Seismo-tectonic divisions of strong earthquakes with M_s≥7.0 and their tectonic geomorphology along Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone

IntroductionXianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone is an important active fault zone and a strong earthquake belt in the southeastern margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Figure 1). Since 814 AD a total of 14 earthquakes with M ( 7, including one of magnitude 8.0, took place there. This large-scale fault zone runs from north to south, includes the northwesterly Xianshuihe fault, the near-NS An(ninghe fault, NNW Zemuhe fault, and near-NS Xiaojiang fault. It forms the east boundary of Sichuan-Yunn…     

Seismo-tectonic divisions of strong earthquakes with M S≥7.0 and their tectonic geomorphology along Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone

Seismo-tectonic areas of historical strong earthquakes with M _S≥7 along Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone are divided, and their individual fault-pattern and tectonic geomorphology are analyzed. Those strong-earthquake areas are located in some special parts of the fault zone, where the major branch-faults of the fault zone form left stepping, parallel, and fork-like patterns. In the strong-earthquake areas structurally complicated basins are developed, such as pull-apart basins in fork-like area, in double stepping area, and in stepping and fork-like areas. Foundation item: Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation (9507424). Contribution No. 2001A003, Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Seismological Bureau.     

鲜水河-小江断裂带7级以上强震构造区的划分及其构造地貌特征

划分了鲜水河——小江断裂带7级以上历史地震的强震构造区，分析了各强震构造区地质构造和构造地貌特征．认为强震构造区是沿断裂带的一些特殊构造段落，区内以断裂带主要分支断层的左阶斜列、并行排列或三叉构造组合为主体构造格局．强震构造区内发育了构造较复杂的盆地类型，如三叉区拉分盆地、双阶区拉分盆地和阶区 三叉区拉分盆地等．      

海原走滑断裂带及其尾端挤压构造

研究了青藏高原东北部地区海原活动断裂带的几何学、运动学和动力学特征、左旋位移总量及全新世滑动速率,对海原走滑断裂带东南端发育的尾端挤压区的构造特征及地壳缩短量进行了研究,分析了走滑断裂带的走滑量与端部挤压区地壳缩短量之间的转换平衡关系     

西藏格林错断层带的基本特征

格林错断层带是一条晚白垩纪以前形成,第四纪以来具明显活动性质的右旋走滑断层。断层带由4条次级走滑断层呈右行右阶羽列排列而成,在两条次级走滑断层的连接部位分别形成孜桂错、格林错、瓦昂错拉分区。格林错断层带是西藏中部地区的主要发震断层之一,全新世以来,至少有4期地震地表破裂沿该断层带发生。第四纪晚期,断层具明显的分段活动性质,并且断层活动有从北西向南东、向南迁移的迹象     

The slip rate and strong earthquake recurrence interval on the Qianning-Kangding segment of the Xianshuihe fault zone

IntroductionLocated in the western part of Sichuan Province, China, the Xianshuihe fault zone is a notable strong earthquake zone in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. At its northwestern end, the Xianshuihe fault zone overlaps the Ganzi-Yushu fault in a left-stepping pattern. The fault zone extends southeastwards through Luhuo, Daofu, Kangding, and Moxi and disappears near Shimian, with a total length of 400 km. The fault trends N40(-50°W in the north, and N20(-30°W to the south of Kangdi…     

Hydrogeological interactions between fault zones and alluvial aquifers in regional flow systems

The hydrological influence of fault zones in tectonic areas is usually difficult to depict from field data. Numerical simulation allows representation of such flow systems and an estimation of flow lines and rates. This paper reports on simulations of the groundwater flow in a range‐and‐basin area affected by a regional fault zone, which may drain or recharge an overlaying alluvial aquifer. Different hydraulic conductivity values for the range rocks, the fault‐zone, and the sedimentary infill of the basin are considered, as well as different fault‐zone widths and boundary conditions. Results show that upward and downward fluxes develop in the upper part of the fault zone, controlled by the action of the alluvial aquifer, influencing the recharge of the sedimentary basin. This paper shows the hydrological efficiency of fault zones as preferential flow; it also analyses the constraints that determine groundwater recharge to the surrounding basins. These results contribute to the understanding of hydrogeological dynamics in tectonic areas. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

鲜水河全新世断裂带的分段性、几何特征及其地震构造意义.

由五条左旋走滑的主要分支断层组成的鲜水河全新世断裂带,以惠远寺拉分区为界,可分为结构特征不同的两段:北西段结构较为简单;南东段则表现了由若干分支断层组成的复杂结构.这种断裂结构的分段性,造成了历史强震活动性的分段差异,同时也可能是断层近代滑动速率空间变化的主要原因. 该断裂带主要的几何特征之一是具有多重羽列性质.本文按阶区尺度的相对大小,作了羽列级别划分.其中,A级羽列不连续区伴有明显的地貌效应,是该断裂带分段的界限,其对历史上7级左右地震的破裂具有较明显的终止作用;B,C两级羽列不连续区也有一定程度的地貌显示,但对历史上大地震的破裂不具有明显的终止作用;更低级别的羽列几何则是在第四纪盖层中发育的地震地裂缝的主要组合型式. 另一种重要的几何特征是断层弯曲.无论沿整个断裂带还是在一些断层段上,均存在着不同程度的走向弯曲.局部弯曲的结果,可能是造成一些大地震时不对称破裂扩展和烈度衰减的重要几何影响因素,同时也可能是大地震或强震原地重复的构造条件之一.文中最后分析和讨论了两次历史大地震发震断层的立体模型.      

