Refining accretionary orogen models for the Tasmanides of eastern Australia     

R. A. Glen 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(3):315-370

The well-known southwest-to-northeast younging of stratigraphy over a present-day cross strike distance of >1500 km in the southern Tasmanides of eastern Australia has been used to argue for models of accretionary orogenesis behind a continually eastwards-rolling paleo-Pacific plate. However, these accretionary models need modification, since the oldest (ca 530 Ma) outcrops of Cambrian supra-subduction zone rocks occur in the outboard New England Orogen, now ～900 km east of the next oldest (520–510 Ma) supra-subduction zone rocks. This is not consistent with simple, continuous easterly rollback. Instead, the southern Tasmanides contain an early history characterised by a westwards-migrating margin between ca 530 and ca 520 Ma, followed by rapid eastwards rollback of the paleo-Pacific plate from 520 to 502 Ma that opened a vast backarc basin ～2000 km across that has never been closed. From the Ordovician through to the end of the Carboniferous, the almost vertical stacking of continental margin arcs (within a hundred kilometres of each other) in the New England Orogen indicates a constant west-dipping plate boundary in a Gondwana reference frame. Although the actual position of the boundary is inferred to have undergone contraction-related advances and extension-related retreats, these movements are estimated to be ～250 km or less. Rollback in the early Permian was never completely reversed, so that late Permian–Triassic to Cretaceous arcs lie farther east, in the very eastern part of eastern Australia, with rifted fragments occurring in the Lord Howe Rise and in New Zealand. The northern Tasmanides are even more anomalous, since they missed out on the middle Cambrian plate boundary retreat seen in the south. As a result, their Cambrian-to-Devonian history is concentrated in a ～300 km wide strip immediately west of Precambrian cratonic Australia and above Precambrian basement. The presence in this narrow region of Ordovician to Carboniferous continental margin arcs and backarc basins also implies a virtually stationary plate boundary in a Gondwana frame of reference. This bipolar character of the Tasmanides suggests the presence of a segmented paleo-Pacific Plate, with major transform faults propagating into the Tasmanides as tear faults that were favourably oriented for the formation of local supra-subduction zone systems and for subsequent intraplate north–south shortening. In this interpretation of the Tasmanides, Lower–Middle Ordovician quartz-rich turbidites accumulated as submarine fan sequences, and do not represent multiple subduction complexes developed above subduction zones lying behind the plate boundary. Indeed, the Tasmanides are characterised by the general absence of material accreted from the paleo-Pacific plate and by the dominance of craton-derived, recycled sedimentary rocks.  相似文献   

大别造山带钾氩年龄的解释—差异上升的地块   总被引：13，自引：2，他引：13  

陈江峰  董树文 《地质论评》1993,39(1):17-22

根据冷却年龄理论和大别造山带变质岩K-Ar表面年龄的平面分布,指出这些年龄既不代表岩石形成事件,也不简单地反映后期热事件,而代表岩石经剥蚀隆起温度下降到该矿物封度温度以来的时间,即反映地区的构造隆起历史。现有资料说明大别造山带整体在印支期开始隆起,但中部罗田—英山一带则隆起较快或地热增温率高,因而表现出年轻(燕山期)的表面年龄。  相似文献   

由台湾海峡7．3级地震分析中国地震大形势     

刁守中 《高原地震》1995,(2)

本文论述了１９９４年９月１６日台湾海峡７．３级地震对中国地震大趋势所产生的可能影响。作者认为，这次地震应属于中国大陆板内地震，它可能标志着中国大陆及边邻地区７级以上地震从本世纪以来第五活动期（起始于１９８８年）的相对平静时段转入活跃时段并可能步入高潮。它打破了近十年来中国大陆７级地震只分布于青藏块体的格局，但并不意味着本期主体活动区（青藏块体及边邻）的改变；同时，这次地震标志着东南沿海地区进入新的地震活跃幕；台湾地区７级地震活动也将增强。  相似文献   

台湾琉球地区Lg波的震相特征     

陆南栋  傅建武 《华南地震》1995,15(1):30-37

根据浙闽台站记录的台湾琉球近震资料，研究了该区Ｌｇ波的组成及各震相的基本特征。研究表明，该区Ｌｇ波由多个速度不同的波群组成，在Ｌｇ１和Ｌｇ２两种波中可以分出Ｌｇ′１、Ｌｇ″１；和Ｌｇ′２、Ｌｇ″２四种震相，不同震区各震相的记录特征明显不同，鲜明地反映出地壳结构由大陆型向海洋型过渡的特点。此外，还对波列中的未知震相、影响震相记录特征的其它因素，以及震相标注和Ｌｇ波走时表等问题进行了讨论。  相似文献   

台湾东地震带地震活动特征及与大陆地震的关系   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

李献智  张国民 《地震研究》1995,18(1):16-20

本文研究了台湾东地震带地震活动的特征及其与中国大陆地震的关系，发现二者具有时间上的同步性和某些动力学特征的联系，既为判定大陆地震趋势提供了参考依据，也为可能统一研究中国大陆和台湾省的地震趋势提供了有价值的线索。  相似文献   

