The transition from an active to a passive margin (SW end of the South Shetland Trench, Antarctic Peninsula)     

Antonio Jabaloy  Jun-Carlos Balany  Antonio Barnolas  Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar  F. Javier Hernndez-Molina  Andrs Maldonado  Jos-Miguel Martínez-Martínez  Jos Rodríguez-Fernndez  Carlos Sanz de Galdeano  Luis Somoza  Emma Suriach  Jun Toms Vzquez 《Tectonophysics》2003,366(1-2):55-81

The lateral ending of the South Shetland Trench is analysed on the basis of swath bathymetry and multichannel seismic profiles in order to establish the tectonic and stratigraphic features of the transition from an northeastward active to a southwestward passive margin style. This trench is associated with a lithospheric-scale thrust accommodating the internal deformation in the Antarctic Plate and its lateral end represents the tip-line of this thrust. The evolutionary model deduced from the structures and the stratigraphic record includes a first stage with a compressional deformation, predating the end of the subduction in the southwestern part of the study area that produced reverse faults in the oceanic crust during the Tortonian. The second stage occurred during the Messinian and includes distributed compressional deformation around the tip-line of the basal detachment, originating a high at the base of the slope and the collapse of the now inactive accretionary prism of the passive margin. The initial subduction of the high at the base of the slope induced the deformation of the accretionary prism and the formation of another high in the shelf—the Shelf Transition High. The third stage, from the Early Pliocene to the present-day, includes the active compressional deformation of the shelf and the base-of-slope around the tip-line of the basal detachment, while extensional deformations are active in the outer swell of the trench.  相似文献   

Unstable forearc stress in the eastern Nankai subduction zone for the last 2 million years     

A. Yamaji  T. Sakai  K. Arai  Y. Okamura 《Tectonophysics》2003,369(1-2):103-120

Transpressional tectonics characterizes the SW Japan arc. However, we will show in this article that offshore seismic profiles and onshore mesoscale faults indicate that the eastern part of the forearc was subject to transtensional tectonics since ca. 2.0 Ma. Offshore normal faults imaged on the profiles run parallel to the Nankai Trough, and started activity at 1.0 Ma, but transtensional tectonics commenced the onshore area earlier. In order to understand the stress history in the forearc region, we collected fault-slip data from onshore mesoscale faults in Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary rocks in the Kakegawa area at the northeastern extension of the offshore normal faults. Most of the mesoscale faults are oblique-normal, indicating that the area was subject to transtensional tectonics. The faults suggest that the compressional tectonic regime was followed by the transtensional one at 2.0 Ma, in agreement with regional tectonostratigraphic data, which indicate that folding ceased at that time. Present compressional stress followed the transtensional tectonic regime sometime in the late Pleistocene. Transtensional or extensional tectonic zone shifted from the Kakegawa area to the offshore region.These observations indicate that the state of stress just behind the accretionary prism of the eastern Nankai subduction zone has been unstable in the last 2 million years, suggesting that the forearc wedge has been at critical state in that gravitational force and basal shear traction on the wedge have been balanced, but the forearc tectonics has been susceptible to small perturbations. Possible factors compatible with the observed stress history include the change of subduction direction of the plate at 1.0 Ma, and the rapid uplift of Central Japan thereafter.  相似文献   

Re–Os systematics of diamond-bearing eclogites from the Newlands kimberlite     

A. H. Menzies  R. W. Carlson  S. B. Shirey  J. J. Gurney 《Lithos》2003,71(2-4):323-336

A suite of 14 diamond-bearing and 3 diamond-free eclogite xenoliths from the Newlands kimberlite, South Africa, have been studied using the Re–Os isotopic system to provide constraints on the age and possible protoliths of eclogites and diamonds. Re concentrations in diamond-bearing eclogites are variable (0.03–1.34 ppb), while Os concentrations show a much more limited range (0.26–0.59 ppb). The three diamond-free eclogites have Re and Os concentrations that are at the extremes of the range of their diamond-bearing counterparts. ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os ranges from 0.1579 to 1.4877, while ¹⁸⁷Re/¹⁸⁸Os varies from 0.54 to 26.2 in the diamond-bearing eclogites. The highly radiogenic Os in the diamond-bearing eclogites (γ_Os=23–1056) is consistent with their high ¹⁸⁷Re/¹⁸⁸Os and requires long-term isolation from the convecting mantle. Re–Os model ages for 9 out of 14 diamond-bearing samples lie between 3.08 and 4.54 Ga, in agreement with FTIR spectra of Newlands diamonds that show nitrogen aggregation states consistent with diamond formation in the Archean. Re–Os isochron systematics for the Newlands samples do not define a precise isochron relationship, but lines drawn between subsets of the data provide ages ranging from 2.9 to 4.1 Ga, all of which are suggestive of formation in the Archean. The Re–Os systematics combined with mineral chemistry and stable isotopic composition of the diamond-bearing eclogites are consistent with a protolith that has interacted with surficial environments. Therefore, the favored model for the origin of the Newlands diamond-bearing eclogites is via subduction. The most likely precursors for the Kaapvaal eclogites include komatiitic ocean ridge products or primitive portions of oceanic plateaus or ocean islands.  相似文献   

