Subduction,mega-shear systems and Late Palaeozoic basin development in the African segment of Gondwana     

Johan N. J. Visser  Hermann E. Praekelt 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1996,85(4):632-646

 Basins within the African sector of Gondwana contain a Late Palaeozoic to Early Mesozoic Gondwana sequence unconformably overlying Precambrian basement in the interior and mid-Palaeozoic strata along the palaeo-Pacific margin. Small sea-board Pacific basins form an exception in having a Carboniferous to Early Permian fill overlying Devonian metasediments and intrusives. The Late Palaeozoic geographic and tectonic changes in the region followed four well-defined consecutive events which can also be traced outside the study area. During the Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous period (up to 330 Ma) accretion of microplates along the Patagonian margin of Gondwana resulted in the evolution of the Pacific basins. Thermal uplift of the Gondwana crust and extensive erosion causing a break in the stratigraphic record characterised the period between 300 and 330 Ma. At the end of this period the Gondwana Ice Sheet was well established over the uplands. The period 260–300 Ma evidenced the release of the Gondwana heat and thermal subsidence caused widespread basin formation. Late Carboniferous transpressive strike-slip basins (e.g. Sierra Australes/Colorado, Karoo-Falklands, Ellsworth-Central Transantarctic Mountains) in which thick glacial deposits accumulated, formed inboard of the palaeo-Pacific margin. In the continental interior the formation of Zambesi-type rift and extensional strike-slip basins were controlled by large mega-shear systems, whereas rare intracratonic thermal subsidence basins formed locally. In the Late Permian the tectonic regime changed to compressional largely due to northwest-directed subduction along the palaeo-Pacific margin. The orogenic cycle between 240 and 260 Ma resulted in the formation of the Gondwana fold belt and overall north–south crustal shortening with strike-slip motions and regional uplift within the interior. The Gondwana fold belt developed along a probable weak crustal zone wedged in between the cratons and an overthickened marginal crustal belt subject to dextral transpressive motions. Associated with the orogenic cycle was the formation of mega-shear systems one of which (Falklands-East Africa-Tethys shear) split the supercontinent in the Permo-Triassic into a West and an East Gondwana. By a slight clockwise rotation of East Gondwana a supradetachment basin formed along the Tethyan margin and northward displacement of Madagascar, West Falkland and the Gondwana fold belt occurred relative to a southward motion of Africa. Received: 2 October 1995 / Accepted: 28 May 1996  相似文献   

滇中及邻区前地台大地构造演化与铜成矿作用   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

赖健清  彭省临 《大地构造与成矿学》1996,20(1):46-52

通过构造层的划分，探讨滇中及邻区前边台演化与运动特征。认为该地区前地台经历了萌陆壳稳定阶段、原陆壳活动阶段、稳定阶段和地槽阶段。壳体演化与运动是幔交替活动与壳体成熟之间互相联系互相制约的结果。最后总结了钢成矿作用与构造演化的若干关系。  相似文献   

会昌浅层次热隆伸展构造与铀成矿   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：2  

蔡煜琦  陈跃辉 《铀矿地质》1997,13(5):257-263

本文运用伸展构造理论对河草坑铀矿田的构造特征进行探讨，厘定出会昌浅层次热隆伸展构造是由伸展构造核、环形剥离断层系和断陷红盆所组成。对会昌浅层次热隆伸展构造的形成与演化作了研究。论述了伸展构造与区域铀成矿的关系，认为剥离断层活动为区域铀矿化准备了有利的构造环境；构造－岩浆作用是导致区内铀矿化和造成不同类型铀矿化特征基本相似的根本原因。  相似文献   

Earth tide of ground tilt at stations of Qianxian and Xi’an and its tectonic explanation     

Hui-Ling Zhang 《地震学报(英文版)》1997,10(2):273-277

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100Ma——塔里木盆地演化的重要周期   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

李京昌  金之钧  刘国臣  张一伟 《地学前缘》1997,(Z2)

运用沉积盆地波动分析方法对塔里木盆地典型井的周期分析表明，塔里木盆地在其地质历史时期１００Ｍａ的周期是很明显的，自寒武纪以来共经历了４个完整的周期，每一完整周期都由正相位和负相位两个半周期所组成，而第三纪为第Ⅴ个周期的正相位阶段。该周期控制了盆地内的沉积与剥蚀的过程及成藏旋回，并至少控制了古生代的反转构造。对沉积与剥蚀过程的控制作用表现在周期波正相位和负相位分别对应于沉积期和剥蚀期；对含油气系统的控制作用表现在：第Ⅰ个周期波构成以早古生代地层为主体的含油气系统，第Ⅱ个周期波至第Ⅳ个周期波构成以晚古生代至中生代地层为主体的含油气系统，第Ⅴ个周期的正相位阶段构成以新生代地层为主体的含油气系统；对反转构造的控制作用表现在：正相位Ⅰ（寒武纪—早奥陶世）和正相位Ⅱ（晚泥盆世晚期—晚石炭世早期）为伸展构造体制，负相位Ⅰ（中奥陶世—晚泥盆世早期）与负相位Ⅱ（晚石炭世晚期—早二叠世早期）为挤压构造体制。塔里木盆地演化具有１００Ｍａ周期的原因与古天山洋、古昆仑洋及特提斯洋的Ｂ型俯冲触发的地幔羽的上升流及地块的拼贴导致的地幔羽的休眠状态息息相关，从而周期性地控制了塔里木盆地内的沉积与剥蚀过程、成藏旋回及反转构造。  相似文献   