台北盆地构造特征及形成机制探讨   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2       下载免费PDF全文

张进  马宗晋  吴贻  李天斌 《地震地质》2005,27(1):131-144

台北盆地位于台湾造山带的北部,它的形成有其特殊的机制而不同于一般意义上由于造山带的垮塌直接导致的盆地。钻井、地震勘探等资料表明,控制盆地形成的山脚断层并不是一条完整的正断层,而是由 3个段落组成,每个段落控制 1个沉积中心,彼此之间没有沟通。山脚断层各段落的活动性并不相同,向NE方向随时间逐渐增强,目前最为活动的段落集中在中段和北段,南段已不活动。台北盆地并不是一个孤立发育的盆地,是与金山断层东南的大屯火山群同时陷落的,具有一致的地球物理场背景、沉降规模以及正断层活动,广义的台北盆地从沉降范围和机制上还应该包括金山断层以南的大屯火山群。盆地周围发育了一系列的火山 (群),由于盆地的发育是紧随这些火山主要活动之后的,盆地的形成与周围火成活动有着必然联系,一些地球物理资料和盆地内的构造发育及沉积迁移特征表明,台北盆地的发育是深部岩浆体的冷却收缩所致。台北盆地深部存在与大屯火山群深部相通的岩浆体,岩浆体的冷却由南向北迁移  相似文献   

Geomorphic constraints on the active tectonics of southern Taiwan     

Lucy A. Ramsey  Richard T. Walker  James Jackson 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,170(3):1357-1372

Taiwan is a region of rapid active tectonics, yet the study of the tectonic processes that shape the interior of the island is difficult due to the high rates of erosion and dense vegetation. We use digital topography to look for indications of active deformation preserved in the local geomorphology. In particular, anomalies in the regional pattern of drainage are used to infer zones of enhanced tectonic activity. The apparent anticlockwise rotation of major river systems in plan view indicates the presence of a diffuse zone of left-lateral shear running down the southeastern side of Taiwan. Asymmetries in the catchments of individual drainage basins show the influence of varying rates of uplift across southern Taiwan, with the most rapid uplift close to Taitung at the indentation point of the Luzon arc with the Chinese continental margin. Our interpretations, though based predominantly on remote-sensing observations, are consistent with the available field evidence. This study demonstrates the usefulness of drainage basins as tectonic markers in the quantification of regional strain and uplift, which may have wider applicability in other deforming parts of the world.  相似文献   

Application of horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) Fourier spectral ratio for analysis of site effect on rock (NEHRP-class B) sites in Taiwan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Vladimir Yu. Sokolov  Chin-Hsiung Loh  Wen-Yu Jean   《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2007,27(4):314-323

The frequency-dependent amplification for rock (NEHRP-class B) sites was studied using earthquake ground-motion database collected in Taiwan during implementation of the Taiwan Strong Motion Instrumentation Program. The database used includes several hundred records from earthquakes of M_L 4.0–7.3 occurred between 1993 and 2004. The characteristics of amplification were evaluated using the well-known technique of horizontal-to-vertical Fourier spectral ratio (H/V) of the S-wave phase [Lermo J, Chavez-Garcia FJ. Site effect evaluation using spectral ratios with only one station. Bull Seism Soc Am 1993;83:1574–94]. The study allows us to analyze peculiarities of rock sites amplification in Northern and Eastern Taiwan. It was suggested to divide the NEHRP-class B site amplification into four types based on frequency of maximum amplification and the shape of amplification function. The applicability of the technique was also checked for a few stiff and soft soil sites (NEHRP-classes D and E).  相似文献   

1998年冬季台湾海峡的暖水入侵及其生态响应     

商少凌  洪华生  商少平  张彩云 《遥感学报》2001,5(4):383-387

就1998年2－3月台湾海峡AVHRR表层水温和SeaWiFS叶绿素数据以及当年2月20日至3月8日在台湾海峡北部海区所实施的多学科现场调查资料进行综合分析，着重探讨暖水入侵的过程及其生态响应。结果表明，1998年冬季由澎湖水道北上进入台湾海峡的高温高盐黑潮入侵水强度大于往年，在2月8日－3月13日期间不断增强，直至侵占整个海峡东侧海域，迫使低温低盐且富含营养盐的闽浙沿岸水主流顺大陆沿岸南下。这一过程向海峡西侧海域输入营养盐并使之达到适宜的水温，极可能是西侧海域出现叶绿素高值区、呈现出与往年相反的叶绿素分布态势的主控机制。分析这一现象与1997－1998年的E1 Nino事件可能存在着某种关联。  相似文献   

最大树法模糊聚类分析在台湾地区地震预报中的应用     

方宏芳 《华南地震》2001,21(4):44-49

运用最大树法模糊聚类分析,将台湾地区1936年至1989年间的35个地震事件分成了三类6型,并运用聚类结果对1990年至2000年的11个地震事件进行检验,得出了比较合理的检验结果,最后用聚类结果对台湾地区2001年的地震趋势进行了预测,得出了与其它手段一致的预报结果.  相似文献