中国大陆东部新构造期北西向断裂带的初步探讨   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

徐杰  马宗晋  陈国光  周本刚  李祥根  楚全芝 《地学前缘》2003,10(Z1):193-198

前人对中国大陆东部新构造期 (N—Q)活动的北东向断裂 (带 )已有很多研究。笔者根据地震构造、新构造和火山活动等资料并结合Pn波速结构研究结果 ,分析了该区新构造期的北西向活动断裂 ,初步得出 :北西向断裂具有成带性 ,可分 7条北西向断裂带 ;它们有鲜明的新生性 ;均为地壳构造带 ;与北东向断裂带呈共轭关系 ,是在先存构造基础上于新构造应力场作用下正在发育的一套地壳共轭剪切破裂系统。  相似文献   

The Azambuja fault: An active structure located in an intraplate basin with significant seismicity (Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

J. Cabral  P. Ribeiro  P. Figueiredo  N. Pimentel  A. Martins 《Journal of Seismology》2004,8(3):347-362

The Azambuja fault is a NNE trending structure located 50 km NE of Lisbon, in an area of important historical seismicity. It is sited in the Lower Tagus Basin, a compressive foredeep basin related to tectonic inversion of the Mesozoic Lusitanian Basin in the Miocene. The fault is evident in commercial seismic reflection data, where it shows steep thrust geometry downthrowing the Cenozoic sediments to the east. It has also a clear morphological signature, presenting a NNE-SSW trending, east facing, 15 km long scarp, reaching a maximum height of 80 m. The fault scarp is the geomorphic appearance of a flexure expressed as a zone of distributed deformation, where Miocene and Pliocene sediments are tilted eastwards and are cut by steeply dipping meso-scale faults presenting reverse and normal offsets, with a net downthrow to the east. This pattern at the surface is compatible with a steep fault in the basement that tilts and branches through the overlying Cenozoic sedimentary cover. In order to constrain the neotectonic activity of this structure, detailed geological studies were conducted. Morphotectonics was studied through aerial photo interpretation, analysis of topographic maps and digital mapping. Those studies indicate Quaternary slip on the fault in the ranges of 0.05–0.06 mm per year. Seismogenic behaviour was assumed for the Azambuja fault based on the evidence of Quaternary tectonic activity and its location in an area of significant historical seismicity. M _w 6.4–6.7 maximum earthquakes, with recurrence intervals of 10000–25000 years, were estimated based upon the displaced morphological references, cumulative offsets and fault length.  相似文献   

Geomorphological analysis of neotectonic deformation,northern Owens Valley,California     

N. Pinter  E. A. Keller 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1995,84(1):200-212

At the western edge of the Basin and Range Province, the Owens Valley is the site of active seismicity and deformation. Morphometric analyses of three geomorphological features are used to determine the patterns and rates of neotectonic deformation: (l) a network of Pleistocene channels cut on top of the Bishop Tuff; (2) uplifted terraces of the Owens River; and (3) alluvial fans of the White Mountain front.In the Owens Valley, the three analyses are consistent with the same solution: net eastward tilt of the Owens Valley block at a rate of between 3.5 and 6.1°/Ma. Given the dip on the basement determined from geophysical data and extrapolating the rate of tilt in the Owens Valley back in time, it is inferred that the break-up of the Sierra Nevada and the northern Owens Valley occurred in the Pliocene, between around 2 and 4 Ma ago. The pattern of deformation in the northern Owens Valley matches anticlinal flexure on the Coyote warp, near the front of the Sierra Nevada, and faulting across the Volcanic Tableland is consistent with flexural extension. It is proposed that the Coyote warp is an expression of the tectonic hinge between westward rotation of the Sierra Nevada and eastward rotation of the Owens Valley since the Pliocene.  相似文献   

新构造学研究趋势的展望   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

刘光勋 《地学前缘》1995,2(2):203-211

本文在简述新构造学发展过程的基础上，提出并论述了新构造学今后研究的七个领域：（１）全球变化；（２）现代大陆动力学；（３）新构造运动序列和新构造变形体系的建立；（４）青藏高原和沿海地区新构造；（５）活动构造；（６）现代构造运动；（７）新构造与地震及自然灾害、资源开发和环境的关系。  相似文献   

A Pliocene–Quaternary compressional basin in the Interandean Depression, Central Ecuador     

Alain Lavenu  Thierry Winter  Francisco Dávila 《Geophysical Journal International》1995,121(1):279-300

