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西南极主要由哈格冰原岛峰群、南极半岛、瑟斯顿岛、玛丽·伯德地和埃尔斯沃思-惠特莫尔山脉五个各具特色的地壳块体组成。通过综述上述各块体主要的岩浆事件及其构造意义,旨在了解西南极的地质演化过程。西南极最古老的岩石为哈格冰原岛峰群地块的前寒武纪正片麻岩,时代为1238 Ma,记录了中元古代弧岩浆作用,其余四个地块记录了~500 Ma以来的地质演化过程。古生代时期,埃尔斯沃思-惠特莫尔山脉地块处于快速沉降的陆相断陷盆地环境,岩浆活动稀少,与罗斯造山运动形成的弧后伸展有关;玛丽·伯德地地块中—晚古生代发育一套与板块汇聚有关的岩浆作用,形成于活动大陆边缘环境;而南极半岛-瑟斯顿岛地块记录了石炭纪—二叠纪时期弧的发育。各地块的构造背景从侏罗纪开始明显分化,埃尔斯沃思-惠特莫尔山脉地块记录了侏罗纪板内岩浆作用,可能与大火成岩省有关;玛丽·伯德地地块发育的侏罗纪—早白垩世Ⅰ型弧岩浆岩随时间转变为白垩纪中期的A型碱性岩浆岩,经历了由俯冲向裂解机制的转变;南极半岛-瑟斯顿岛地块侏罗纪—白垩纪为弧岩浆活动活跃期,同时也有大火成岩省火山活动的记录,是持续俯冲和裂解相互作用的产物。新生代岩浆作用以南极半岛地块为代表,弧岩浆作用持续到始新世,其时空分布特征与左行错断扩张脊的分段俯冲和碰撞有关。   相似文献   

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杨晓平  江斌  杨雅军 《地球科学》2019,44(10):3237-3251
为进一步了解大兴安岭早白垩世火山岩与古太平洋构造关系,通过大兴安岭地区1:100万地质编图工作,对大兴安岭中生代火山地层进行了重新厘定.依据岩石组合、古生物、接触关系及区域对比,结合年代学(锆石U-Pb、40Ar/39Ar测年数据、古生物)资料在原晚侏罗世火山岩中解体出大量的早白垩世早期火山岩(145~130 Ma).通过岩石组合、时空展布分析,探讨了大兴安岭地区145~100 Ma形成的早白垩世火山岩与古太平洋构造的成因关系.研究表明,早白垩世早期火山岩(145~130Ma)和早白垩世晚期火山岩(130~100 Ma)均呈NNE向展布,空间上具有密切的共生关系.火山岩时代总体具有由北西向南东变新趋势,与古太平洋板块早白垩世向东亚大陆下的后退式俯冲作用吻合,记录了早白垩世伊泽奈岐板块向东亚大陆俯冲事件,表明大兴安岭早白垩世火山岩(145~100 Ma)主要形成于伊泽奈岐板块向东亚大陆俯冲背景下.   相似文献   

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《地学前缘》2017,(4):200-212
东亚陆缘中生代增生造山过程及变形响应一直以来都是中国区域地质研究的重大课题,也是东亚地质构造演化的一个难点和热点。其中一个最为关键的科学问题就是,古太平洋板块(Izanagi)何时开始启动俯冲?对中生代东亚大陆边缘产生何种影响?那丹哈达地体出露于中国东北,为一套构造混杂岩系,是中国境内由古太平洋板块俯冲-增生形成的唯一证据,为解决这一问题提供了可能。本文通过总结大量前人最新的岩石学、同位素年代学、沉积岩石组合、主干断裂、岩浆活动、古生物及古地磁等资料,试图厘定那丹哈达地体构造属性、增生过程、拼贴时间以及古太平洋板块开始俯冲的时间,并与周缘地体进行对比。结果表明:(1)那丹哈达增生杂岩分为饶河杂岩和跃进山杂岩,饶河杂岩具有洋岛玄武岩(OIB)的特征,不是前人认为的蛇绿岩,可称之为洋岛(海山)杂岩;跃进山杂岩具有洋中脊玄武岩(MORB)的特征,是典型的蛇绿岩,同时暗示古太平洋板块可能于晚三叠世开始启动俯冲,并在136~131 Ma期间就位于现今位置。(2)那丹哈达与日本丹波—美浓—尾足地体都是侏罗纪增生楔,在沉积岩石组合和年龄、放射虫类型及分布、地质构造等特征上都非常相似,在中新世日本海打开之前应是一个统一的超级地体。  相似文献   

