浊积扇经历了进积→退积→加积→进积演化过程;②详细讨论了深水硅泥质沉积的层序划分及特征,即可根据硅质岩、泥质岩 (包括粉砂岩 )相对含量变化及成因特征来识别层序及体系域组成特征。 相似文献
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西藏荣玛地区尼俄玛山下二叠统曲地组发育一套重力流沉积组合,根据其岩性、沉积构造和含化石特征等,在该套沉积体系识别出了9种岩石类型、5种岩石组合类型,并分别将其划归内扇主水道-水道间、中扇分支水道-天然堤-水道间、外扇朵叶体-末端水道及深水玄武岩和泥岩4种微相组合类型,以及海底扇和深海盆地2种沉积相类型,证明研究区曲地组属于半深海-深海沉积环境。这一结论与前人认为曲地组属于滨浅海相的认识完全不同,说明南羌塘盆地下二叠统曲地组在区域上存在明显的相变,即西部日土一带的滨浅海沉积向东到改则-尼玛一带逐渐变为半深海-深海沉积;证明南羌塘盆地早二叠世古特提斯洋进入演化成熟期,但羌塘地块从冈瓦纳北缘的裂解、脱离时间在东西向并不一致,东部早于西部;曲地组大套深水黑色泥页岩及砂岩为代表的重力流沉积的广泛发育,说明其具有重要的油气地质意义。 相似文献
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应用深水沉积学和地震沉积学的相关理论,通过岩心观察描述、钻测井资料分析及平面沉积相编图,对下刚果盆地A区块白垩系Pointe Indienne组深水重力流的类型、沉积特征、垂向沉积组合及沉积模式进行了探讨分析,指出该地区发育砂质碎屑流、泥质碎屑流、浊流及与重力流形成过程相关的滑动—滑塌沉积,并总结了该深水重力流的沉积模式。结果表明:砂质碎屑流沉积以块状层理细砂岩为主,含大型漂浮泥砾和泥岩撕裂屑;泥质碎屑流沉积以泥级碎屑为主,含有少量的暗色泥岩碎屑和砂质团块,见“泥包砾”结构;浊流沉积以发育完整或不完整的鲍马序列为特征;滑动—滑塌沉积具有明显的剪切滑移面,可见旋转火焰构造、砂岩扭曲杂乱分布及褶皱变形层;纵向上可识别出4种类型的重力流沉积垂向组合,以多期砂质碎屑流沉积叠置和砂质碎屑流沉积与浊流沉积叠置最为常见;研究区深水重力流沉积可分为上部扇、中部扇和外部扇3部分,上部扇以主水道沉积为主;中部扇以辫状水道和溢岸沉积为主,砂体厚度较大;外部扇以朵叶体沉积和薄层浊积岩为主,砂体厚度相对较薄。 相似文献
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《古地理学报》2016,(1)
西藏荣玛地区尼俄玛山下二叠统曲地组发育一套重力流沉积组合,根据其岩性、沉积构造和含化石特征等,在该套沉积体系识别出了9种岩石类型、5种岩石组合类型,并分别将其划归内扇主水道—水道间、中扇分支水道—天然堤—水道间、外扇朵叶体—末端水道及深水玄武岩和泥岩4种微相组合类型,以及海底扇和深海盆地2种沉积相类型,证明研究区曲地组属于半深海—深海沉积环境。这一结论与前人认为曲地组属于滨浅海相的认识完全不同,说明南羌塘盆地下二叠统曲地组在区域上存在明显的相变,即西部日土一带的滨浅海沉积向东到改则—尼玛一带逐渐变为半深海—深海沉积;证明南羌塘盆地早二叠世古特提斯洋进入演化成熟期,但羌塘地块从冈瓦纳北缘的裂解、脱离时间在东西向并不一致,东部早于西部;曲地组大套深水黑色泥页岩及砂岩为代表的重力流沉积的广泛发育,说明其具有重要的油气地质意义。 相似文献
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东非被动大陆边缘盆地近年来发现了一系列大气田,主要分布于鲁武马盆地,其可采储量达3.8×1012 m3。盆地经历了卡鲁裂谷期、马达加斯加裂谷期和马达加斯加漂移期等3期构造演化。其中,马达加斯加裂谷期形成下侏罗统—中侏罗统湖相-滨浅海相烃源岩,于早白垩世进入生油门限,晚白垩世达到生油高峰,渐新世进入生气窗。受马达加斯加漂移期东非陆上断裂系统活动影响,大量富砂沉积物以块体搬运和深海滑塌方式向深水区堆积,形成了盆地内面积广、厚度大、岩性相对均一且物性良好的超大型深水重力流沉积砂体;漂移期海相泥页岩则为良好的区域性盖层。东非陆上早期隆升和三角洲进积作用使鲁武马盆地形成重力滑动和盐底辟构造,渐新统—上新统内形成东非被动陆缘正断层带(EANFZ)和逆冲断层带(EATFZ),下伏中—下侏罗统烃源岩生成油气沿正断层和深水区逆冲断层向上运移,聚集于构造-岩性-地层、构造圈闭中,形成大气田。 相似文献
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本文针对深水储层预测中的两个隐蔽而且关键的问题,即电测曲线无法识别深海-半深海泥与深水重力流沉积泥岩,以及深水重力流沉积体内部砂岩和泥岩地球物理响应特征非常接近,常规测井与地震联合预测方法无法描述深水重力流沉积体内部砂岩特征,作者提出了新的深水储层预测方法。该方法利用常规地震属性能够清楚识别和刻画深水重力流沉积体的优点,首先提出深水沉积研究面-线-点的新思路。第一步从地震资料入手,自下而上提取一系列地震属性,确定不同时期深水重力流沉积体的平面分布,建立深水沉积模式;第二步创新多元井震精确时深标定法解决了深海泥和深水重力流沉积泥无法进行电性区分的问题,即将地震剖面上深水重力流沉积体的顶底时间界面通过合成记录标到测井曲线上,进行单井相研究、沉积单元划分和不同沉积微相单元钻井砂地比的精确计算等基础工作;最后优选地震属性,拟合出不同沉积微相单元地震属性和砂地比的最佳关系公式。进而将深水重力流沉积体地震属性平面图按不同的沉积微相单元转化成该沉积体的砂地比平面图,实现对整个深水沉积体系砂体的精确预测。 相似文献
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广西来宾蓬莱滩及合山马滩两地的晚二叠世地层中发育有典型的重力流沉积构造,如粒序层理、包卷层理、槽模、重荷模、碟状构造和滑塌褶皱等。通过对蓬莱滩合山组和大隆组以及马滩剖面的大隆组岩相特征的详细研究,提出来宾蓬莱滩晚二叠世合山组和大隆组以及合山马滩晚二叠世大隆组形成于海底扇环境,划分出具碟状构造的块状砂岩(B１)、块状砂岩(B2)、近基浊积岩(C)、远基浊积岩(D)、不规则互层的砂泥岩(E)、滑塌褶皱层(F)及含浮游生物化石的页岩、硅质岩(G)等岩相类型,同时归纳出外扇相组合、中扇舌状体相组合、中扇水道相组合、斜坡相组合及深切谷水道相组合等,还对这些海底扇浊积岩系的古地理意义做了讨论。桂中碳酸盐岩台地相区和云开古陆之间在晚二叠世为一发育海底扇浊积岩的深水盆地,其中来宾-合山一带在大隆组沉积期处于水深约300～1 000 m的深水盆地环境,合山一带火山活动提供的火山物质及来自东侧云开古陆的陆源物质构成该区浊积岩的主要物源。 相似文献
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Turbidite stacking patterns in salt‐controlled minibasins: Insights from integrated analogue models and numerical fluid flow simulations 
