Gas hydrate formation in compressional,extensional and un-faulted structural settings – Examples from New Zealand's Hikurangi margin     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2017

We investigate gas hydrate formation processes in compressional, extensional and un-faulted settings on New Zealand's Hikurangi margin using seismic reflection data. The compressional setting is characterized by a prominent subduction wedge thrust fault that terminates beneath the base of gas hydrate stability, as determined from a bottom-simulating reflection (BSR). The thrust is surrounded by steeply dipping strata that cross the BSR at a high angle. Above the BSR, these strata are associated with a high velocity anomaly that is likely indicative of relatively concentrated, and broadly distributed, gas hydrates. The un-faulted setting—sedimentary infill of a slope basin on the landward side of a prominent thrust ridge—is characterized by a strong BSR, a thick underlying free gas zone, and short positive polarity reflection segments that extend upward from the BSR. We interpret the short reflection segments as the manifestation of gas hydrates within relatively coarse-grained sediments. The extensional setting is a localized, shallow response to flexural bending of strata within an anticline. Gas has accumulated beneath the BSR in the apex of folding. A high-velocity zone directly above the BSR is probably mostly lithologically-derived, and only partly related to gas hydrates. Although each setting shows evidence for focused gas migration into the gas hydrate stability zone, we interpret that the compressional tectonic setting is most likely to contain concentrated gas hydrates over a broad region. Indeed, it is the only setting associated with a deep-reaching fault, meaning it is the most likely of the three settings to have thermogenic gas contributing to hydrate formation. Our results highlight the importance of anisotropic permeability in layered sediments and the role this plays in directing sub-surface fluid flow, and ultimately in the distribution of gas hydrate. Each of the three settings we describe would warrant further investigation in any future consideration of gas hydrates as an energy resource on the Hikurangi margin.  相似文献   

Litho-tectonic sequence and their regional correlation along the Lohit and Dibang valleys,eastern Arunachal Pradesh     

D. K. Misra 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2009,73(2):213-219

Geological mapping between Lohit and Dibang valleys of eastern Arunachal Pradesh reveals the existence of five thrust bound tectonostratigraphic units. In ascending structural order from SW to NE these are: (1) Sewak Group, (2) Lalpani Group, (3) Mayodiya Group, (4) Tidding Formation and (5) Lohit plutonic complex. This differs from previous mapping, because the three tectonostratigraphic units (Sewak, Lalpani and Mayodiya) were grouped under a single unit, referred as the Mishmi crystallines. The low-grade metamorphics of the Sewak Group occur at two different tectonic levels, one as persistent belt in the foothills and the other in the tectonic window beneath the high-grade metamorphics of the Mayodiya thrust sheet in the Higher Himalaya. The Tidding suture is the southeastern extension of the Indus-Tsangpo suture zone.  相似文献   

Superposed lateral ramps in the Pell City thrust sheet, Appalachian thrust belt, Alabama     

Brian S. Cook  William A. Thomas   《Journal of Structural Geology》2009,31(9):941-949

In the Appalachian thrust belt in Alabama, thrust sheets of Paleozoic strata generally strike northeastward and are imbricated northwestward; four transverse zones cross the regional strike of the thrust belt. The large-scale Pell City thrust sheet ends southwestward at an oblique lateral ramp within the Harpersville transverse zone, where the leading edge of the thrust sheet (the Pell City fault) curves abruptly 55° counterclockwise. The northwest-striking segment of the Pell City fault conforms to the geometry of an oblique lateral ramp in the footwall. Furthermore, the Pell City fault cuts up section in the hanging wall southwestward toward the transverse zone, indicating a hanging-wall lateral ramp emplaced over the footwall oblique lateral ramp.In the hanging wall adjacent to the northwest-trending segment of the Pell City fault, a pervasive train of upright, isoclinal folds (with 50% apparent shortening) trends N15°W, oblique to the regional translation direction. The fold train is limited to the southwestern part of the Pell City thrust sheet; farther northeast, the regional northeasterly strike prevails. The isoclinal folds in the hanging wall indicate contractional crowding perpendicular to the footwall oblique lateral ramp.  相似文献   

Differential Tectonic Deformation of the Longmen Mountain Thrust Belt,Western Sichuan Basin,China   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