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中国大陆及邻区中生代—新生代大地构造与环境变迁   总被引:68,自引:12,他引:68  
万天丰  朱鸿 《现代地质》2002,16(2):107-120
在系统研究古地磁、周边板块的运动学特征、板内变形、构造应力场和沉积古地理资料的基础上 ,恢复了中国大陆及邻区中、新生代 6个时期的大地构造演化特征、构造古地理 ,并进而探讨了对环境变迁的影响。 6个时期的划分、构造特征及其古地理环境分别为 :印支期 (2 5 0~ 2 0 8Ma) ,NE -SW向缩短 ,中国大部分大陆完成拼合 ,南方以海为主 ,北方以陆地为主 ;燕山期 (2 0 8~ 135Ma) ,NW -SE向缩短 ,大陆地块逆时针旋转 2 0°~ 30° ,东部形成高地 ,西部为低地 ;四川期 (135~ 5 2Ma) ,NE -SW向缩短 ,以盆岭地形为主 ;华北期 (5 2~ 2 3 3Ma) ,太平洋板块第一次向西俯冲、挤压 ,中国东部形成 3条东西向山脉和 4个汇水盆地 ;喜马拉雅期 (2 3 3~ 0 78Ma) ,印度板块与欧亚大陆碰撞 ,青藏高原隆升 ,其他地块相对沉降 ;新构造期 (0 78Ma以来 ) ,周边各板块保持相对均衡状态 ,逐步构成现代地貌。研究表明 ,大地构造是古地理环境变化的主要控制因素。  相似文献   

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古南海的俯冲消亡是深入揭示南海扩张机制和重塑东南亚中新生代构造演化的关键,然而目前对于古南海的俯冲过程仍存在诸多争议。马来西亚婆罗洲出露完整的晚白垩世-渐新世沉积地层,是研究古南海构造演化的重要窗口。本文通过碎屑矿物组成、元素地球化学及Nd同位素分析,对婆罗洲晚白垩世-渐新世地层沉积物来源进行示踪,反演区域古地理格局及构造演化。结果显示,晚白垩世-古新世Rajang群沉积物主要来源于古太平洋俯冲形成的岩浆岩带,马来半岛与印支陆块南缘对古新世-晚渐新世地层沉积贡献明显增加,暗示古太平洋板块俯冲的影响持续到早古新世(~60 Ma)。晚始新世,随着澳大利亚板块持续向北漂移,婆罗洲逆时针旋转引起残余海盆剪刀式闭合。~37Ma,曾母陆块与婆罗洲碰撞, Rajang群抬升剥蚀。渐新世,古南海在婆罗洲东北部沙巴开始俯冲,对应于南海的打开。古南海自西向东斜向俯冲消亡,婆罗洲的逆时针旋转与沿卢帕尔线的走滑使Rajang群与Kuching超级群叠置。  相似文献   

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晚中生代东亚多板块汇聚与大陆构造体系的发展   总被引:4,自引:4,他引:0  
东亚大陆原型形成于三叠纪印支造山运动旋回,其周邻环绕的三大洋(古太平洋、蒙古-鄂霍茨克洋、中特提斯洋)于早侏罗世初期几乎同时向东亚大陆俯冲,开启了东亚多板块汇聚历史。文章通过总结东亚大陆晚中生代构造变形和构造岩浆事件的新近研究成果,简述了东亚多板块汇聚产生的三个陆缘汇聚构造系统(北部蒙古-鄂霍次克碰撞造山带、东部与俯冲有关的增生造山系统、西南部班公湖-怒江缝合构造带)、陆内汇聚构造变形体系和大陆伸展构造体系。在此基础上,重新构建了东亚多板块汇聚大陆构造-岩浆演化的时间框架,将其划分为三个阶段:早侏罗世(200~170 Ma)周邻大洋板块初始俯冲阶段和陆缘裂解事件,中晚侏罗世-早白垩世早期(170~135 Ma)周邻陆缘碰撞造山或俯冲增生造山作用、陆内再生造山作用和汇聚构造体系的形成;中晚白垩世(135~80 Ma)大陆岩石圈的减薄作用和大陆伸展构造体系的发育。研究认为,晚中生代东亚多板块汇聚在时空上的有序演化和深浅构造的复合叠加,不仅产生了东亚大陆复杂的陆缘和陆内构造体系,同时控制了中国东部燕山期爆发式岩浆-成矿作用,也使东亚构造地貌发生东西翘变,早期陆缘汇聚产生的东部高原因晚期大陆岩石圈的减薄和伸展而垮塌。东亚大陆构造体系的形成和演化与联合古大陆的裂解同步,晚中生代东亚多板块汇聚完成了从东亚到欧亚大陆的演替,以东亚大陆为核心的多板块汇聚格局一直延续至新生代,可能成为未来超大陆形成的起点。   相似文献   

