秦岭-大别造山带南缘勉略构造带与勉略缝合带

秦岭-大别造山带南缘的勉略构造带是中国大陆构造中划分南北、连接东西的重要构造带. 同时还是秦岭-大别造山带中除商丹缝合带外另一条古板块缝合带. 多学科综合研究, 确定勉略构造带现今构造几何学结构与运动学特征和恢复重建原秦岭-大别造山带等中央造山系这一板块俯冲碰撞带的形成演化, 不仅对中央造山系, 而且对探讨中国大陆于印支期完成其主体拼合都具有重要意义, 也是探索中国大陆板块构造与大陆动力学的良好天然实验室与研究基地.     

秦岭造山带的造山过程及其动力学特征

秦岭是经过3个不同构造演化阶段,以不同构造体制发展演化而形成的复合型造山带.其主造山作用板块构造演化阶段(Pt_3-T_2)是3个板块沿两个消减带俯冲碰撞,经历了漫长复杂的造山过程.从裂谷构造体制转换为板块构造体制,从扩张、俯冲到碰撞.尤其从点接触初始碰撞经面接触碰撞到全面碰撞成山等造山的细节过程,反映了秦岭长期在特提斯构造域众多陆壳块体群分离、拼合、增生的过程中发展演化而形成,也显示出是在古今地幔动力学和圈层耦合关系变动过程中发展演化的,具有重要大陆地质与大陆动力学意义.     

中国东部上地幔各向异性研究

地震各向异性研究是了解地壳和上地幔变形的有效方法之一.这一研究不仅能了解板块内部的形变特征,而且能提供与板块构造运动有关的下覆岩石圈的地幔形变状况.中国东部地处欧亚板块与太平洋板块的接触带附近,紧邻西太平洋俯冲带.中国大陆受印度板块与欧亚板块强烈碰撞的影响,大陆西部地壳增厚并隆起,同时造成物质东向挤出.太平洋板块和菲律宾海板块向欧亚板块下的俯冲作用,强烈地影响着板块边缘及内部的构造运动.     

发展板块构造理论:从洋壳俯冲带到碰撞造山带

地壳俯冲和大陆碰撞是板块构造理论的核心,而认识大陆碰撞造山带的形成和演化,是发展板块构造理论的关键.根据俯冲地壳的性质,业已认识到不同类型的板块俯冲带.根据碰撞块体的性质及其衍生岩石的成分,已经认识到大陆碰撞形成了两种类型的造山带.弧陆碰撞造山带既含有古老地壳物质,也含有新生地壳物质,它们在碰撞后阶段的再造就能够产生不同地球化学成分的岩浆岩.而对于两个相对古老大陆之间的碰撞所形成的造山带来说,碰撞后岩浆作用只是俯冲带古老地壳的再造.碰撞造山带在岩石圈拉张作用下发生活化再造,不仅再造作用在构造体制上具有继承性,而且再造产物岩浆岩在地球化学成分上也具有继承性.因此,研究碰撞后体制下的造山带再造,认识大陆碰撞造山带深部物理化学差异、俯冲地壳性质与碰撞后岩浆岩之间的成因联系,建立碰撞后阶段大陆构造演化的基本规律,是构建大陆动力学体系、发展板块构造理论的关键.     

在西藏白朗发现蛇绿混杂岩

雅鲁藏布江南岸有一条规模巨大的超基性岩带已为人们所知,作者于1979年6月在西藏日喀则地区白朗附近的蛇绿岩带南部发现了一套很好的混杂岩。白朗蛇绿混杂岩分布在白朗西南侧到罗布江孜村之间。该地的蛇绿岩自下而上包括超基性岩、基性岩、中基性火山岩、枕状熔岩和深海相放射虫硅质岩等(图版Ⅱ-4、5),属保存较好的有序型蛇绿岩套。蛇绿岩带南侧为浅变质的中生界复理石带,由灰色、灰黑色的砂、板岩组成。蛇绿岩带与变质中生界之间为断层接触,并且被一套以红色为主的杂色砾岩不整合覆盖。蛇绿岩带之北侧为晚白垩世的日喀则群,是由一套灰色、黄绿色的砂、页岩地层组成的复理石。蛇绿岩带与日喀则群之间也为断层接触     