Broad depth range seismic imaging of the subducted Nazca Slab, North Chile     

S. Buske  S. Lüth  H. Meyer  R. Patzig  C. Reichert  S. Shapiro  P. Wigger  M. Yoon 《Tectonophysics》2002,350(4):93-282

In this paper, we present a compilation of modern seismic and seismological methods applied to image the subduction process in North Chile, South America. We use data from active and passive seismic experiments that were acquired within the framework of the German Collaborative Research Center SFB267 ‘Deformation Processes in the Andes’. The investigation area is located between 20° and 25°S and extends from the trench down to 100 km depth. In the depth range between the sea bottom and 15 km, we process an offshore seismic reflection profile using a recently developed velocity-model-independent stacking procedure. We find that the upper part of the subducting oceanic lithosphere in this depth range is characterized by a horst-and-graben structure. This structure supports an approximately 3 km thick coupling zone between the plates. In the depth range between 15 and 45 km, we analyse the spatial distribution of aftershocks of the Antofagasta earthquake (1995). The aftershock hypocenters are concentrated in an approximately 3 km thick layer. Finally, in the depth range between 45 and 100 km, we apply Kirchhoff prestack depth migration to the onshore ANCORP profile. A double reflection zone is observed between 45 and 60 km depth, which may represent the upper and lower boundary of the subducted oceanic crust. Over the whole range down to more than 80–90 km depth, we obtain an image of the subducting slab. At that depth, the hypocenters of local earthquakes deviate significantly in the direction perpendicular to the slab face from the reflective parts of the slab. Consequently, our results yield a complete seismic image of the downgoing plate and the associated seismic coupling zone.  相似文献   

Geodynamic significance of the Raspas Metamorphic Complex (SW Ecuador): geochemical and isotopic constraints     

Delphine Bosch  Piercarlo Gabriele  Henriette Lapierre  Jean-Louis Malfere  Etienne Jaillard   《Tectonophysics》2002,345(1-4)

The Raspas Metamorphic Complex of southwestern Ecuador is regarded as the southernmost remnant of oceanic and continental terranes accreted in the latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous. It consists of variably metamorphosed rock types. (1) Mafic and ultramafic rocks metamorphosed under high-pressure (HP) conditions (eclogite facies) show oceanic plateau affinities with flat REE chondrite-normalized patterns, Nd_{150 Ma} ranging from +4.6 to 9.8 and initial Pb isotopic ratios intermediate between MORB and OIB. (2) Sedimentary rocks metamorphosed under eclogitic conditions exhibit LREE enriched patterns, strong negative Eu anomalies, Rb, Nb, U, Th, Pb enrichments, low Nd_{150 Ma} values (from −6.4 to −9.5), and high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ^206,207,208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb isotopic ratios suggesting they were originally sediments derived from the erosion of an old continental crust. (3) Epidote-bearing amphibolites show N-MORB affinities with LREE depleted patterns, LILE, Zr, Hf and Th depletion, high Nd_{150 Ma} (>+10) and low initial Pb isotopic ratios.The present-day well defined internal structure of the Raspas Metamorphic Complex seems to be inconsistent with the formerly proposed interpretation of a “tectonic mélange”. The association of oceanic plateau rocks and continent-derived sediments both metamorphosed in HP conditions suggests that the thin edge of the oceanic plateau first entered the subduction zone and dragged sediments downward of the accretionary wedge along the Wadatti–Benioff zone. Subsequently, when its thickest part arrived into the subduction zone, the oceanic plateau jammed the subduction processes, due to its high buoyancy.In Ecuador and Colombia, the latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous suture involves HP oceanic plateau rocks and N-MORB rocks metamorphosed under lower grades, suggesting a composite or polyphase nature for the latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous accretionary event.  相似文献   