TANG Liangjie YANG Keming JIN Wenzheng WAN Guimei L Zhizhou YU Yixin State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource  Prospecting  Beijing  China Key Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Accumulation Mechanism  China University of Petroleum  Ministry of Education  China Basin  Reservoir Research Center. China University of Petroleum  China Southwest Branch Company  SINOPEC  Chengdu  Sichuan    China 《《地质学报》英文版》2009,83(1)

Field investigation and seismic section explanation showed that the Longmen Mountain Thrust Belt has obvious differential deformation:zonation,segmentation and stratification.Zonation means that,from NW to NE,the Longmen Mountain Thrust Belt can be divided into the Songpan- Garz(?) Tectonic Belt,ductile deformation belt,base involved thrust belt,frontal fold-thrust belt,and foreland depression.Segmentation means that it can be divided into five segments from north to south: the northern segment,the Anxia...  相似文献   

河北兴隆复式叠瓦扇构造   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

姜波  刘洪章 《地质科学》1997,32(2):165-172

河北省北部兴隍-平泉复向斜的西端发育了一种特殊类型的推覆构造,该推覆构造具有三重结构的特点,即由上叠瓦扇、下叠瓦扇和下伏系统组成。上叠瓦扇可以分为被分支断裂分割的太古字、长城系、蓟县系、青白口系和寒武-奥陶系5个逆冲岩席;各分支断裂上陡下缓,向下逐渐归并于F₁主逆冲断裂上。F₁断层下的石炭-二叠系也发育了一组叠瓦状逆冲断层,形成了与上叠瓦扇具有不同变形特征的下叠瓦扇。由于这一构造特殊的两套叠瓦扇结构,故笔者称其为复式叠瓦扇构造,这是一种新的推覆构造类型。  相似文献   

藏南帕里至达吉地带的上地壳结构特征──REFTEK顺带广角地震观测结果分析   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

黄立言  卢德源  赵文津  Yizhaq马可夫斯基  S·L·克来姆佩雷 《地球学报》1996,17(2):165-176

本文主要介绍１９９２年中美喜马拉雅和青藏高原深剖面与综合研究项目第一阶段（ＩＮＤＥＰＴＨＩ－１）广角地震观测资料利用Ｓｅｉｓ８１程序（Ｃｅｒｖｅｎｙ，１９８１）进行二维解释所获得的帕里一达吉地带的上地壳结构特征。主要成果为：（１）前寒武结晶基底之顶界表现为Ｒ１界面。据本项目地质调查，藏南拆离系（ＳＴＤＳ）在帕里以北约１０ｋｍ处出露，向北缓倾并向地下延伸。认为Ｒ１界面不仅是结晶基底之顶界的反映，而且ＳＴＤ可能沿着Ｒ１界面展布，也即Ｒ１界面同时是一条沉积盖层和基底之间的拆离层。Ｒ１界面埋深３±０．６—１１±０．６ｋｍ。（２）上述拆离层在萨马达一达吉之间，以Ｒ１界面之上的负速度梯度楔状体（ＬＶＬ）为特征。ＬＶＬ可能是ＳＴＤＳ活动时拖带下沉的中生代特提斯沉积，或可能是含水破碎带。（３）在结晶基底内部存在第二条拆离带（ＬＶＺ），表现为Ｔ２反射波组。ＬＶＺ在帕里埋深８．５±０．６ｋｍ，向北陡倾，至萨马达为２２．５±０．６ｋｍ深；再向北，倾角变缓，至达吉之下，达２７±０．６ｋｍ深。ＬＶＺ在帕里─萨马达之间，厚仅０．５ｋｍ；至达吉，增厚至５ｋｍ；也具楔形负速度梯度带性质；它可能是花岗岩局部融熔体之反映...更多。（４）在萨马达─达吉。  相似文献   

Crustal structure in northern margin of Tianshan mountains and seismotectonics of the 1906 Manas earthquake   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

王椿镛  楼海  魏修成  吴庆举 《地震学报(英文版)》2001,14(5):491-502

Introduction The Tianshan orogenic belt between the Tarim and Junggar basins has re-uplifted in Cenozoic due to the collision and the northwards push-compression of Asia-India plate. The special active tectonic zones have been formed along both south and north margins of the Tianshan mountains (FENG, et al, 1991). The Tianshan seismic belt is one of the major seismic belts in China. A se-ries of strong earthquakes occurred in two flanks of the Tianshan mountains in 20th century, such as …  相似文献   

