Geology of the Yap Trench: new observations from a transect near 10°N from manned submersible Jiaolong     

Yaomin Yang  Jinwei Gao  Liyan Tian  Jichao Yang  Yue Xu 《International Geology Review》2018,60(16):1941-1953

This paper describes the petrology and geochemistry of rocks from the Yap Trench acquired by three dives of the Jiaolong research submarine. Combining the geophysical data and submersible observations, this paper describes the geomorphology, shallow structures, and sedimentology of the Yap Trench and further discusses the tectonics and activities of this region. Two obvious slope breaks are found on the landward slope, and horsts and grabens with small fault offsets are observed in the ocean-ward slope of the trench. Peridotites sampled from the Yap Trench inner wall are highly depleted subduction-related mantle residues. Volcanic rocks in the northern segment of the trench have subduction-related characteristics that Yap fore-arc rocks underwent metasomatism during Cenozoic subduction. The rocks with remarkable lithologic difference from lithospheric mantle and upper crust sampled in the break slopes suggest that the slope break area may represent a lithologic boundary or transition zone. The landward slope of the Yap Trench was removed by subduction erosion as a result of collision with the Caroline Ridge. The bending of the down-going plate caused normal faults, horsts, and grabens with little or no sediments indicating that the Caroline Ridge is subducting beneath the Yap arc along the trench even though the convergence rate is very slow.  相似文献   

Coral assemblages and reef growth in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Western Pacific Ocean)     

Peter Houk  Robert Van Woesik 《Marine Ecology》2010,31(2):318-329

Reef development varies considerably around the high, raised‐limestone islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Here we examine the modern assemblages at 30 sites for coral composition, colony density, colony size, and fidelity. We defined four reef types and hypothesize the presence of environmentally driven ecological stasis, whereby the environment continuously selects for coral species membership, defines colony sizes, and over time creates the noted reef types. Our results show that constructional spur‐and‐groove reefs supported significantly larger coral‐colony sizes and higher coral species richness compared with high‐relief interstitial framework, low‐relief incipient, and non‐constructional coral assemblages. Non‐constructional reefs supported much smaller coral colony sizes, despite similar population densities, and were consistently found in association with high wave exposure. The distinct coral assemblages found on interstitial framework and low‐relief incipient reefs were not affiliated with any wave exposure regime, but were located adjacent to large watersheds and on islands with unique geological history. These assemblages were nested within the spur‐and‐groove species pool. Overall, modern coral cover was well predicted by bathymetric slope and watershed size, while species richness was additively influenced by two proxies of pollution, suggesting the latter is better suited for establishing management targets. In contrast with previous studies that suggested modern assemblages were biologically controlled in the CNMI, we show reef assemblages and reef development are highly influenced by long‐term environmental forcing.  相似文献   

海沟后退对地幔对流的影响   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

孙荀英  王其允 《地球物理学报》1994,37(6):738-748

本文分析了有海底扩张无海沟后退、有海沟后退无海底扩张以及海底扩张与海沟后退共存等３种情况下，俯冲板片运动与海沟迁移的关系．用幂律流体有限元方法计算海沟后退对地幔对流的影响．地幔有效粘度除依赖应力偏张量的第二不变量以外，尚与温度、压力（含流体静压力和流动压力）有关．计算表明，对流环、高流动负压区以及低粘区的个数和位置，均受控于海沟是否后退以及海底是否扩张；温度场与海沟后退无明显关系．流动压力对形成洋中脊和弧后火山、驱动地幔对流以及维持板片的倾斜角度都具有重要意义．  相似文献   

1993年7—9月的全球地震动态     

吴佳翼 《国际地震动态》1994,(2):7-10

１９９３年第三季度，全球地震活动水平为中等偏高，明显高于上半年平均水平。日本北海道西南近海发生７．６级浅源地震，但不属于日本海沟地震。埃及西奈半岛发生５．７级地震，为今年亚欧带西段之最大地震。马里亚纳群岛发生８．１级中深震，使西北太平洋地区地震水平达到全球第一。兴都库什地区接连发生三次较大中深震，可能对我国西部地区地震活动有影响。墨西哥恰帕斯州近海发生７．３级地震，美洲带新的地震活动轮回正式开始。印度南部发生６．３级中强震，属于板内地震。  相似文献   

Emplacement, growth, and gravitational deformation of serpentinite seamounts on the Mariana forearc     

A. J. Oakley  B. Taylor  P. Fryer  G. F. Moore  A. M. Goodliffe  J. K. Morgan 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,170(2):615-634