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山东胶东矿集区燕山期构造热事件与金矿成矿耦合探讨   总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3  
于学峰  李洪奎  单伟 《地质学报》2012,86(12):1946-1956
中生代胶东地区有2次重要的碰撞造山事件,印支造山作用主要表现为扬子板块向华北板块俯冲,形成苏鲁高压—超高压变质带,同造山花岗岩及后造山高碱正长岩;燕山造山作用的大陆动力学环境起源于中亚-特提斯构造域向滨太平洋构造域转化和太平洋板块的俯冲,在胶东地区表现为3次造山和2次伸展.本文基于汇集的71个SHRIMP锆石U-Pb同位素年龄,并参考前人已有划分方案,提出胶东地区燕山期花岗岩年代格架:160~150Ma玲珑-昆嵛山花岗岩侵位,130~126Ma郭家岭花岗闪长岩形成,120~110Ma伟德山花岗闪长岩-花岗岩侵位,110~100Ma崂山A型晶洞过碱性碱长花岗岩侵位,代表燕山运动的结束;区内3期金矿成矿事件(150Ma、120~110Ma和100Ma~90Ma)则与玲珑、郭家岭和伟德山岩体的构造-岩浆热事件相耦合.胶东地区构造-岩浆事件和金矿成矿作用受控于特提斯、古亚洲洋和太平洋3大构造域的相互作用,金矿形成的动力学背景是中生代构造体制转折和岩石圈减薄,起因与太平洋板块向华北板块的俯冲机制有关.  相似文献   

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佳木斯地块位于中亚造山带东段,是我国东北地区一个重要的大地构造单元,古生代以来经历了复杂的多构造体系叠合的演化过程。本文在总结近二十年已报导的相关研究成果基础上,结合笔者近年工作,探讨了佳木斯地块的基底属性和来源,重塑了佳木斯地块西缘碰撞拼贴,以及东缘俯冲-增生的构造演化过程。研究表明,佳木斯地块具有亲冈瓦纳大陆的构造属性,裂离后经历了长距离的北漂。与松辽地块先后两次拼合,首次发生于中志留世(~425Ma),在晚二叠世前后(~250Ma)沿原缝合带位置发生裂解,拉张出新的有限洋盆(牡丹江洋),并于侏罗纪(185~145Ma)与松辽地块沿牡丹江-依兰构造带再次碰撞拼贴,形成了高压变质的黑龙江增生杂岩带。而佳木斯地块东缘受晚石炭世-晚三叠世(305~250Ma)泛大洋的俯冲-增生事件影响,形成了跃进山增生杂岩,随后于中侏罗世-早白垩世(165~128Ma)在古太平洋板块的西向俯冲作用下,形成了饶河增生杂岩。因此,佳木斯地块的构造演化既涉及了晚古生代古亚洲洋构造域的消亡,又经历了中生代古太平洋构造域的叠加与改造,而黑龙江杂岩的形成标志着古太平洋构造体制与古亚洲洋构造体制的转换始于晚三叠世(~210Ma)。  相似文献   

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目前对珠江口盆地中生代以来的演化过程及其与沉积环境演变的响应关系尚缺乏系统性认识.基于珠江口盆地中-新生代岩浆活动、断陷结构样式及其改造、典型构造变形样式、沉积中心的转换等特征的对比分析,将盆地中-新生代的构造演化划分为4个阶段、7个期次:(1)中侏罗世-晚白垩世早期(~170~90 Ma)为古太平洋板块俯冲主控的陆缘岩浆弧-弧前盆地演化阶段;(2)晚白垩世-始新世中期(~90~43 Ma)为太平洋板块俯冲后撤背景下弧后周缘前陆/造山后塌陷-主动裂谷演化阶段;(3)始新世中期-中中新世(~43~10 Ma)为华南挤出-古南海俯冲拖曳主导的被动陆缘演化阶段;(4)晚中新世以来(~10~0 Ma)为菲律宾板块NWW向仰冲主导的挤压张扭演化阶段.~90 Ma、~43 Ma、~10 Ma分别实现了由安第斯型俯冲向西太平洋型俯冲、由主动裂谷向被动陆缘伸展、由被动陆缘伸展向挤压张扭的转换.在此过程中,伴随着古南海和南海的发育-消亡,新生代裂陷期沉积环境由东向西、由南向北逐渐海侵,裂后期由南向北阶段性差异沉降,由陆架浅水向陆坡深水转换,这使得珠一/三、珠二、珠四坳陷的石油地质条件具有显著的分带差异性.   相似文献   