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下载免费PDF全文 Xiaoxi Wang Stefan M. Luthi David M. Hodgson Dimitrios Sokoutis Ernst Willingshofer Remco M. Groenenberg 《Sedimentology》2017,64(2):530-552
The sea floor of intraslope minibasins on passive continental margins plays a significant role in controlling turbidity current pathways and the resulting sediment distribution. To address this, laboratory analogue modelling of intraslope minibasin formation is combined with numerical flow simulations of multi‐event turbidity currents. This approach permits an improved understanding of evolving flow–bathymetry–deposit interactions and the resulting internal stacking patterns of the infills of such minibasins. The bathymetry includes a shelf to slope channel followed by an upper minibasin, which are separated by a confining ridge from two lower minibasins that compares well with analogous bathymetries reported from natural settings. From a wider range of numerical flow experiments, a series of 100 consecutive flows is reported in detail. The turbidity currents are released into the channel and upon reaching the upper minibasin follow a series of stages from short initial ponding, ‘filling and spilling’ and an extended transition to long retrogradational ponding. Upon reaching the upper minibasin floor, the currents undergo a hydraulic jump and therefore much sediment is deposited in the central part of the minibasin and the counterslope. This modifies the bathymetry such that in the fill and spill stage, flow stripping and grain‐size partitioning cause some finer sediment to be transported across the confining ridge into the lower minibasins. Throughout the basin infill process, the sequences retrograde upstream, accompanied by lateral switching into locally formed depressions in the upper minibasin. After the fill and spill stage, significant deposition occurs in the channel where retrograding cyclic steps with wavelengths of 1 to 2 km develop as a function of pulsating flow criticality. These results are at variance with conventional schemes that emphasize sequential downstream minibasin filling through ponding dominated by vertical aggradation. Comparison of these results with published field and experimental examples provides support for the main conclusions. 相似文献
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SHANE J. PROCHNOW† STACY C. ATCHLEY THOMAS E. BOUCHER‡ LEE C. NORDT MICHAEL R. HUDEC§ 《Sedimentology》2006,53(6):1319-1345
Integrated fluvial sequence stratigraphic and palaeosol analysis can be used to better reconstruct depositional systems, but these approaches have not been combined to examine halokinetic minibasins. This study characterizes the temporal and spatial patterns of lithofacies and palaeosols in a sequence stratigraphic framework to reconstruct a model of minibasin evolution and identify halokinetic influences on fluvial deposition. This research documents fluvial cycles and stratigraphic hierarchy, palaeosol maturity and apparent sediment