  相似文献   

富蕴水磨沟探槽的孢粉组合特征及其意义     

潘安定 《内陆地震》1992,6(4):388-393

本文应用孢粉分析对富蕴水磨沟探槽的地层年代和古环境进行了探讨,认为富蕴地区在新冰期第一期活动中气候干净,为寒冻荒漠植被;在大西洋期为暖干气候,生长了草原化荒漠植被;在其后的新冰期活动中为冷湿气候,发育了灌丛草原植被。结合新疆特殊的地理条件,将上述环境演变过程与国内外全新世气候波动研究结果相比较,并参考有关(14)~C数据,作者认为该探槽中发现的第一次古地震活动应晚于6000a,B.P,第二次古地震活动似应发生于2500a,B.P之后。  相似文献   

Petrogenesis of the Tanzawa plutonic complex, central Japan: Exposed felsic middle crust of the Izu–Bonin – Mariana arc     

SHINICHI  KAWATE & MAKOTO  ARIMA 《Island Arc》1998,7(3):342-358

The Miocene Tanzawa plutonic complex, consisting mainly of tonalite intrusions, is exposed at the northern end of the Izu–Bonin – Mariana (IBM) arc system as a consequence of collision with the Honshu Arc. The Tanzawa plutonic rocks belong to the calc-alkaline series and exhibit a wide range of chemical variation, from 43 to 75 wt% SiO₂. They are characterized by relatively high Ba/Rb and Ce/Nb ratios, and low abundances of K₂O, LIL elements, and rare earth elements (REE). Their petrographic and geochemical features indicate derivation from an intermediate parental magma through crystal fractionation and accumulation processes, involving hornblende, plagioclase, and magnetite. The Tanzawa plutonic complex is interpreted to be the exposed middle crust of the IBM arc, which was uplifted during the collision. The mass balance calculations, combining data from melting experiments of hydrous basaltic compositions at lower-to-middle crustal levels, suggest that parental magma and ultramafic restite were generated by dehydration partial melting (∼ 45% melting) of amphibolite chemically similar to low-K tholeiitic basalt. Partial melting of hydrated mafic lower crust might play an important role in felsic middle-crust formation in the IBM arc.  相似文献   

Holocene beach deposits for assessing coastal uplift of the northeastern Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan     

Toru Tamura  Fumitoshi Murakami 《Quaternary Research》2010,74(2):227-234

This paper presents a case study that assessed spatial variations in the tectonic uplift rates of beach deposits in the relict Kujukuri strand plain, situated on the northeastern coast of the Boso Peninsula, eastern Japan. The southern Boso Peninsula is tilted downward to the northeast due to plate subduction along the Sagami Trough. However, the cause of the northeastern coast uplift creating the relict strand plain is unclear, due to the absence of a Holocene raised marine terrace sequence. Elevations and ages of beach deposits were collected from drilled cores and ground-penetrating radar profiles along three shore-normal sections in the southern Kujukuri strand plain. From this, alongshore variations in the relative sea level since the mid-Holocene could be seen. These corresponded to north-to-northeast downward tilting at a rate of 0.4 m/ka for an interval 10 km and are concordant with the longer term tilting of the last interglacial marine terrace surrounding the plain. Although it is difficult to assess shore-normal variations of uplift based on the present dataset, the recognized tilting apparently continues to the tilting of the southern Boso Peninsula, implying the Sagami Trough probably affects the uplift of the Kujukuri coast.  相似文献   

Earthquake distribution in the subduction zone off eastern Hokkaido, Japan, deduced from ocean-bottom seismographic and land observations     

Takaya Iwasaki  Naoshi Hirata  Toshihiko Kanazawa  Taku Urabe  Yoshinobu Motoya  Hideki Shimamura 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,105(3):693-711

  相似文献   

马里亚纳海沟南部海域沉积物的工程地质特性及其成因     

朱坤杰  何树平  陈芳 《江苏地质》2015,39(2):251-257

大洋27航次中,在马里亚纳海沟挑战者深渊南翼斜坡上获得了箱式插管和重力柱状样品,并对这些样品现场进行了含水率、湿密度、微型扭力十字板、微型贯入和无侧限抗压强度试验,获得了深海表层沉积物的物理力学性质参数,具有较高的含水率、较低的密度、较大的孔隙比、较低的抗剪强度和贯入阻力,各项参数随深度增加呈现规律性变化。归航后通过对沉积物的粒度、碎屑矿物、黏土矿物、微体古生物的鉴定,进一步从物质组成、物质来源和沉积环境等方面对此特殊工程地质性质沉积物的成因进行分析。  相似文献