Evolution of an accretionary complex along the north arm of the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract Seismic reflections across the accretionary prism of the North Sulawesi provide excellent images of the various structural domains landward of the frontal thrust. The structural domain in the accretionary prism area of the North Sulawesi Trench can be divided into four zones: (i) trench area; (ii) Zone A; (iii) Zone B; and (iv) Zone C. Zone A is an active imbrication zone where a decollement is well imaged. Zone B is dominated by out‐of‐sequence thrusts and small slope basins. Zone C is structurally high in the forearc basin, overlain by a thick sedimentary sequence. The subducted and accreted sedimentary packages are separated by the decollement. Topography of the oceanic basement is rough, both in the basin and beneath the wedge. The accretionary prism along the North Sulawesi Trench grew because of the collision between eastern Sulawesi and the Bangai–Sula microcontinent along the Sorong Fault in the middle Miocene. This collision produced a large rotation of the north arm of Sulawesi Island. Rotation and northward movement of the north arm of Sulawesi may have resulted in southward subduction and development of the accretionary wedge along North Sulawesi. Lateral variations are wider in the western areas relative to the eastern areas. This is due to greater convergence rates in the western area: 5 km/My for the west and 1.5 km/My for the east. An accretionary prism model indicates that the initiation of growth of the accretionary prism in the North Sulawesi Trench occurred approximately 5 Ma. A comparison between the North Sulawesi accretionary prism and the Nankai accretionary prism of Japan reveals similar internal structures, suggesting similar mechanical processes and structural evolution.     

Tectonic setting of porphyry Cu–Au, Mo and related mineralization associated with contrasted Neogene magmatism in the Western Sulawesi Arc

The Neogene Western Sulawesi Arc, from the south going northwards, can be divided into three magmatic provinces of K alkaline–shoshonitic (AK-SH), high-K calc-alkaline (KCA), and low-K–normal calc-alkaline (TH-CA) affinity, referred to, respectively, as South, Central and North Sulawesi. The origin of this magmatism in terms of subduction and collision processes is contentious. Four widely spaced Cu–Au porphyry, and one Mo porphyry district(s) occur along the Western Sulawesi Arc, with the North Sulawesi province being the most mineralized. This porphyry mineralization is part of a regional belt that extends north into the Philippines and possibly south to the Sunda Arc. In western Sulawesi, common features that define the porphyry belt are obscure because the porphyry districts cannot be simply related, either in terms of their magmatic affinity, nature of basement, or tectonic setting. Nevertheless, it can be suggested that the generation of porphyry Mo systems requires involvement of continental crust in terms of magma source, while Au-rich porphyry systems are independent of the nature of the crust, and are derived from a mantle source.     

An outline of the petrology, structure and age of the Pompangeo Schist Complex of central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Variably dismembered and metamorphosed accretionary complexes constitute the basement of much of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The most extensive of these is the Pompangeo Schist Complex, which crops out over ∼ 5000 km² in central Sulawesi, and is predominantly composed of interbanded phyllitic marble, calcareous phyllite, graphitic schist and quartzite; rocks of terrigenous to shallow marine origin. Along the eastern margin of the complex, schists are interthrust with unmetamorphosed Jurassic sandstone, which may represent parental material of the complex. The schists are unconformably overlain by pelagic sediments with an Albian–Cenomanian biostratigraphy. Synmetamorphic progressive deformation of the Pompangeo Schist Complex has resulted in repeated isoclinal folding and a strong transposition foliation striking north-northwest/south-southeast and dipping west, subparallel to the compositional banding of the complex; microstructural fabrics indicate a top-to-east sense of shear. On a regional scale the Pompangeo Schist Complex is lithostratigraphically coherent and an east-to-west metamorphic field gradient is recognizable, which, if continuous, represents a relatively low thermal gradient of ∼ 15 °C/km. K–Ar dating yielded ages of ca 111 Ma. Correlative metamorphic rocks appear to underlie the entire Neogene magmatic province, since they occur sporadically throughout western Sulawesi, including the Bantimala region of the South Arm. The Pompangeo schist metamorphism cannot be correlated with arc magmatism in western Sulawesi, which is of Neogene age. The Pompangeo and Bantimala schists, as well as other accretionary complexes in western Sulawesi, were probably generated in the same subduction system that was responsible for the extensive Mesozoic continental arc in central Kalimantan, at the eastern margin of Sundaland.     