山西及邻区水系与黄土冲沟的分形几何学分析结果及其与构造活动的关系

本文用分形几何理论,对山西及邻区水系与黄土冲沟作了分析,发现水系与冲沟分维值的大小反映了该区构造活动性的强弱,分维值的分布定量地反映了区域构造活动的背景及各区域构造活动性的差异,在构造活动强的区域,分维值高,反之则低。按分维值的大小山西断陷带分成南中北三段,以中段介休-临汾一带的分维值及反映的构造活动性最强。该区分维值的分布及反映的构造活动性有从四周向中间增强的特点,增强区与强震的发生有关     

Study of crust-mantle transitional zone along the northeast margin of Qinghai-Xizang plateau

Introduction At the juncture of Qinghai-Xizang, Ordos and Alxa blocks lies the Qinghai-Xizang plateau, an area with complicated topographic and morphologic features, strong tectonic activities and frequent earthquakes (many large-magnitude earthquakes have taken place), has become a focal area for geoscience study. Many geophysical and geological surveys have been carried out in and around the area, such as deep seismic sounding (DSS), gravimetry, magnetotelluric sounding, magnetic anomaly …     

Structural characteristics of the Tan-Lu fault zone in Cenozoic basins offshore the Bohai Sea

The Tan-Lu fault zone across the eastern margin of the Cenozoic basins offshore the Bohai Sea is a NNE-trending right-lateral strike-slip fault system developed in the Cenozoic basin cover. It cuts through NE-to NNE-striking major extensional faults that controlled the formation of Paleogene basins. Recent petroleum exploration indicates that Cenozoic structural activities of the Tan-Lu fault system have directly or indirectly affected oil and gas distribution offshore the Bohai Sea. As part of a deep fault zone the Tan-Lu fault zone has been activated since the Oligocene,and obviously affected the tectonic evolution of offshore Bohai basins since then. The formation of Paleogene rift basins offshore the Bohai Sea has utilized the pre-existing structural elements of the Tan-Lu fault zone that developed in the late Mesozoic.     

小江断裂带中段晚新生代构造盆地演化阶段

小江断裂带中段的盆地可以划分三个阶段,即Ｎ２－Ｑ１,Ｑ２末－Ｑ３初和Ｑ３－Ｑ４。这些盆地受小江断裂带左旋走滑运动控制。     

青藏高原东北缘壳幔过渡带研究

利用穿过青藏高原东北缘的两条地震测深剖面提供的PMP波形资料，研究了该区不同构造单元壳幔过渡带的复杂性、频谱特征和速度模型．结果表明, 鄂尔多斯盆地和陵中盆地Moho具有稳定的构造特征，壳幔耦合为简单的一级间断面；海原地震区和巴颜喀拉地块与柴达木地块结合带莫霍面具有明显的活动迹象，壳幔耦合为复杂的高、低速相间的多层壳幔过渡带，总厚度达到20多千米．不同构造单元的莫霍面差异性反映了研究区壳幔耦合层的非均匀特征；海原地震区和玛沁断裂壳幔过渡带的细结构差异, 则反映了两个陆 陆碰撞带不同的深部物质结构与地块之间的相互作用结果．      

程海断裂尾端侧向迁移与地震的相关性

以永胜、金官盆地和巍山、弥渡、祥云、云南驿等盆地分别作为程海断裂北端和南端结构,不难发现,随着时间的推移,断裂的活动部位不是固定不变的。侧向迁移是端部断裂活动转化的一种形式,断裂的不断更新使程海断裂端部地震活动增强。侧向迁移总是向着区域某一条地震带方向发展。     

红河断裂带第四纪活动的时空演化特征

在前人研究的基础上，结合断裂带沿线的构造地貌、断层岩组合及大量与断裂相关的地层年代，综合分析了红河断裂带第四纪以来活动的总趋势：随着活动时代的趋新，活动中心由南向北逐渐迁移，全新世晚期以来的活动中心位于大理、弥渡一带；探讨了该断裂带第四纪活动的时空演化规律，为断裂带不同区段地震危险性的评估提供了依据     

Drainage-basin evolution and aquifer development in a karstic limestone terrain South-Central Texas,U.S.A.

