Topography as a major factor in the development of arcuate thrust belts: insights from sandbox experiments   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

F. O. Marques  P. R. Cobbold 《Tectonophysics》2002,348(4)

We have used sandbox experiments to investigate and to illustrate the effects of topography upon the development of arcuate thrust belts. In experiments where a sand pack shortened and thickened in front of an advancing rectilinear piston, the geometry of the developing thrust wedge was highly sensitive to variations in surface topography. In the absence of erosion and sedimentation, the surface slope tended to become uniform, as predicted by the theory of critical taper. Under these conditions, the wedge propagated by sequential accretion of new thrust slices. In contrast, where erosion or sedimentation caused the topographic profile to become irregular, thrusts developed out of sequence. For example, erosion throughout a hinterland caused underlying thrusts to remain active and inhibited the development of new thrusts in the foreland. Where initial topography was irregular in plan view, accreting thrusts tended to be arcuate. They were convex towards the foreland, around an initially high area; concave towards the foreland, around an initially low area. Initial plateaux tended to behave rigidly, while arcuate thrust slices accreted to them. Thrust motions were radial with respect to each plateau. Within transfer zones to each side, fault blocks rotated about vertical axes and thrust motions were oblique-slip. At late stages of deformation, the surface slope of the thrust wedge tended towards a uniform value. Initial mountains of conical shape (representing volcanoes) also escaped deformation, except at depth, where they detached. Arcuate thrust slices accreted to front and back. Where a developing thrust wedge was subject to local incision, accreting thrust slices dipped towards surrounding areas of high topography, forming Vs across valleys.Arcuate structural patterns are to be found around the three highest plateaux on Earth (Tibet, Pamirs and Altiplano) and around the Tromen volcanic ridge in the Neuquén Basin of northern Patagonia. We infer that these areas behaved in quasi-rigid fashion, protected as they were by their high topography.  相似文献   

Crustal structure of the Ruby Mountains and southern Carlin Trend region, Nevada, from magnetotelluric data     

Philip E. Wannamaker  William M. Doerner 《Ore Geology Reviews》2002,21(3-4)

We have collected about 150 magnetotelluric (MT) soundings in northeastern Nevada in the region of the Ruby Mountains metamorphic core complex uplift and southern Carlin mineral trend, in an effort to illuminate controls on core complex evolution and deposition of world-class gold deposits. The region has experienced a broad range of tectonic events including several periods of compressional and extensional deformation, which have contributed to the total expression of electrical resistivity. Most of the soundings reside in three east–west profiles across increasing degrees of core uplift to the north (Bald Mountain, Harrison Pass, and Secret Pass latitudes). One short cross-line was also taken to assess an east–west structure to the north of the northern profile. Model resistivity cross-sections were derived from the MT data using a 2-D inversion algorithm, which damps departures of model parameters from an a priori structure. Geological interpretation of the resistivity combines previous seismic, potential field and isotope models, structural and petrological models for regional compression and extension, and detailed structural/stratigraphic interpretations incorporating drilling for petroleum and mineral exploration. To first order, the resistivity structure is one of a moderately conductive, Phanerozoic sedimentary section fundamentally disrupted by intrusion and uplift of resistive crystalline rocks. Late Devonian and early Mississippian shales of the Pilot and Chainman Formations together form an important conductive marker sequence in the stratigraphy and show pronounced increases in conductance (conductivity–thickness product) from east to west. These increases are attributed to graphitization caused by Elko–Sevier era compressional shear deformation and possibly by intrusive heating. The resistive crystalline central massifs adjoin the host stratigraphy across crustal-scale, steeply dipping fault zones. The zones provide pathways to the lower crust for heterogeneous, upper crustal induced, electric current flow. Resistive core complex crust appears steeply bounded under the middle of the neighboring grabens and not to deepen at a shallow angle to arbitrary distances to the west. The numerous crustal breaks imaged with MT may contribute to the low effective elastic thickness (T_e) estimated regionally for the Great Basin and exemplify the mid-crustal, steeply dipping slip zones in which major earthquakes nucleate. An east–west oriented conductor in the crystalline upper crust spans the East Humboldt Range and northern Ruby Mountains. The conductor may be related to nearby graphitic metasediments, with possible alteration by middle Tertiary magmatism. Lower crustal resistivity everywhere under the profiles is low and appears quasi one-dimensional. It is consistent with a low rock porosity (<1 vol.%) containing hypersaline brines and possible water-undersaturated crustal melts, residual to the mostly Miocene regional extension. The resistivity expression of the southern Carlin Trend (CT) in the Pinon Range is not a simple lineament but rather a family of structures attributed to Eocene intrusion, stratal deformation, and alteration/graphitization. Substantial reactivation or overprinting by core complex uplift or Basin–Range extensional events seems likely. We concur with others that the Carlin Trend may result in part from overlap of the large Eocene Northeast Nevada Volcanic Field with Precambrian–Paleozoic deep-water clastic source rocks thickening abruptly to the west of the Pinon Range, and projecting to the north–northwest.  相似文献   