accumulation rates in the Chinle Formation within the Big Bend minibasin. This study also uses palaeosols to help identify fluvial aggradational cycle (FAC) sets. The Chinle is divided into two hectometre‐scale (102 m) fluvial sequences, six decametre‐scale (101 m) FAC sets, and variable numbers of metre‐scale FACs depending on proximity to the minibasin. Ten pedotypes representing 225 palaeosol profiles are recognized. The pedotypes include palaeosols similar to modern Entisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols, Vertisols and Alfisols. A maturity index (1–5) is assigned to each pedotype to assess its variability in palaeosol development. Estimated palaeosol development time is used to approximate apparent sediment accumulation rates. Increased subsidence resulted in a greater number and thicker FACs, thicker FAC sets and fluvial sequence sections, and lithofacies associations reflecting more rapid sedimentation along the minibasin axis. Palaeocurrent indicators converge towards the minibasin axis and indicate that it formed and drifted through time. Relative palaeosol maturity is inversely related to stratal thickness, and decreases towards the minibasin where episodic burial by fluvial sediment was more frequent. Metre‐scale FACs are most abundant towards the minibasin axis, and locally have Entisols and Inceptisols developed upon their upper boundaries reflecting increased sediment accumulation rates. Areas outside the minibasin are characterized by fewer FACs that are associated with more mature palaeosols. Palaeosol‐derived apparent sediment accumulation rates are as much as two orders of magnitude greater within the minibasin than in marginal areas. The combined stratigraphic, palaeocurrent and palaeosol evidence is used to develop a model for the evolution of the Big Bend minibasin that illustrates the halokinetic affect on fluvial and landscape processes. 相似文献
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ANDREW J. NEWELL MICHAEL J. BENTON TIMOTHY KEARSEY GRAEME TAYLOR RICHARD J. TWITCHETT VALENTIN P. TVERDOKHLEBOV 《Sedimentology》2012,59(5):1659-1676
The south Uralian foreland basin forms part of the giant, yet sparsely documented, PreCaspian salt tectonic province. The basin can potentially add much to the understanding of fluviolacustrine sedimentation within salt‐walled minibasins, where the literature has been highly reliant on only a few examples (such as the Paradox Basin of Utah). This paper describes the Late Permian terrestrial fill of the Kul’chumovo salt minibasin near Orenburg in the south Urals in which sediments were deposited in a range of channel, overbank and lacustrine environments. Palaeomagnetic stratigraphy shows that, during the Late Permian, the basin had a relatively slow and uniform subsidence pattern with widespread pedogenesis and calcrete development. Angular unconformities or halokinetic sequence boundaries cannot be recognized within the relatively fine‐grained fill, and stratigraphic and spatial variations in facies are therefore