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古太平洋起源于泛大洋,为晚古生代-早中生代环绕泛大陆的全球性大洋。随着古特提斯洋盆的关闭和泛大陆的裂解,逐渐形成了古太平洋板块,以及大西洋、北冰洋和印度洋板块等等。本文综合了近年来这方面的研究进展,提出古太平洋板块(或伊佐柰琦板块)向东北亚大陆边缘的俯冲作用始于早侏罗世,俯冲带逐渐由西向东迁移,其中夹杂着微陆块或地体,构成了多岛洋的构造格局。  相似文献   

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Tectonic models for the Late Cretaceous/Tertiary evolution of the West Antarctic Rift System range from hundreds of kilometres of extension to negligible strike-slip displacement and are based on a variety of observations, as well as kinematic and geodynamic models. Most data constraining these models originate from the Ross Sea/Adare Trough area and the Transantarctic Mountains. We use a new Antarctic continental crustal-thinning grid, combined with a revised plate-kinematic model based on East Antarctic – Australia – Pacific – West Antarctic plate circuit closure, to trace the geometry and extensional style of the Eocene – Oligocene West Antarctic Rift from the Ross Sea to the South Shetland Trench. The combined data suggest that from chron 21 (48 Ma) to chron 8 (26 Ma), the West Antarctic Rift System was characterised by extension in the west to dextral strike-slip in the east, where it was connected to the Pacific – Phoenix – East Antarctic triple junction via the Byrd Subglacial Basin and the Bentley Subglacial Trench, interpreted as pullapart basins. Seismic-reflection profiles crossing the De Gerlache Gravity Anomaly, a tectonic scar from a former spreading ridge jump in the Bellingshausen Sea, suggest Late Tertiary reactivation in a dextral strike-slip mode. This is supported by seismic-reflection profiles crossing the De Gerlache Gravity Anomaly in the Bellingshausen Sea, which show incised narrow sediment troughs and vertical faults indicating strike-slip movement along a north – south direction. Using pre-48 Ma plate circuit closure, we test the hypothesis that the Lord Howe Rise was attached to the Pacific Plate during the opening of the Tasman Sea. We show that this plate geometry may be plausible at least between 74 and 48 Ma, but further work especially on Australian – Antarctic relative plate motions is required to test this hypothesis.  相似文献   

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We present a Late Cretaceous (81 Ma) pole position for the Pacific plate derived from paleomagnetic analyses of basalt samples from Detroit Seamount (of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamounts) that were oriented using Brunhes-age overprints. This pole is at much higher latitudes than the previously published Late Cretaceous pole positions based on the modeling of magnetic anomalies observed during marine surveys over seamounts. Our new pole suggests that the Pacific plate would have moved rapidly between 95 and 81 Ma at speeds as high as 19.8 (−10.8/+11.2) cm/year. The Pacific plate at this time was smaller than the present-day plate and had a substantial subducting boundary. The high-velocity estimates are comparable with those of other paleoplates having similar characteristics. Therefore, plate tectonic driving forces can explain the motion and there is no need to invoke true polar wander. Decreases in mantle drag associated with vigorous Late Cretaceous volcanism in the Pacific, however, may have contributed to the rapid plate speed. The new pole position, together with other reliable paleomagnetic indicators of Pacific apparent polar wander, further supports the notion of drift of the Hawaiian hotspot during the Late Cretaceous.  相似文献   