The potential influence of subduction zone polarity on overriding plate deformation, trench migration and slab dip angle   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

W.P. Schellart   《Tectonophysics》2007,445(3-4):363-372

A geodynamic model exists, the westward lithospheric drift model, in which the variety of overriding plate deformation, trench migration and slab dip angles is explained by the polarity of subduction zones. The model predicts overriding plate extension, a fixed trench and a steep slab dip for westward-dipping subduction zones (e.g. Mariana) and predicts overriding plate shortening, oceanward trench retreat and a gentle slab dip for east to northeastward-dipping subduction zones (e.g. Chile). This paper investigates these predictions quantitatively with a global subduction zone analysis. The results show overriding plate extension for all dip directions (azimuth α = − 180° to 180°) and overriding plate shortening for dip directions with α = − 90° to 110°. The wide scatter in data negate any obvious trend and only local mean values in overriding plate deformation rate indicate that overriding plate extension is somewhat more prevalent for west-dipping slabs. West-dipping subduction zones are never fixed, irrespective of the choice of reference frame, while east to northeast-dipping subduction zones are both retreating and advancing in five out of seven global reference frames. In addition, westward-dipping subduction zones have a range in trench-migration velocities that is twice the magnitude of that for east to northeastward-dipping slabs. Finally, there is no recognizable correlation between slab dip direction and slab dip angle. East to northeast-dipping slabs (α = 30° to 120°) have shallow (0–125 km) slab dip angles in the range 10–60° and deep (125–670 km) slab dip angles in the range 40–82°, while west-dipping slabs (α = − 60° to − 120°) have shallow slab dip angles in the range 19–50° and deep slab dip angles in the range 25–86°. Local mean deep slab dip angles are nearly identical for east and west-dipping slabs, while local mean shallow slab dip angles are lower by only 4.7–8.1° for east to northeast-dipping slabs. It is thus concluded that overall, there is no observational basis to support the three predictions made by the westward drift model, and for some sub-predictions the observational basis is very weak at most. Alternative models, which incorporate and underline the importance of slab buoyancy-driven trench migration, slab width and overriding plate motion, are better candidates to explain the complexity of subduction zones, including the variety in trench-migration velocities, overriding plate deformation and slab dip angles.  相似文献   

甘肃北山明舒井岩体形成年龄、地球化学特征及其地质意义   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

李小菲  张成立  李雷  包志安  张帮禄  魏强 《岩石学报》2015,31(9):2521-2538

北山明舒井岩体为一由辉长岩、闪长岩和花岗岩构成的岩浆杂岩体。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年分别获得辉长岩442.9±1.2Ma、闪长岩437.0±2.3Ma、花岗岩435.9±2.2Ma的形成年龄。其中,辉长岩为富钙、高铁和镁的钙碱性岩,相对富集LREE和LILE、贫化HFSE,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、Zr和P,Pb正异常,具中等偏高的(87Sr/86Sr)i(0.705892)、高放射性成因Pb,低εNd(t)(0.1),锆石εHf(t)变化大(-7.1~+8.3)。闪长岩和花岗岩富钠、低钙、铁和镁,为准铝质钙碱性岩;它们富集LREE和LILE、亏损HFSE,Nb、Ta及Sr、P、Ti明显负异常;也显示中等偏高的(87Sr/86Sr)i(0.705951~0.706196)和高放射性成因Pb、低εNd(t)(-0.2~-0.1),但锆石εHf(t)明显偏正(-1.1~+12.0)。不同岩类的地球化学特征及其相对一致的Sr-Nd-Pb同位素及明显不同的锆石Hf同位素,指示它们形成于板块消减带构造环境,为源自受流体交代和陆壳物质改造的幔源岩浆与新元古代陆壳物质部分熔融的岩浆混合和分离结晶演化的产物,代表北山南部早古生代晚奥陶世-早志留世晚期与大洋俯冲消减作用有关的构造岩浆事件。  相似文献   