The segment of the Interandean Depression of Ecuador between Ambato and Quito is characterized by an uppermost Pliocene–Quaternary basin, which is located between two N-S trending reverse basement faults: the Victoria Fault to the west, and the Pisayambo Fault to the east. The clear evidence of E-W shortening for the early Pleistocene (between 1.85 and 1.21 Ma) favours a compressional basin interpretation. The morphology (river deviations, landslides, folded and flexure structures) demonstrates continuous shortening during the late Quaternary. The late Pliocene-Quaternary shortening reached 3400 ± 600 m with a rate of 1.4 ± 0.3 mm yr⁻¹. The E-W shortening is kinematically consistent with the current right-lateral reverse motion along the NE-SW trending Pallatanga Fault. The Quito-Ambato zone appears to act as a N-S restraining bend in a system of large right-lateral strike-slip faults. The compressive deformation which affects the Interandean Depression during the Pliocene is apparently coeval to the beginning subduction of very young oceanic lithosphere north of the Gulf of Guayaquil. The relatively buoyant new crust may have significantly increased the mechanical coupling in the subduction zone from Pliocene to Present.  相似文献   

黄河源区新构造运动对生态环境恶化的影响     

张森琦  李永国  尚小刚  辛元红  王占昌  石维栋  庄永成  周金元 《地质通报》2006,(Z1)

基于黄河源区1∶25万生态环境地质调查新获得的大量实际资料,通过分析和研究发现,黄河源区早更新世—中更新世处于走滑伸展的大陆动力学背景,在整体隆升中,形成断块山与拉分盆地,湖泊广布;晚更新世,大陆动力学机制过渡为挤压收缩,在整体抬升中,断块山显著崛起,湖盆萎缩、变形;全新世,大陆动力学环境反转为走滑挤压,持续隆升,黄河扩展源头到达本区,扎陵湖、鄂陵湖外泄,闭流盆地水环境转向开放。近代,特别是20世纪70年代以来,新构造活化与寒冻风化岩屑坡扩大、沙质荒漠化蔓延、湖泊和沼泽湿地萎缩、区域地下水位下降、源区黄河频繁断流、生态环境日益恶化响应关系密切。因此,新构造运动在黄河源区生态环境恶化中起主导作用,而其他因素则起到促进与加速的作用。  相似文献   

Bedrock erosion and relief production in the northern Flinders Ranges,Australia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Mark Quigley  Mike Sandiford  Keith Fifield  Abaz Alimanovic 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2007,32(6):929-944

Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be concentrations in exposed bedrock surfaces and alluvial sediment in the northern Flinders Ranges reveal surprisingly high erosion rates for a supposedly ancient and stable landscape. Bedrock erosion rates increase with decreasing elevation in the Yudnamutana Catchment, from summit surfaces (13·96 ± 1·29 and 14·38 ± 1·40 m Myr^?1), to hillslopes (17·61 ± 2·21 to 29·24 ± 4·38 m Myr^?1), to valley bottoms (53·19 ± 7·26 to 227·95 ± 21·39 m Myr^?1), indicating late Quaternary increases to topographic relief. Minimum cliff retreat rates (9·30 ± 3·60 to 24·54 ± 8·53 m Myr^?1) indicate that even the most resistant parts of cliff faces have undergone significant late Quaternary erosion. However, erosion rates from visibly weathered and varnished tors protruding from steep bedrock hillslopes (4·17 ± 0·42 to 14·00 ± 1·97 m Myr^?1) indicate that bedrock may locally weather at rates equivalent to, or even slower than, summit surfaces. ¹⁰Be concentrations in contemporary alluvial sediment indicate catchment‐averaged erosion at a rate dominated by more rapid erosion (22·79 ± 2·78 m Myr^?1), consistent with an average rate from individual hillslope point measurements. Late Cenozoic relief production in the Yudnamutana Catchment resulted from (1) tectonic uplift at rates of 30–160 m Myr^?1 due to range‐front reverse faulting, which maintained steep river gradients and uplifted summit surfaces, and (2) climate change, which episodically increased both in situ bedrock weathering rates and frequency–magnitude distributions of large magnitude floods, leading to increased incision rates. These results provide quantitative evidence that the Australian landscape is, in places, considerably more dynamic than commonly perceived. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

British earthquakes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R.M.W. Musson 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2007,118(4):305-337

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Drainage pattern modifications in the Aude basin (France): tectonic and morphodynamic implications     

Jean-Pierre Larue 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2007,118(2):187-200

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The nature and origin of fissures in the East Anglian Coralline and Red Crags     

P. S. Balson  B. Humphreys 《第四纪科学杂志》1986,1(1):13-19

Vertical or inclined planar fissures that may for the most part be classified as joints are commonly seen in exposures of both the Coralline and Red Crag in East Anglia. Measurements of fissure orientation reveal orthogonal patterns of alignment in both formations. The field relations of the fissures to the host Crag sediment suggest a tectonic rather than periglacial origin. It is proposed that the fissure system is the product of early Pleistocene tectonic flexuring in the area, on the western margin of the subsiding southern North Sea basin.  相似文献