三维板块几何形态对大陆深俯冲动力学的制约

大陆深俯冲及超高压变质作用是大陆动力学的重要研究内容,前人进行了系统的地质、地球物理观测以及数值模拟研究.然而,自然界中大陆板块的俯冲、碰撞及造山过程大部分具有明显的沿走向的差异性,这种典型的三维特征可能很大程度上依赖于会聚大陆板块的初始几何学和运动学特征.本文采用三维高分辨率的动力学数值模拟方法,建立了方形大陆板块和楔形大陆板块两种不同的俯冲-碰撞模型,并且俯冲大陆板块侧面与大洋俯冲带相邻.数值模拟结果揭示大洋板块可以持续地俯冲到地幔之中,而大陆板块俯冲到一定深度处,其前端的俯冲板块将发生断离,并进而造成残余的大陆板块俯冲角度的减小.方形大陆俯冲板块的断离深度约为150km,而楔形大陆俯冲板块的断离深度较大,约250~300km,这很大程度上取决于俯冲带中大洋板块的牵引力和大陆板块的负浮力之间的竞争关系.同时,无论方形还是楔形大陆板块俯冲模型中,板块断离后,侧向的大洋俯冲板块仍可以拖曳约60~70km宽的大陆边缘岩石圈持续向下俯冲,揭示了新西兰东部的洋-陆空间转换俯冲带的动力学机制.并且,数值模型与喜马拉雅造山带和秦岭—大别—苏鲁造山带进行了对比,进而对其高压-超高压岩石空间展布沿走向的差异性特征和机制提供了一定的启示.     

从板块构造观点论南海的成因

南海是亚洲东部的一个边缘海。从板块构造观点看来,南海及其周围整个东南亚大陆边缘恰好位于欧亚板块、太平洋板块和印度洋-澳大利亚板块交汇处,即处于一板块“三叉点”上。 根据此区域内已有的地球物理及地质资料,作者认为南海海盆是新生的边缘海板块而不是沉没的古老地台。 南海的形成是由于新生代早期在其两侧存在一背离式的板块“三叉点”所致,此“三叉点”的位置在海南岛南侧和印支半岛东侧。“三叉点”以东的地壳因局部海底扩张而被推向东,至菲律宾群岛一线,导致南海深海盆（所谓“中国盆地”）的张开和上地幔物质的上涌。 根据资料分析,作者认为南海海底扩张轴是北东向平行于大陆边缘的,扩张的时代是从渐新世晚期至中新世。     

基于地震参数的缅甸弧俯冲带处板块间几何接触方式的研究

从全球板块系统来看,中国大陆周边板块活动是其地壳运动的主要外部力源,明确周边板块与中国大陆间较精细的三维几何接触方式对中国大陆动力学研究具有实际意义.本文首先基于研究区域地震活动参数,引用Hayes等在2009和2010年提出的Slab1.0模型,对其进行改造以适用于研究缅甸弧俯冲带处欧亚大陆与印度板块接触的几何产状.其次,沿缅甸弧俯冲边界带截取了166个剖面,依次考察各剖面的震源深度分布情况,对其进行线性平面与非线性曲面拟合,定量地给出了缅甸弧俯冲带东向俯冲的三维几何产状及俯冲范围.最后,针对缅甸弧俯冲带上6个典型剖面的震源深度分布情况,并联合震源机制解和地质构造背景讨论并初步给出了该俯冲带可能的动力作用模式.本文企望为研究中国大陆与周边板块边界几何接触方式提供一个初步方案,并为板块间的动力作用及相关地球动力学研究提供基础研究资料.     

俯冲构造vs.地幔柱构造——板块运动驱动力探讨

板块构造是指地球外壳岩石圈块体在地球表面的(水平)运动及其相互作用.自50年前板块构造理论建立以来,对板块运动的动力来源这一问题一直存在争议.早期的观点认为是"自下而上"机制,即板块运动受控于板块之下的地幔对流系统,特别是起源于核幔边界的地幔柱作用于板块底部,促使大陆裂解,并驱动板块运动.而现今较为普遍接受的观点则是"自上而下"机制,即认为板块运动的驱动力主要来源于板块自身的负浮力(即重力大于浮力),板块构造和地幔对流均受控于板块的俯冲作用,因此板块构造又被称为俯冲构造.这一观点得到了众多地质和地球物理观测的支持.进一步研究表明,个别板块增速、减速与单一地幔柱活动在百万年时间尺度具有耦合关系;多个板块内稳定克拉通地区地表隆升、沉积速率与地幔柱相关的岩浆活动在亿年时间尺度存在时空相关性;而全球范围的超大陆聚合、裂解与超级地幔柱活动在二十亿年以来的地质历史时期表现为周期性耦合关系.这些不同时空尺度的耦合现象均表明,板块构造与地幔柱构造在地球演化过程中是紧密联系、相互作用的,地幔柱构造对板块运动产生了不可忽视的影响.因此,需要将板块构造和地幔柱构造这两大地球构造体系加以联合,开展综合分析与研究,才能获得对板块构造和整个地球动力系统运行机制的全面认识.     