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Cenozoic, mafic alkaline volcanic rocks throughout West Antarctica (WA) occupy diverse tectonic environments. On the Antarctic Peninsula (AP), late Miocene-Pleistocene (7 to <1 Ma) alkaline basaltic rocks were erupted <1 to 45 million years after subduction ceased along the Pacific margin of the AP. In Marie Byrd Land (MBL), by contrast, alkaline basaltic volcanism has been semi-continuous from 25–30 Ma to the present, and occurs in the West Antarctic rift system. Together, these Antarctic tectono-magmatic associations are analogous to the Basin and Range, Sierran, and Coast Range batholith provinces. Unlike the western US, however, basaltic rocks throughout WA have uniform geochemical characteristics, with especially narrow ranges in initial87Sr/86Sr (0.7026–0.7035),143Nd/144Nd (0.51286–0.51299), and La/Nb (0.6–1.4) ratios, suggesting very limited liput from old subcontinental lithosphere or crustal sources during magma genesis. However, there are significant differences in the relative and absolute abundances of the LILE (large-ionlithophile elements), and these divide WA into two provinces. Basalts from the AP region have unusually high K/Ba and K/Rb ratios (50–140 and 500–1500 respectively) and marked Ba depletion (Ba/Nb=2.5–8.0; Ba ppm 66–320) relative to MBL basalts, which have LILE distributions within the range for OIB (ocean-island basalt) (K/Ba <50, Ba/Nb 5–20). This geochemical contrast is accompanied by a three-fold increase in the age range of volcanic activity and a three orders of magnitude increase in the volume of eruptive products, within MBL. The regional differences in geochemistry, and in the volume and duration of volcanic activity, are best explained by a plume-related origin for MBL basalts, whereas alkaline magmatism in the AP is causally related to slab window formation following the cessation of subduction. Plume activity has alreadybeen proposed to explain tectonic doming and associated spatial patterns of volcanism in MBL. Most MBL geochemical traits are shared by the volcanic rocks of the western Ross Sea, suggesting that a large plume head underlies the West Antarctic rift system. The uniformity of basalt compositions throughout WA and the entire rift system suggest uniformly minimal extension throughout this region during late Cenozoic time. Differences in crustal thicknesses can be explained by early Cenozoic or pre-Cenozoic extension, but restraint on extension is suggested by the size of the region and the implied size of the plume. The c. 95% encirclement of the Antarctic plate by mid-ocean ridges and transforms restrains extension on a regional scale, leading to nonadiabatic plume rise and correspondingly little decompression melting.  相似文献   

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全球超大型斑岩铜矿浅析   总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5  
燕山-喜马拉雅期构造运动,引起印度板块与欧亚板块剧烈碰撞、太平洋板块向东俯冲与美洲大陆向西漂移,产生了"加厚旋涌"效应,即下地壳的加厚并深插上地幔软流圈,改变了软流圈运动方式而上涌,伴随强烈的岩浆活动和成矿物质上涌,完成了大规模成矿作用,在特提斯-喜马拉雅地区和太平洋东部边缘产出世界级超大型斑岩铜矿系列.初步提出太平洋东部边缘成矿作用明显超过特提斯-喜马拉雅地区原因.  相似文献   

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燕山-喜马拉雅期构造运动,引起印度板块与欧亚板块剧烈碰撞、太平洋板块向东俯冲与美洲大陆向西漂移,产生了"加厚旋涌"效应,即下地壳的加厚并深插上地幔软流圈,改变了软流圈运动方式而上涌,伴随强烈的岩浆活动和成矿物质上涌,完成了大规模成矿作用,在特提斯-喜马拉雅地区和太平洋东部边缘产出世界级超大型斑岩铜矿系列.初步提出太平洋东部边缘成矿作用明显超过特提斯-喜马拉雅地区原因.  相似文献   

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王雷  刘俊来  滕超  常玉巧 《地质论评》2021,67(1):251-264
晚古生代—早中生代古亚洲洋板块俯冲华北板块在辽北法库地区形成大型产状近水平的韧性剪切带。剪切带发展伴随着多期幔源及壳源的岩浆侵入,侵入岩在韧性剪切作用下发生韧性变形,记录了韧性剪切带变形历史。详细的野外地质调查结合岩石的宏观变形、显微构造及石英c轴组构特征分析,揭示了法库韧性剪切带内五龙山杂岩、高丽沟杂岩、早期十间房超单元变形处于上盘向北的剪切作用之下,晚期十间房超单元岩石变形指示构造运动转变为上盘向南剪切。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb分析结果显示高丽沟杂岩变形时间为264.7±3.6 Ma(MSWD=1.3),早期十间房超单变形时间为253.9±4.3 Ma(MSWD=3.3),晚期十间房超单元244.0±3.0 Ma(MSWD=1.9)。岩石地球化学特征表明早期十间房超单元及小房申岩体中部分岩石来源于部分熔融的岩石圈地幔。结合前人研究成果,我们认为华北板块北缘东段(辽北地区)晚二叠世(264.7~253.9 Ma)处于古亚洲洋板块俯冲华北板块作用之下;晚二叠世至早三叠世(253.9~244.0 Ma)构造体制转变为碰撞后伸展且逐渐停止,244.0±3.0 Ma碰撞后伸展逐渐结束;构造体制转变并逐渐结束的过程是壳幔共同作用的结果,暗示了古亚洲洋板块的俯冲板片断离、重力失衡,这标志着辽北地区古亚洲洋构造域演化结束。  相似文献   

