The Mid-Late Jurassic Kinematic Model and Mechanical Mechanism of the Ductile Shear Zones in the South Qinling Structural Belt |
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| Authors: | Chen Peng Shi Wei |
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| Institution: | Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China |
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| Abstract: | The South Qinling structural belt, as a part of the Qinling orogen, is bounded by the Shang-Dan suture to the north. Previous studies show the two regional conjugate ductile shear zones developed in the Mid-Late Jurassic epoch, e.g., Ningshan ductile shear zone characteristic of ENE-striking, sinistral shearing, Ankang ductile shear zone typical of NW-direction, dextral shearing, whose shear deformation age respectively is 169~162 Ma and 178~163 Ma respectively. The lineations collected from the two ductile shear zones suggest the maximum principal stress (σ1) is characterized by the direction of NE trending consistent with their obtuse angle bisector, which is corresponded with maximum effective moment criterion. Thus, our work suggests the blocks delimited by the conjugate ductile shear zones (e.g., ENE-striking and NW-trending) in the interior of the Qinling orogen, dominated by NE-SW compression, pinned by the Hannan-Micangshan massif, laterally extruded in the Mid-Late Jurassic time, which is featured by westward escaping in western Qinling belt and eastward in the eastern Qinling belt. This kinematical model probably marks the dominated activity of the Qinling orogen in the Mid-Late Jurassic time. |
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| Keywords: | South Qinling structural belt Ningshan fault Mid-Late Jurassic Ankang fault Maximum effective moment criterion |
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