扬子板块东北缘中元古代的大地构造划分

扬子板块东北缘存在四条主要的中元古代变质带,自南向北依次为江南变质带、沿江变质带、云台一张八岭变质带和连云港一泗阳变质带。它们分别为中元古代的古弧后盆地、火山岛弧、裂谷及弧前盆地,扬子板块东北缘中元古代为活动大陆边缘构造体系。苏（北）胶（南）变质造山带应解体,其中一部分属扬子大陆边缘体系。     

The geological diversity of island arc volcanism: Northeast Russia

Paleovolcanological and paleotectonic reconstructions developed for the continent-ocean transition zone in Northeast Asia demonstrate a high diversity of island arc volcanic settings. There are two main types of island arc volcanism recognized so far, (i) volcanic arcs of euliminary systems (VAES) and (ii) intrageosynclinal volcanic arcs, including areas of insular volcanism (IIV). The volcanic arcs of euliminary systems include the present-day Kuril-Kamchatka, Aleutian, and the Paleozoic- Early Cretaceous Taigonos volcanic arcs. The latter is considered to be a part of the Talovka-Taigonos euliminary system (TTES), an old double island arc system analogous to present-day systems, the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian ones. Both the TTES and similar present-day euliminary systems are structural complexes that confine concentrically-zoned geosyncline areas on the side of the Pacific. The characteristic features of the VAES include a long history of evolution, stable (calc-alkaline) basalt-andesite composition of volcanic products, and transverse geochemical zonation. Geophysical evidence reveals the complicated processes of endogenous crustal accretion and destruction of continental crust within the VAES zones. The IIV follow the structural pattern of the corresponding geosynclinal system. Their evolution is relatively short, while the spatial position and the composition of their magmatic bodies may considerably vary at different stages of evolution of the geosynclinal systems. Most island arc zones are characterized by calc-alkaline volcanism, but potassium alkaline, alkali-ultrabasic, and ultrabasic rocks also occur in some structures. The settings of intrageosynclinal insular volcanism are diverse and include (a) volcanic overcompensation, (b) geoanticlinal uplift, and (c) volcanotectonic downwarping during the orogenic stage of geosynclines. The calc-alkaline volcanism of island environments in geoanticline zones is likely related to the endogenous accretion of continental crust within a geosyncline system. Intrageosynclinal island-arc volcanism is still very poorly understood. Investigation of this phenomenon is one of the urgent tasks of paleovolcanology.     

Field and geochemical data bearing on the development of a mesozoic volcano-tectonic rift zone and back-arc basin in southernmost South America

A broad zone of dominantly subaerial silicic volcanism associated with regional extensional faulting developed in southern South America during the Middle Jurassic, contemporaneously with the initiation of plutonism along the present Pacific continental margin. Stratigraphic variations observed in cross sections through the silicic Jurassic volcanics along the Pacific margin of southernmost South America indicate that this region of the rift zone developed as volcanism continued during faulting, subsidence and marine innundation. A deep, fault-bounded submarine trough formed near the Pacific margin of the southern part of the volcano-tectonic rift zone during the Late Jurassic. Tholeiitic magma intruded within the trough formed the mafic portion of the floor of this down-faulted basin. During the Early Cretaceous this basin separated an active calc-alkaline volcanic arc, founded on a sliver of continental crust, from the then volcanically quiescent South American continent. Geochemical data suggest that the Jurassic silicic volcanics along the Pacific margin of the volcano-tectonic rift zone were derived by crustal anatexis. Mafic lavas and sills which occur within the silicic volcanics have geochemical affinities with both the tholeiitic basalts forming the ophiolitic lenses which are the remnants of the mafic part of the back-arc basin floor, and also the calc-alkaline rocks of the adjacent Patagonian batholith and their flanking lavas which represent the eroded late Mesozoic calc-alkaline volcanic arc. The source of these tholeiitic and calc-alkaline igneous rocks was partially melted upper mantle material. The igneous and tectonic processes responsible for the development of the volcano-tectonic rift zone and the subsequent back-arc basin are attributed to diapirism in the upper mantle beneath southern South America. The tectonic setting and sequence of igneous and tectonic events suggest that diapirism may have been initiated in response to subduction.     