甘肃小柳沟钨多金属矿地质特征及成矿模式   总被引：12，自引：1，他引：12       下载免费PDF全文

安涛  周继强 《甘肃地质》2002,11(2):54-66

小柳沟钨多金属矿于 90年代初发现 ,目前已具大型、超大型规模。共有 4个矿床。成矿主要与长城系朱龙关群和隐伏花岗岩有关。该矿床成矿物质来源具双重性 ,成矿温度为中高温 ,成矿流体为中等盐度 ,同位素计算模式年龄确定其成矿于加里东期。矿床成因属于火山喷发沉积—岩浆热液改造矿床。  相似文献   

Models of passive margin inversion: implications for the Rhenohercynian fold-and-thrust belt, Belgium and Germany     

Y Vanbrabant  J Braun 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,202(1):15-29

Positive tectonic inversion is related to the transmission of compressional stresses along a décollement into the foreland of an orogenic zone. This stress and strain concentration in regions remote from the main orogenic front is commonly related to the presence of pre-existing rheological heterogeneities such as normal syn-depositional faults. During inversion, these pre-existing normal faults are reactivated as reverse faults. Tectonic inversion in the Rhenohercynian fold-and-thrust belt during the Variscan Orogeny shows that inversion is likely synchronous with the onset of collision in the hinterland. Here, we present the results of a simplified thermo-mechanical model (STM) which allows one to study strain partitioning between two orogenic zones. We show that, if the two orogenic zones have the same mechanical properties, the viscosity of the décollement, which links them, controls the initial strain partitioning. During subsequent finite shortening, erosional processes determine the partitioning of strain rate. The presence of a weak structure in the inverted zone and of a low-viscosity décollement leads to initial strain concentration in the inverted track rather than in the collision zone and a progressive decrease in strain partitioning between the two orogenic zones. The STM results are in good agreement with results of a 2D finite-element model. We conclude that, in the western part of the Rhenohercynian Massif, simultaneous uplift and deformation within the Mid-German Crystalline Rise (the main collision zone) and the Ardenne Anticlinorium (the inverted zone) lead to interpreting this orogenic event as a case of vice tectonic rather than the propagation of a ‘wave of folding’ towards the Variscan front, as suggested by previous authors.  相似文献   

甘肃北山地区成矿带划分及基本特征   总被引：7，自引：2，他引：7       下载免费PDF全文

张发荣  牛卯胜 《甘肃地质》2003,12(1):50-57

根据成矿地质背景和成矿在时空上的联系性 ,以板块构造单元为基础 ,结合地质、物探、化探、遥感等成矿信息 ,将甘肃北山成矿区带厘定为 2个Ⅱ级成矿区 ,3个Ⅲ级成矿带 ,1 0个Ⅳ级成矿带。以期为矿产勘查和地质大调查工作部署提供新的思路和依据  相似文献   

安宁河-则木河-小江带强震趋势的预测依据和应用问题     

程万正 《四川地震》2003,(2):12-16

分析了近年沿安宁河一则木河一小江断裂带和大凉山断裂带出现的突出地震活动性、跨断层地壳形变和宏、微观异常现象。根据这些异常依据分析了强震趋势及预测应用问题，并进行了有益的思考。  相似文献   