小水井金多金属矿集区构造变形及成矿作用     

刘涛  何照波  周仁 《云南地质》2002,21(4):403-412

小水井金多金属矿集区，处于哀牢山造山带锋带或后陆（盆）缘地带，集中分布在哀牢山主造山期后残留的石羊江复式背斜变形区域，在该区多年矿产勘查与开发工作后，发现石羊江复式背斜实为一个由边缘或基底主干断裂控制。并在后期的变形变质过程中形成的冲起构造，原东翼发育的断裂属一组与边缘主干断裂倾向相反，上盘上升的前展式叠瓦状反冲断裂系，总体构成陆缘背冲型叠瓦状逆冲推覆构造格架，该构造系统在垂向上，水平方向上均控制了区内成矿元素或含矿热液的矿化范围，强度与规模，多层次成矿系统或成矿条件的耦合，即构成了以冲起构造为轴心的离散型陆缘构造-成矿系统。运用上述成矿模式在该区内实践，先后发现十余处以金矿为主的矿床（点），取得找矿重大突破，亦为在类似区域找矿提供了新的思路和方向。  相似文献   

青藏高原中部五道梁-曲麻莱断裂系西段晚第四纪滑动速率厘定     

罗浩  郭广海  张斌  王继  缑亚森  徐伟  高战武 《震灾防御技术》2021,16(2):283-292

五道梁-曲麻莱断裂系位于青藏高原中部，关于其晚第四纪活动性迄今鲜有介绍。由高分辨率卫星影像解译和野外地质考察可知，断裂系西段由五道梁南山北缘断裂和五道梁南山南缘断裂组成，二者分别断错了五道梁南山两侧的各级洪积扇。通过洪积扇上的断错地貌分析和光释光测年方法得到南缘断裂缩短速率为（0.25±0.11）mm/a，北缘断裂缩短速率为（0.50±0.05）mm/a。基于经验公式和最新洪积扇上陡坎高度，推测南、北缘断裂可能曾发生7.2～7.4级地震，大震复发周期长达8 000余年；如果陡坎高度由2次古地震事件叠加形成，则可能发生6.9～7.1级地震，全新世中期以来大震复发周期可能为2 000～3 000年。  相似文献   

Late Cenozoic deformation in the South Caspian region: effects of a rigid basement block within a collision zone     

Mark B. Allen  Stephen J. Vincent  G. Ian Alsop  Arif Ismail-zadeh  Rachel Flecker   《Tectonophysics》2003,366(3-4):223-239

Active deformation in the South Caspian region demonstrates the enormous variation in kinematics and structural style generated where a rigid basement block lies within a collision zone. Rigid basement to the South Caspian Basin moves with a westward component relative both to stable Eurasia and Iran, and is beginning to subduct at its northern and western margins. This motion is oblique to the approximately north–south Arabia–Eurasia convergence, and causes oblique shortening to the south and northeast of the South Caspian Basin: thrusting in the Alborz and Kopet Dagh is accompanied by range-parallel strike–slip faults, which are respectively left- and right-lateral. There are also arcuate fold and thrust belts in the region, for two principal reasons. Firstly, weaker regions deform and wrap around the rigid block. This occurs at the curved transition zone between the Alborz and Talysh ranges, where thrust traces are concave towards the foreland. Secondly, a curved fold and thrust belt can link a deformation zone created by movement of the basement block to one created by the regional convergence: west-to-east thrusts in the eastern Talysh represent underthrusting of the South Caspian basement, but pass via an arcuate fan of fold trains into SSW-directed thrusts in the eastern Greater Caucasus, which accommodates part of the Arabia–Eurasia convergence. Each part of the South Caspian region contains one or more detachment levels, which vary dependent on the pre-Pliocene geology. Buckle folds in the South Caspian Basin are detached from older rocks on thick mid-Tertiary mudrocks, whereas thrust sheets in the eastern Greater Caucasus detach on Mesozoic horizons. In the future, the South Caspian basement may be largely eliminated by subduction, leading to a situation similar to Archaean greenstone belts of interthrust mafic and sedimentary slices surrounded by the roots of mountain ranges constructed from continental crust.  相似文献