The Edwards artesian aquifer occurs in cavernous limestones of Cretaceous (Albian) age within the Balcones fault zone in south-central Texas. The major recharge and discharge zones of the aquifer are contained within the upper reaches of three river systems: the Nueces, the San Antonio, and the Guadalupe. Within these watersheds, recharge dominates in the semiarid Nueces basin to the west while most discharge occurs farther east from wells in the subhumid San Antonio basin and from springs in the subhumid Guadalupe basin. This long-distance transfer of ground water (up to 240 km) is a result of several factors: depositional and early diagenetic history of the limestone host rock, geometry and magnitudes of fault displacement, and physiographic responses to faulting. The loci of greatest discharge from the aquifer occur in an area that was exposed subaerially with concomitant porosity enhancement due to dissolution of limestone during late Early Cretaceous time. This area also was subjected to the greatest fault displacement during Miocene time. Thus, faults and associated joints superimposed additional avenues for porosity and permeability development onto an area that already had considerable secondary porosity. Further determinants on aquifer properties resulted from late Tertiary and Quaternary drainage evolution in response to faulting along the Balcones trend. The strike of the fault zone lay at acute angles to the courses of the main trunk streams in the ancestral Guadalupe and San Antonio River systems, whereas in the Nueces basin the trend of the fault zone was normal to the courses of the main streams. Thus, as a fault-line scarp began to form in the eatern basins, scarp-normal streams were incised rapidly into northwest-trending canyons. These steep-gradient streams captured the eastward-flowing major streams in the easten watersheds. These pirate streams incised into the aquifer at the lowest topographic levels within the region because of: 1. The sudden acquisition of extensive catchment areas in a subhumid area; and 2. Steep stream gradients that reflected the larger fault displacement in the east. The low topographic points of discharge became the loci of major springs. Recharge is dominant in the Nueces basin mainly because streams cross permeable limestone units at higher topographic levels than in the San Antonio and Guadalupe basins. The topographic characteristics of the Nueces watershed resulted from a combination of diverse factors: lesser fault displacement, no major stream piracy, and less vigorous erosion because of a semiarid climate.     

鲁西隆起重磁异常特征及其构造活动性分析

通过对鲁西隆起区重磁资料的分析和反演计算,研究了沂沭断裂带、齐河—广饶断裂带、聊城—兰考断裂带、丰沛断裂带以及地块内部断裂的重磁异常、莫霍面和居里面深度特征,并讨论了鲁西隆起的地质构造特征和构造活动性.结果显示:鲁西隆起基底广泛出露,沉积层主要分布在由断裂下降盘控制的凹陷内,区内断裂深度达20 km以上,其中蒙山断裂深入至上地幔,控制了蒙山金伯利岩型金刚石矿的产出;鲁西隆起区莫霍面深度为30—35 km,整体呈向西开口的箕形,地块中部地壳厚度较厚,除西侧地壳呈阶梯状增厚外隆起地块四周地壳逐渐减薄;居里面深度介于20—33 km之间,中部地区较深,为整体稳定的地块,断裂带分布位置对应于居里面梯度带;地震活动主要集中于断裂带与莫霍面梯度带交会区以及断裂带上的居里面突变区.      

龙门山北部陕甘川交界三角构造区断裂活动特征研究

龙门山北部3条不同走向的断裂带所围限的三角地区是我国陕甘川交界地区研究地震活动的重要场所.通过对区内秦岭南缘断裂、 平武—青川断裂、 岷江断裂及虎牙断裂活动特征研究和活动时代分析认为: 秦岭南缘断裂, 包括迭部—舟曲断裂、 武都—康县—略阳断裂及茶店—勉县断裂在晚更新世曾有过活动, 在全新世活动不明显; 龙门山断裂带东北段平武—青川断裂最后一次活动发生在晚更新世, 表现为右旋走滑的逆断裂, 全新世活动不明显; 岷江断裂和虎牙断裂不但在晚更新世活动强烈, 而且在全新世继续活动; 龙门山北部这个三角地区依然是未来地震活动关注的重点地区.      

蒙古阿尔泰东缘新发现的地震地表破裂带

阿尔泰构造带的活动断裂主要为NW—NNW向。按构造位置可分为阿尔泰西缘活动断裂带、阿尔泰中央活动断裂带和阿尔泰东缘活动断裂带。阿尔泰东缘活动构造带由科布多(Hovd)活动断裂带、哈尔乌苏湖(Har Us)活动断裂带2条大型右旋走滑活动断裂和中间的挤压盆地带构成。在2条走滑断裂带上,前人发现多处地震地表破裂带。通过对阿尔泰东缘构造带中南段地区的野外调查,在哈尔乌苏湖断裂带中段的Jargalant断裂、科布多断裂带南段的Tugen gol断裂上新发现地震地表破裂带。其中,沿Jargalant断裂地震地表破裂带长约50km,右旋位错量约4~5m,是一次规模大、活动较新的破裂事件。可见,在阿尔泰东缘活动断裂带的不同断裂段上均有保存较好的地震地表破裂,显示阿尔泰东缘是活动强烈的地震构造带     

郯庐断裂带中段三维密度结构反演与解释

为深入理解研究区的构造运动规律,进一步探求地壳物质可能的运移模式,本文基于Crust1.0地壳结构模型和最新莫霍面深度模型对自由空气重力异常数据进行联合约束,采用三维重力反演技术得到了郯庐断裂带中段的三维密度结构。反演结果显示,研究区的背景场稳定,断裂构造发育部位表现为重力密度低值,特别是营潍断裂带正处于大范围的重力密度低值区并纵贯整个研究区,由此可推断重力密度低值区可指示断裂构造的存在。