断块开合说--中国大地构造研究的新思维     

张抗 《地质通报》2004,23(3):208-213

对板块说应持分析态度，既充分肯定它的创见，又要看到其不足。张文佑倡导的断块说强调地质演化中的陆洋地壳转化，即拉张造洋、挤压造陆。近年来提出的开合说，继承了板块说、断块说和新地槽-地台说的合理内核。笔者认为，断块-开合大地构造说是中国大地构造研究中有代表性的思潮。本文概括了其基本观点，强调了开合中的多模式、多旋回和非封闭性、不可逆性。  相似文献   

评开合构造研究中的辩证思维   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

余良耘 《地质通报》2004,23(3):298-302

中国学者杨巍然、姜春发、张抗等提出的开合构造是大地构造学中的一种重要观点。该观点系统地总结了大地构造研究乃至地球科学研究的最新成果，站在辩证思维的高度，把地质运动概括为开裂与聚合2种基本形态，并从不同时间、空间、规模、级次等多方面的对立统一关系上阐述了它们的共同规律。  相似文献   

HVSR prospecting in multi-layered environments: An example from the Tyrnavos Basin (Greece)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. Oliveto  M. Mucciarelli  R. Caputo 《Journal of Seismology》2004,8(3):395-406

The Tyrnavos Basin (Central Greece) is an E-W trending graben bordered by two major antithetic sets of right-stepping dip-slip normal faults that began forming during Middle Pleistocene as a consequence of the N-S extension which affected the whole Aegean Region. This Quaternary structure is superimposed on the Pliocene-Early Pleistocene NW-SE trending Larissa Basin, approximately 700–800 m deep. Seismic activity is instrumentally well documented within and surrounding the investigated area. Based on structural, morphotectonic and palaeoseismological data, several structures previously characterised as active faults have been investigated by applying the HVSR method. This method is commonly used to map the thickness of sedimentary layers in a basin based on the variation of the fundamental 1-D frequency. The polyphased structural evolution and the consequently complex geological setting do not allow for the contouring of a unique continuous surface. We therefore developed a new interpretation technique for statistically significant HVSR peaks, in order to obtain 2-D sections that can be interpreted in a seismic-like fashion. We applied this technique across the major active faults bordering the basin. The results confirm their occurrence at depth and document the important vertical component of displacement.  相似文献   

Influence of the zone of weakness on dip angle and shear heating of subducted slabs     

Martin Kuka?ka  Ctirad Matyska 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》2004,141(4):243-252

We study the importance of the zones of weakness and the pattern of downgoing flow in steady-state models of subducting lithosphere, which interacts mechanically and thermally with the ambient mantle. The non-linear system of governing equations consists of (i) the momentum equation in stream function formulation and (ii) the steady-state heat transfer equation including conduction and advection of heat and dissipation. A finite element method has been applied to this system. We consider the viscosity to be a non-linear function of both the temperature and the stream function. In steady-state two-dimensional (2D) flow, the stream function isolines follow material trajectories. They are used to follow the top of the subducting slab, which because of its possible increase in water content, is assumed to have a lower viscosity. The zone of weakness has been thus obtained in the self-consistent fashion since the stream function as well as the temperature are the output from our modeling and no a priori assumptions about the shape of the bending lithosphere are taken into account. It was shown that several orders decrease of viscosity in the zone of weakness is required to obtain the dip angle of about 45°. If the decrease of viscosity is not sufficient enough, the subducted slab either sinks almost vertically or does not exhibit a plate-like behavior. We have also demonstrated that shear heating can unrealistically increase at the zone of weakness for fast subductions if decrease of viscosity is underestimated.  相似文献   

中国西北盆山地区地壳结构及其演化   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

刘训 《新疆地质》2004,22(4):343-350

根据新疆及其它相关地学断面所获资料，论述了中国西北盆山构造地区的地壳结构，已有资料表明，在中国西北盆山地区，山脉和盆地具有明显不同的地壳结构，它们的地壳厚度不同，表现为山区地壳厚，具有明显的山根：盆地区地壳厚度小，同时地壳分层和各层的组分也有所差异，这些地壳本身结构性的差异，以及它们所受到的应力状态和热状态的不同，就是小区各种构造活动产生的根源，最后从区内地质构造形成过程讨论了区内地壳不同结构形成的演化历史。  相似文献