易门式大型铜矿床构造成矿动力学模型   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：5  

韩润生  刘丛强  马德云  王红才  马更生 《地质科学》2003,38(2):200-213

针对金属矿床隐伏矿定位预测的关键问题,在提出构造成矿动力学的分支学术方向的基础上,以易门式大型铜矿床为例,从成矿地质背景、矿田构造、构造地球化学和成矿构造应力场等方面进行构造成矿动力学研究,阐述在构造应力场控制下成矿流体运移和聚集的规律。构造地球化学研究认为,构造地球化学异常反映矿体的原生晕;构造地球化学异常受构造控制,其分带特征可指示成矿流体的流向,并提供矿床成因和隐伏矿(化)体相对埋深的信息。构造应力场的控矿特征主要表现在:构造应力场导致控矿构造的形成,并驱动成矿流体的运移;构造应力场控制了成矿能量场;应力和能量的高值集中区分布特点可反映某些构造型式。在此基础上建立构造成矿动力学模型,概括隐伏矿成矿预测准则,据此提出若干重点找矿靶区和靶位,其中部分靶区得到工程验证,表明构造成矿动力学方法对隐伏矿定位预测和评价具有重要的指导意义。  相似文献   

The Northward Shift of Climatic Belts in China During the Last 50 Years and the Corresponding Seasonal Responses   总被引：29，自引：0，他引：29  

YE Duzheng  JIANG Yundi  DONG Wenjie 《大气科学进展》2003,20(6):959-967

Along the meridian of 105°E, the Chinese region are divided into two parts, east and west. The results show that in the east part of China the temperate extratropical belt, the warm extratropical belt,and the northern subtropical belt shift northward significantly, whereas the middle subtropical belt and the southern subtropical belt have less or no change. As for the northern subtropical belt, the maximal northward shift can reach 3.7 degrees of latitude. As for the warm extratropical belt, along the meridian of 120°-125°E, the maximal northward shift can reach 3-4 degrees. In the west part of China, each climatic belt changes little. Only in the Xinjiang area are the significant northward shifts. Correspondingly, it is found that in the last 50 years the traditional seasons have changed. For Beijing, Hailar, and Lanzhou, in general, summer becomes longer and winter shorter over the last 50 years. Summer begins early and ends late with respect to early 1950s. Contrary to the summer, winter begins la  相似文献   

中国金银矿产资源现状成矿环境及开发前景   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

朱桂田 《矿产与地质》1997,(6):368-373

中国金银矿产具有类型齐全的共同特点，其资源和开发前景表现为金矿优于银矿。金矿成矿环境有利，成矿时代及资源分布广泛。但是，储量在１００吨以上的超大型矿床不多，富矿少，资源利用程度高，且浪费严重，存在重开发、轻勘查等问题。银矿虽然是世界上资源丰富的国家之一，但仍然是我国资源保证程度较低的矿种之一，也存在特大型矿床少、探明储量不足的问题。  相似文献   

康滇地轴中南段铀成矿条件及远景分析   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

郭葆墀  钱法荣  蔡煜琦  张待时 《铀矿地质》1997,(4)

本文对康滇地轴中南段铀矿化划分出３种类型（砂岩型、钠交代岩型和元古代浅变质岩型），并阐明其主要特征。提出了元古代地壳演化曾经历了原始古陆形成阶段、沉降活动阶段和基底再团结阶段，认为中元古界昆阳群是有别于典型的含铀碳硅泥岩沉积建造。通过对该区部分岩石原始铀含量进行研究，提出了有关岩石可作为该区铀源岩的新认识；划分出碱性和酸性两大类型的热液蚀变，指出本区以发育碱性蚀变地段的成矿前景较好。指出该区铀成矿前景：（１）该区不具备形成澳加式元古代不整合面型铀矿床的地质条件；（２）非澳加式元古代不整合面型的铀成矿前景较差；（３）本区碱（钠）交代岩型铀矿化具有一定的找矿前景。  相似文献