DEEP VELOCITY STRUCTURE AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES

3-D V_P and V_S images of southern Philippines at the 0~100km depths are generated by inverting a large number of travel-time data from the International Seismological Centre(1960-2017)through seismic tomography method. The results show lateral variation exists in the crust and upper mantle:High V_P and V_S anomalies emerge in mid-west Mindanao and Bohol Island, which might be caused by the combined action of huge magmatism and ophiolite accretion in the lower crust; low velocity anomalies of the upper mantle in the west of Mindanao are consistent with locations of volcanoes on the surface. It, thus, could be inferred that the low velocity anomaly is closely related to magmatic activity. The dense earthquake distribution along plate margin extending to 100km coincides with the strong activity of the Philippine Sea Plate which is located in the northeast and southeast of Mindanao. Relative weak activity of Sulawesi Sea Basin is presented simultaneously. The subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate is mostly concentrated in the crust and the top of the uppermost mantle. Our tomographic images show that lateral heterogeneities exist in the crust and uppermost mantle of the southern Philippines. Low V_P and V_S anomalies emerge in Philippine Trench and Cotabato Trench, in contrast, high V_P and V_S anomalies appear in shallow crust of land area where a large number of earthquakes and magmatic activities develop. This may reflect strong tectonic processes between the Philippine Sea Plate and Philippine Mobile Belt. Low V_P and V_S anomalies in the crust of eastern Mindanao coinciding with the location of volcanoes on the surface may show partial melting of crust material caused by dehydration of the subducting Philippine Sea Plate. Such a similar phenomenon can be also seen in the south of Negros Island and Cotabato Trench. Thus we infer that active tectonic behaviors are constrained within the crust of the Philippine Sea Plate, Sulu Sea Basin and Sulawesi Basin.Low V_P and V_S anomalies of the mantle in the mid-west of Mindanao island are associated with magmatic activity which may be caused by a collision between the east and west part of Mindanao at 5Ma. The fracture system in the west of Mindanao provides the possible passage ways of mantle hot material upwelling, coinciding with the model of geothermal distribution in this area. According to the geochemical analysis, ophiolite observed in Sanbaoyan and the western part of Mindanao could indicate material composition from crust to upper mantle on Eurasian continental margin which may show the evidence of rapid expansion environment of mid-ocean ridge. High V_P and V_S anomalies in the mantle of northeast and southeast of Mindanao coinciding with the distribution of massive earthquake along boundaries show a well agreement with the shape of the Philippine Sea Plate. Dense earthquake distribution in south Mindanao at 100km shows the Philippine Sea Plate has strong activity and stress accumulation in the upper mantle. On the contrary, the seismicity in southwest Mindanao and Cotabato Trench reduces rapidly at the depth from 50km to 100km, revealing weak subduciton and stress release of Sulawesi Basin in the mantle.     

Paleomagnetic evidence for clockwise rotation of the northern arm of Sulawesi,Indonesia

Paleomagnetic results from the northern arm of Sulawesi show that the arm has been subjected to a clockwise rotation of more than 90° and that its rotational motion began no later than the middle Miocene. The mean direction showing a normal polarity at the Eocene to the early Miocene isD = 98.0° andI = 6.9°. A declination value ofD = 50.1° obtained from Miocene rocks indicates a transition stage of the rotational motion. The datum from Plio-Pleistocene volcanics isD = ?4.6° andI = ?9.3°. This suggests that the rotational motion terminated before the initiation of volcanic activity during the Plio-Pleistocene.     