critical to understanding the subsidence history of the salt minibasin. Coarse‐grained channel belts show evidence for lateral relocation within the minibasin while the development of a thick stack of calcrete hardpans indicates that opposing parts of the minibasin became largely inactive for prolonged periods (possibly in the order of one million years). The regular vertical stacking of calcrete hardpans within floodplain mudstones provides further evidence that halokinetic minibasin growth is inherently episodic and cyclical. 相似文献
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渤海湾盆地垦东凸起构造特征与油气聚集 总被引：7，自引：4，他引：3
渤海湾盆地中南部地区垦东凸起是一个新的油气勘探领域。为了深入研究垦东凸起的构造特征与油气聚集规律,寻找有利的油气圈闭,就下列问题进行探讨:渤海湾盆地中、南部的区域构造特征,垦东凸起的构造演化和构造样式和油气圈闭类型和油气富集特征。通过对本区地质、地球物理和地球化学的综合研究认为,渤海湾盆地中南部区域由于成带状的伸展断陷-断凸和连接它们的横向调节带的存在,构造上呈现出南北分带、东西分段的断块构造格局。构造发展史表明,垦东凸起及北部斜坡带经历了裂谷期前、裂谷期和裂谷期后3大发育阶段,纵向上呈3层结构分布。垦东凸起可分为西段高凸起、东段低凸起,分别与北部斜坡带西段和东段相连。其中北部斜坡带的构造样式主要为同向的阶梯状正断层。凸起内部主要为背向正断层组合形成的地垒和面向正断层组合形成的地堑。垦东凸起圈闭可分为5种类型,其中构造圈闭主要有牵引背斜、逆牵引背斜、屋脊断块以及披覆背斜等。油气主要来自古近纪黄河口伸展断陷生油中心,自北向南沿砂体、不整合面和正断层呈阶梯状侧向和垂向运移至北部斜坡带和凸起,在新近纪和古近纪地层组成的有利圈闭处聚集。 相似文献
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顺托果勒低隆及邻区加里东中期运动面的结构特征、区域分布规律及其构造性质具有重要的研究意义。本文运用钻井资料分析、地震资料解释等对研究区加里东中期运动面进行研究,结果表明：1）研究区加里东中期3个幕次的构造运动导致3个运动面的形成：Ⅰ幕运动面由塔中地区的O3l/前O3l角度不整合面、顺托果勒到塔北地区的O3q/O2yj平行不整合面组成,Ⅱ幕运动面为O3s （或O3qr）与下伏碳酸盐岩构成的同构造沉积超覆型角度不整合面,Ⅲ幕运动面为S/O角度不整合面,在隆起区存在显著的构造削截特征。2）3个运动面的结构特征和差异分布规律具有明确的构造指示意义：Ⅰ幕、Ⅲ幕运动面属于典型的构造成因不整合面,形成于周缘洋盆关闭、陆块碰撞造山时期;Ⅱ幕运动面的形成则受到早期构造格局、全球海平面上升及盆地南缘碰撞造山作用的综合控制。3）顺北、顺南地区地震剖面中存在沿鹰四段顶面以下顺层规律分布的“串珠”反射,推测属于准同生岩溶洞穴。 相似文献
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不整合结构构造与构造古地理环境 ——以加里东中期青藏高原北缘及塔里木盆地为例 总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0
不整合结构与不整合面结构具有不同的属性及特征.本文在分析不整合三层结构的基础上,进一步剖析了平行不整合、角度不整合、异岩不整合等3大类不整合的结构构造,划分出10个具有不同结构特征的不整合亚类.重点针对不整合面下的构造变形特征、不整合结构类型的平面分布、不整合面上的初始沉积物、物源及其层序结构等展开了精细研究,对不同结构类型的不整合形成运动学及动力学进行了初步探讨.并以塔里木盆地志留系与奥陶系不整合为例,在盆地尺度,解析不同区域不整合结构类型的特征、性质及差异.现今保留的志留系与奥陶系不整合在盆地中南部广大地区呈角度不整合,在阿瓦提-满加尔坳陷南部、巴楚隆起中西部、塔中隆起北部为低角度、北倾的单斜角度不整合;在塘古兹巴斯凹陷表现为中-低角度的断褶不整合,呈北东向展布,在巴楚隆起东部及塔中隆起的南部局部也存在北东向展布的断褶不整合.在盆地北部塔北隆起西部局部存在褶皱不整合,东部存在低角度、南倾、单斜不整合.而盆地中部在阿瓦提-满加尔凹陷中北部、塔东凹陷东北则以平行不整合为特征.结合沉积地层发育及构造演化分析,恢复了志留系沉积前构造古地理,塔里木盆地大部分为混积陆棚沉积、中部碳酸盐岩台地被逐渐淹没,满加尔及英吉苏凹陷为盆地相沉积.伴随着盆地南缘西昆仑-库地洋、南阿尔金洋的闭合及碰撞造山,在盆地南部主体为南北向的缩短,塘古兹巴斯凹陷为南东-北西向缩短,且变形强度明显大于南北向的缩短.因此,盆地南部的南东-北西向挤压作用是该期最活跃的构造作用,和田古隆起北部、塘古兹巴斯凹陷北东向加里东期褶皱带西北部,应是塔里木盆地第一期油气大规模运移聚集的有利区,值得进一步探索.本文通过对不同时期不整合结构的解剖,尝试区别分析不同期次构造事件的作用及效应,识别单一构造事件(或构造运动)在构造古地理重建及成藏、成矿中的作用. 相似文献
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库车坳陷却勒地区新生代盐构造特征、演化及变形控制因素 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
本文利用野外地质调查结果、遥感资料、地震资料和钻、测井数据,建立了两条库车坳陷却勒地区的区域大剖面,约束却勒地区盐构造特征和演化,分析东、西段变形差异及差异形成过程,探讨构造变形控制因素。却勒地区发育的盐构造样式主要有盐底辟、盐焊接、盐撤凹陷、大型盐推覆体、外来盐席、盐枕、盐背斜和滑脱褶皱,其中,盐撤凹陷、盐背斜和滑脱褶皱仅发育于东段,造成东、西段构造变形差异。却勒地区盐构造分为3期:①渐新世—中新世吉迪克期为构造平静期,发育盐撤凹陷和盐底辟;②中新世康村期—上新世早期构造挤压微弱,发生早期褶皱作用,却勒盐丘继续发育,北部盐底辟中新世末停止发育;③上新世晚期—现今发生大规模逆冲推覆,是褶皱-冲断带主要形成时期,发育大型盐撤凹陷、外来盐席、盐推覆构造、盐背斜和滑脱褶皱。却勒地区东、西段盐构造变形差异主要形成于上新世晚期—现今(第3期)。喀拉玉尔滚右旋走滑断层为薄皮构造,调节了却勒地区东、西段前缘的变形差异。却勒地区构造变形主要受控于盐岩沉积范围、区域构造应力及强度、上覆层应变强度和差异负载(沉积负载和局部构造负载)。 相似文献