Origin of the Kunlun Mountains by arc-arc and arc-continent collisions

Abstract The Kunlun Mountains were formed by early Mesozoic arc-arc and arc-continent collisions. The Middle Kunlun Are was the outer volcanic arc of the Paleozoic Asiatic continent, and the arc-related magmatic activities from the Proterozoic to Mesozoic are recorded by numerous volcanic and plutonic rocks of the area. Several back-arc basins and relic arcs exist north of the arc and the north Kunlun arc is one of these. The Kudi mélange of Kunlun was formed in a south-dipping subduction zone when the basin between the north and middle Kunlun arcs was consumed by the process of back-arc basin collapse, and the ophiolite mélange marked the suture zone where the two arcs collided. The Mazar mélange was formed in the north-dipping subduction zone under the middle Kunlun arc, and the mélange marks the main Paleotethys suture where the Qogir-Karamilan rocks of the Qangtang block (a fragment of Gondwanaland) is sutured on to Laurentia. The geology of Kunlun emphasizes the importance of arc-arc and arc-continent collisions in mountain-building processes.     

Radiometric ages from Ryukyu arc region and an40Ar/39Ar age from biotite dacite on Okinawa

A biotite dacite that intrudes metamorphic rocks on Okinawa in the Ryukyu island arc has been dated at 12 m.y. by the⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar method. The details of this age measurement and a compilation of radiometric ages for the Ryukyu island arc and adjacent regions are presented. These data suggest that from 65 to 12 m.y. ago the magmatic axis of the Ryukyu arc was confined to a very narrow zone along the arc. In Kyushu and Shikoku, the southern Japanese islands, intrusive and volcanic igneous rocks dated as 21?12 m.y. occur over a much wider zone than in the Ryukyu arc. The apparent difference in width of the magmatic zones may be due to different absolute motions of the overthrust plates of those two regions of subduction. The dissimilarity of available radiometric ages for the Ryukyu arc and for Taiwan suggest different histories for the development of these two features. The occurrence of active volcanoes in association with the Okinawa Trough, northwest of the Ryukyu island arc, may indicate that the trough itself developed in the last 12 m.y.     

Subduction history of the Paleo-Pacific slab beneath Eurasian continent: Mesozoic-Paleogene magmatic records in Northeast Asia

This paper presents a review on the rock associations, geochemistry, and spatial distribution of Mesozoic-Paleogene igneous rocks in Northeast Asia. The record of magmatism is used to evaluate the spatial-temporal extent and influence of multiple tectonic regimes during the Mesozoic, as well as the onset and history of Paleo-Pacific slab subduction beneath Eurasian continent. Mesozoic-Paleogene magmatism at the continental margin of Northeast Asia can be subdivided into nine stages that took place in the Early-Middle Triassic, Late Triassic, Early Jurassic, Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic, early Early Cretaceous, late Early Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous, and Paleogene, respectively. The Triassic magmatism is mainly composed of adakitic rocks, bimodal rocks, alkaline igneous rocks, and A-type granites and rhyolites that formed in syn-collisional to post-collisional extensional settings related to the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. However, Triassic calc-alkaline igneous rocks in the Erguna-Xing’an massifs were associated with the southward subduction of the Mongol-Okhotsk oceanic slab. A passive continental margin setting existed in Northeast Asia during the Triassic. Early Jurassic calc-alkaline igneous rocks have a geochemical affinity to arc-like magmatism, whereas coeval intracontinental magmatism is composed of bimodal igneous rocks and A-type granites. Spatial variations in the potassium contents of Early Jurassic igneous rocks from the continental margin to intracontinental region, together with the presence of an Early Jurassic accretionary complex, reveal that the onset of the Paleo- Pacific slab subduction beneath Eurasian continent occurred in the Early Jurassic. Middle Jurassic to early Early Cretaceous magmatism did not take place at the continental margin of Northeast Asia. This observation, combined with the occurrence of low-altitude biological assemblages and the age population of detrital zircons in an Early Cretaceous accretionary complex, indicates that a strike-slip tectonic regime existed between the continental margin and Paleo-Pacific slab during the Middle Jurassic to early Early Cretaceous. The widespread occurrence of late Early Cretaceous calc-alkaline igneous rocks, I-type granites, and adakitic rocks suggests low-angle subduction of the Paleo-Pacific slab beneath Eurasian continent at this time. The eastward narrowing of the distribution of igneous rocks from the Late Cretaceous to Paleogene, and the change from an intracontinental to continental margin setting, suggest the eastward movement of Eurasian continent and rollback of the Paleo- Pacific slab at this time.     