2018年印度尼西亚帕鲁MW7.5地震构造背景与区域地震活动

2018年9月28日（北京时间）印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛附近发生M_W7.5地震。通过对地震震源机制的分析得出,本次地震是由于摩鹿加海微板块内部浅层走滑断裂所致。历史地震和震后周边区域的地震活动特征分析表明,该区域进入了地震活跃期,板块之间的相对运动较为明显。地震引发海啸是此次地震造成人员死亡的主要原因。      

Heavy metal contamination from gold mining recorded in Porites lobata skeletons, Buyat-Ratototok district, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Shallow marine sediments and fringing coral reefs of the Buyat-Ratototok district of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, are affected by submarine disposal of tailings from industrial gold mining and by small-scale gold mining using mercury amalgamation. Between-site variation in heavy metal concentrations in shallow marine sediments was partially reflected by trace element concentrations in reef coral skeletons from adjacent reefs. Corals skeletons recorded silicon, manganese, iron, copper, chromium, cobalt, antimony, thallium, and lead in different concentrations according to proximity to sources, but arsenic concentrations in corals were not significantly different among sites. Temporal analysis found that peak concentrations of arsenic and chromium generally coincided with peak concentrations of silica and/or copper, suggesting that most trace elements in the coral skeleton were incorporated into detrital siliciclastic sediments, rather than impurities within skeletal aragonite.     

Early Cretaceous tectonic events implied in the time-lag between the age of radiolarian chert and its metamorphic basement in the Bantimala area, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract The Bantimala Complex of South Sulawesi consists mainly of mélange, chert, basalt, ultramafic rocks and high pressure type metamorphic rocks. Well-preserved radiolarians were extracted from 10 samples of chert, and K-Ar age dating was done for muscovite from five samples of schist of the Bantimala Complex. The radiolarian assemblage from chert is assigned middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian) age, while the K-Ar age data from schist range from 132 Ma to 114 Ma except for one sample with rare muscovite. The radiolarian chert is unconformably underlain by schist in the Bantimala Complex. The stratigraphie relationship and the time lag of these two kinds of age data from chert and underlying schist suggest short-time tectonic events immediately followed by a quick waning tectonism in this region during the Albian-Cenomanian transgression.     

中国海——西太平洋典型剖面(南幅)揭示的微陆块-窄洋盆构造格局

基于编制最新地学成果图件的需要,我们整合了最新地质、地球物理资料成果,运用最新的技术方法,开展了中国海—西太平洋地区典型剖面的编制工作.典型剖面(南幅)主要集成了南海地区近年来获得的广角地震探测资料,运用重-磁-震联合反演方法,结合拖网、钻井、地热、地质剖面等,以块体构造学说为编图思想编制而成.典型剖面(南幅)从华南以NNW-SSE向直抵苏拉威西海,穿过了多个构造单元,包括3个陆缘-离散地块区(华南块体—南海北部陆缘、中沙地块、礼乐—北巴拉望地块)、4个海盆区(西北次海盆、中央海盆、苏禄海盆、苏拉威西海盆)、2个俯冲-岛弧区(卡加延脊、苏禄脊),这些构造单元一起构成了西太平洋边缘独特的“微陆块-窄洋盆”构造格局.自古特提斯向欧亚大陆之下俯冲以来,该区域经历了复杂的构造演化过程.在形成这种构造格局的过程中,地壳处在不断消亡和生成的动态循环之中,同时构造应力也处在动态变化之中.通过对区域地球动力学的综合分析,认为这种微陆块-窄洋盆构造格局的形成,很大程度上是由于其位于三大板块交接的独特区域,以及受区域内复杂而丰富的俯冲作用的影响和制约.通过典型剖面编制工作,推动了中国海—西太平洋区域内大地构造和地球物理特征研究,为“跳出南海看南海”提供了良好的研究范例,同时启发我们未来加强对邻区研究空白区域的探索.     

Tectonic implications of new age data for the Meratus Complex of south Kalimantan, Indonesia