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The Late Jurassic Springbok unconformity in the Surat Basin remains to date at odds with our understanding of basin-forming processes. A previously proposed cause for the unconformity is uplift related to the rifting of the Argo landmass from Western Australia, but the great distance between the Surat Basin and the Argo rift-zone argues against this interpretation. A more likely scenario is that the uplift was related to a west-dipping subduction zone along the east Australian margin. Numerous examples around the world link subduction processes, such as tears and detaching segments of the slab, to variations in surface topography. We used geodynamic forward modelling to generate uplift in the overriding plate of a subduction zone, as well as topographic changes that occur as subduction is disrupted by slab breakoff or tears. Our findings suggest that slab tearing can produce distribution and magnitude of uplift consistent with the Jurassic uplift in the Surat Basin, which potentially adds new insights into the tectonic evolution of eastern Australia. 相似文献
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Seismic profiles across the middle Tan-Lu fault zone in Laizhou Bay, Bohai Sea, eastern China 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
Zhaohua Yu Shiguo Wu Dongbo Zou Deyong Feng Hanqing Zhao 《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》2008,33(5-6):383-394
The stratigraphic architecture, structure and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Tan-Lu fault zone in Laizhou Bay, eastern China, are analyzed based on interpretations of 31 new 2D seismic lines across Laizhou Bay. Cenozoic strata in the study area are divided into two layers separated by a prominent and widespread unconformity. The upper sedimentary layer is made up of Neogene and Quaternary fluvial and marine sediments, while the lower layer consists of Paleogene lacustrine and fluvial facies. In terms of tectonics, the sediments beneath the unconformity can be divided into four main structural units: the west depression, central uplift, east depression and Ludong uplift. The two branches of the middle Tan-Lu fault zone differ in their geometry and offset: the east branch fault is a steeply dipping S-shaped strike-slip fault that cuts acoustic basement at depths greater than 8 km, whereas the west branch fault is a relatively shallow normal fault. The Tan-Lu fault zone is the key fault in the study area, having controlled its Cenozoic evolution. Based on balanced cross-sections constructed along transverse seismic line 99.8 and longitudinal seismic line 699.0, the Cenozoic evolution of the middle Tan-Lu fault zone is divided into three stages: Paleocene–Eocene transtension, Oligocene–Early Miocene transpression and Middle Miocene to present-day stable subsidence. The reasons for the contrasting tectonic features of the two branch faults and the timing of the change from transtension to transpression are discussed. 相似文献