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大南海地区新生代板块构造活动   总被引:26,自引:8,他引:26       下载免费PDF全文
姚伯初  万玲  吴能友 《中国地质》2004,31(2):113-122
在新生代澳大利亚板块和欧亚板块之间的大洋中,存在一些地块(微板块);同时,澳大利亚板块北部边缘的一些地块先后和澳大利亚板块分离,向北运动,与一些和欧亚板块分离出来的地块先后发生碰撞缝合。在此期间,由于地块分离而发生海底扩张,产生许多小洋盆,如南海、苏录海、苏拉威西海、安达曼海等,最后形成了东南亚地区今日的构造景观。笔者从大南海地区新生代的构造演化史之框架来研究南海地区新生代的构造演化历史,认为南海地区新生代的构造活动既与印度板块和欧亚板块的碰撞有关,也与太平洋板块向欧亚板块的俯冲活动有联系;同时,还受到澳大利亚板块向北运动之影响。南海地区在新生代发生过两次海底扩张,第一次海底扩张发生在42~35Ma前.是受印度板块和欧亚板块碰撞而引起欧亚大陆之下向东南方向之地幔流的影响而发生的,其海底扩张方向为NWSE,产生了南海西南海盆;第二次海底扩张发生于32~17Ma前。由于太平洋板块向欧亚板块俯冲,俯冲的大洋岩石圈已达700km深处,阻挡了欧亚大陆的上地幔向东南方向之流动,从而转向南流动。引起南海地区南北向海底扩张,即新生代第二次海底扩张,产生了南海中央海盆。南海新生代洋盆诞生之后,由于大南海地区继续有地块碰撞和边缘海海底扩张,对南海南部地区产生挤压,从而使这里的沉积发生变形,这就引起万安运动(南海南部)。  相似文献   

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《Gondwana Research》2014,26(4):1660-1679
New radiometric age and geochemical data of volcanic rocks from the guyot-type Marie Byrd Seamounts (MBS) and the De Gerlache Seamounts and Peter I Island (Amundsen Sea) are presented. 40Ar/39Ar ages of the shield phase of three MBS are Early Cenozoic (65 to 56 Ma) and indicate formation well after creation of the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge. A Pliocene age (3.0 Ma) documents a younger phase of volcanism at one MBS and a Pleistocene age (1.8 Ma) for the submarine base of Peter I Island. Together with published data, the new age data imply that Cenozoic intraplate magmatism occurred at distinct time intervals in spatially confined areas of the Amundsen Sea, excluding an origin through a fixed mantle plume. Peter I Island appears strongly influenced by an EMII type mantle component that may reflect shallow mantle recycling of a continental raft during the final breakup of Gondwana. By contrast the Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopic compositions of the MBS display a strong affinity to a HIMU-type mantle source. On a regional scale the isotopic signatures overlap with those from volcanics related to the West Antarctic Rift System, and Cretaceous intraplate volcanics in and off New Zealand. We propose reactivation of the HIMU material, initially accreted to the base of continental lithosphere during the pre-rifting stage of Marie Byrd Land/Zealandia to explain intraplate volcanism in the Amundsen Sea in the absence of a long-lived hotspot. We propose continental insulation flow as the most plausible mechanism to transfer the sub-continental accreted plume material into the shallow oceanic mantle. Crustal extension at the southern boundary of the Bellingshausen Plate from about 74 to 62 Ma may have triggered adiabatic rise of the HIMU material from the base of Marie Byrd Land to form the MBS. The De Gerlache Seamounts are most likely related to a preserved zone of lithospheric weakness underneath the De Gerlache Gravity Anomaly.  相似文献   

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