An island arc origin for the Canyon Mountain ophiolite complex,eastern Oregon,U.S.A.

The Canyon Mountain ophiolite, Oregon, is exceptional in lacking sheeted dikes, basaltic pillow lavas, and sediments that are characteristic of many other ophiolites. Instead, the uppermost portion of the complex consists of a significant volume of plagiogranites, which, in addition to minor basalts, intrude a large section of keratophyres believed to be of volcanic origin. The trend of intrusive rocks and of bedding in the keratophyres is mostly parallel to layering in the underlying gabbroic cumulates and to contacts between units in the remainder of the ophiolite. It is suggested that the plagiogranites, basalts, and keratophyres comprise a sill complex. Both the plagiogranites and the keratophyres are similar, respectively, to low-K₂O plutonic and extrusive rocks of island arcs. The mineralogy and penetrative deformation structures of the ultramafic and some of the gabbroic rocks of the ophiolite indicate greater depth of formation, related to magmatism and diapirism above a Benioff zone. Radiometric age dates of plagiogranites confine the minimum age of the complex to the Early Permian. The Canyon Mountain ophiolite may thus be correlative with other fragments of a Lower Permian arc terrane throughout northeastern Oregon which were chaotically mixed during renewed subduction in middle to late Triassic time.     

Kinematic setting and structural control of arc volcanism

The evaluation of the kinematic setting and the structural control of volcanic arcs are important in defining the tectono-magmatic processes along convergent plate boundaries. However, our knowledge is fragmented and the available data highlight different behaviours. This study analyzes the kinematic setting, the structural control and the volcanic productivity of 16 arcs. These arcs are characterized by predominant extensional, compressional, strike–slip or oblique motions. There is an overall coupling between the normal vs. parallel motions along the arc and those of the underlying slab. Therefore, the higher the trench-normal (or parallel) component of the subduction rate, the higher is the amount of arc-normal (or parallel) motion. This relation confirms that strain partitioning is, in general, feasible at many convergent settings, involving also the volcanic arc portion. The arc-normal motion may be characterized by extension or compression, as a function of the increase in the trench-normal convergence (or subduction) velocity. The lack of an evident relation between the subduction rate (or convergence rate) and the volcanic productivity of the arc is partly inconsistent with previous studies, which highlight a relation between the subduction rate and melt production below arcs. This discrepancy mainly suggests that different processes control the generation, rise and eruption of magma at different depths, varying the intrusive/extrusive ratio along arcs. The structure of the arc does not control the distribution of the volcanoes; however, it does control the volcanic output through different processes, even though regional or local extension (associated with strike–slip or compressive structures) is the ultimate requisite, in any setting. In general, the higher the amount of extension, the higher is the output rate along the arc.     

大地震的发生条件

大地震(特别是8级以上的大地震)的发生必须满足2个基本条件:一个是震源附近要有超过岩石弹性极限的高应力背景;另一个是该处的岩石具有发生地震的能力,即在大地震孕育所需的时间尺度(几千年以上)内岩石能长期保持弹性。为考察第1个条件,分析了中国周边三大板块的作用力。认为太平洋板块在海沟附近的俯冲方式所产生的水平力分量较小,而且海沟离中国大陆较远,因此它对中国的地震影响不大;菲律宾海板块对台湾的碰撞使台湾及福建沿海地区为高应力区,但由于碰撞边界的长度只有200km左右,其影响范围不大;印度板块向北推挤是产生中国西部及华北高应力区的最主要原因,文中较详细分析了它的作用,并据此尝试性划分了3个对中国具有强烈影响的地震带。根据岩石的流变性质和地质形成时代把地质体分成了刚性、次刚性和较柔性3类。初步计算了刚性地块的弹性持续时间至少在1Ma以上,而柔性地块的弹性持续时间最多为1ka。因此,8级大地震的位置与刚性地块密切相关