中国大陆显生宙俯冲型、碰撞型和复合型片麻岩穹窿(群)   总被引：8，自引：2，他引：6  

许志琴  马绪宣 《岩石学报》2015,31(12):3509-3523

片麻岩穹窿(gneiss dome)是中下地壳热动力学过程产生的、与岩浆作用(或混合岩化作用)密切相关的穹窿状构造。片麻岩穹窿大部分是地壳深层次变动的产物,在世界范围内几乎出露在所有的折返造山带中,反映了所在地区地壳的大幅度抬升。片麻岩穹窿核部主要是无或弱岩浆组构的花岗岩体和高级变质岩(例如混合岩),边部是具有岩浆组构的花岗片麻岩,幔部由来自地壳深部的高级片岩和片麻岩组成。片麻岩穹窿的形成经历从垂直上升的地壳流导致的岩浆上涌的挤压收缩机制到岩浆体侵位的顶部伸展机制的转化过程。根据片麻岩穹窿的岩石组合、组构特征、成因机制和大地构造背景以及片麻岩穹窿与地壳流关系的分析,结合中国大陆典型片麻岩穹窿的研究,提出中国大陆显生宙的片麻岩穹窿和片麻岩穹窿群可以划分为与大洋岩石圈板片俯冲增生与随后的折返造山相关的"俯冲型"片麻岩穹窿(群),如秦岭片麻岩穹窿;与陆陆碰撞折返造山有关的"碰撞型"片麻岩穹窿(群),如北喜马拉雅拉轨岗日片麻岩穹窿(群)和松潘甘孜雅江片麻岩穹窿(群);与俯冲和碰撞的叠合作用有关的"复合式"片麻岩穹窿(群),如帕米尔空喀山片麻岩穹窿和东冈底斯林芝片麻岩穹窿(群)。  相似文献   

The basins of Sundaland (SE Asia): Evolution and boundary conditions     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2014

Most of the basins developed in the continental core of SE Asia (Sundaland) evolved since the Late Cretaceous in a manner that may be correlated to the conditions of the subduction in the Sunda Trench. By the end of Mesozoic times Sundaland was an elevated area composed of granite and metamorphic basement on the rims; which suffered collapse and incipient extension, whereas the central part was stable. This promontory was surrounded by a large subduction zone, except in the north and was a free boundary in the Early Cenozoic. Starting from the Palaeogene and following fractures initiated during the India Eurasia collision, rifting began along large faults (mostly N–S and NNW–SSE strike-slip), which crosscut the whole region. The basins remained in a continental fluvio-lacustrine or shallow marine environment for a long time and some are marked by extremely stretched crust (Phu Khanh, Natuna, N. Makassar) or even reached the ocean floor spreading stage (Celebes, Flores). Western Sundaland was a combination of basin opening and strike-slip transpressional deformation. The configuration suggests a free boundary particularly to the east (trench pull associated with the Proto-South China Sea subduction; Java–Sulawesi trench subduction rollback). In the Early Miocene, Australian blocks reached the Sunda subduction zone and imposed local shortening in the south and southeast, whereas the western part was free from compression after the Indian continent had moved away to the north. This suggests an important coupling of the Sunda Plate with the Indo-Australian Plate both to SE and NW, possibly further west rollback had ceased in the Java–Sumatra subduction zone, and compressional stress was being transferred northwards across the plate boundary. The internal compression is expressed to the south by shortening which is transmitted as far as the Malay basin. In the Late Miocene, most of the Sunda Plate was under compression, except the tectonically isolated Andaman Sea and the Damar basins. In the Pliocene, collision north of Australia propagated toward the north and west causing subduction reversal and compression in the short-lived Damar Basin. Docking of the Philippine Plate confined the eastern side of Sundaland and created local compression and uplift such as in NW Borneo, Palawan and Taiwan. Transpressional deformation created extensive folding, strike-slip faulting and uplift of the Central Basin and Arakan Yoma in Myanmar. Minor inversion affected many Thailand rift basins. All the other basins record subsidence. The uplift is responsible for gravity tectonics where thick sediments were accumulated (Sarawak, NE Luconia, Bangladesh wedge).  相似文献   

橄榄石成核动力学方程的修正及其对动力学数据的约束          下载免费PDF全文

王曙光  宁杰远 《地球物理学报》2011,54(9):2225-2232

本文从成核动力学理论出发,考虑新相晶核的表面能对其形状的影响,修正了晶面成核情形的成核动力学方程.新的成核率方程还原了传统成核率方程中通常简化为常数的指前系数.结合修正的相变体积分数计算公式,新的成核率方程可以确定出成核过程中的两个物理参量:新相晶粒与反应相晶粒的接触角度及新相物质与反应相物质之间的表面能.分析结果表明...  相似文献