Cretaceous subduction complexes surround the southeastern margin of Sundaland in Indonesia. They are widely exposed in several localities, such as Bantimala (South Sulawesi), Karangsambung (Central Java) and Meratus (South Kalimantan).
The Meratus Complex of South Kalimantan consists mainly of mélange, chert, siliceous shale, limestone, basalt, ultramafic rocks and schists. The complex is uncomformably covered with Late Cretaceous sedimentary-volcanic formations, such as the Pitap and Haruyan Formations.
Well-preserved radiolarians were extracted from 14 samples of siliceous sedimentary rocks, and K–Ar age dating was performed on muscovite from 6 samples of schist of the Meratus Complex. The radiolarian assemblage from the chert of the complex is assigned to the early Middle Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous. The K–Ar age data from schist range from 110 Ma to 180 Ma. Three samples from the Pitap Formation, which unconformably covers the Meratus Complex, yield Cretaceous radiolarians of Cenomanian or older.
These chronological data as well as field observation and petrology yield the following constraints on the tectonic setting of the Meratus Complex.
(1) The mélange of the Meratus Complex was caused by the subduction of an oceanic plate covered by radiolarian chert ranging in age from early Middle Jurassic to late Early Cretaceous.
(2) The Haruyan Schist of 110–119 Ma was affected by metamorphism of a high pressure–low temperature type caused by oceanic plate subduction. Some of the protoliths were high alluminous continental cover or margin sediments. Intermediate pressure type metamorphic rocks of 165 and 180 Ma were discovered for the first time along the northern margin of the Haruyan Schist.
(3) The Haruyan Formation, a product of submarine volcanism in an immature island arc setting, is locally contemporaneous with the formation of the mélange of the Meratus Complex.     

由地震活动参数分析安徽省新生代构造变形带现今活动习性与地震危险性

应用多个地震活动参数来判定断裂带分段落活动习性的方法,分析安徽省新生代构造变形带不同分段落的现今活动习性及地震危险性。研究结果表明：安徽省新生代构造变形带中存在着9个具有不同现今活动习性的分段落,其中,霍邱-风台、铜陵-宁国、明光-肥东3个段落现今活动习性处于较高应力背景下的相对闭锁状态．应属于有一定应变积累的潜在中强震危险段落：其它6个段落．现今活动习性处于中等或偏低应力背景下,以频繁或稀疏小震滑动为特征．未来复发中强以上地震的可能性较小。     

地磁活动对气候要素影响的研究进展

地磁活动是太阳爆发现象引起地球近地空间磁场扰动的重要空间天气过程之一.地球磁场的变化具有多种时间尺度,其中从数十年到数世纪的长时间地磁场变化主要是由地核磁场引起的,而从数秒到数年的短时间地磁变化与太阳活动有关.近年来,越来越多的统计研究表明,地磁活动与太阳活动和地球气候变化之间存在着显著的相关性.地球磁场和地球大气系统的耦合现象驱动着人们探索地磁活动对地球天气和气候系统影响的研究.本文的目的就是综述国内外地磁变化对气候影响的研究进展,介绍我们最新的研究成果,探索地磁活动对气候要素的影响特征和可能机理过程,为深入研究地磁活动对地球天气和气候的影响提供基础和依据,以期对地磁活动和气候要素关系有进一步的认识.     

太阳活动千年尺度的准周期性波动

2004年，Solanki等人利用树木年轮中δ14C含量变化重建的太阳黑子数序列研究太阳活动的论文被Nature发表，该黑子序列自1895年起向历史时期延伸了11400年.本文采用最大熵谱分析方法和小波变换方法分析了这一重建的太阳黑子序列，重点讨论太阳活动在千年尺度上的周期性波动.结果表明，太阳活动的长期变化中存在接近千年和略大于两千年的准周期信号，以及可能存在约7千年的波动，得到了这些准周期分量的参数.这些准周期分量的周期长度和振幅是随着时间变化的，文中给出了它们的时变图象并讨论了它们的时变特征.     

欧洲地区电离层峰值电子密度逐日变化的相关距离研究

本文采用欧洲22个台站的电离层F^₂层峰值电子密度N_mF^₂，分析了其逐日变化分量的相关距离S，着重研究了S的周日变化、季节变化及其随太阳活动和地磁活动的变化.首先用指数型函数模式来拟合任意两站间电离层逐日变化的相关系数R随间距d的变化，由此估算出逐日变化的相关距离S.详细研究了S在不同的季节（春季、夏季、秋季和冬季），不同的地磁活动（平静和扰动）及不同的太阳活动（低、中和高）随世界时的变化（周日变化）.结果表明：（１）S的范围一般为400～1600 km；（２）S值在白天比夜间大；（３）S值具有季节变化，夏季最大，冬季最小，春秋季差异不大；（４）S值在地磁扰动时比平静时大；（５）当太阳活动低时，S值在日落到正午间要比太阳活动中或高时明显偏小，而在正午到日落间则与太阳活动中或高时差异不大.根据以上结果，我们认为：（１） 太阳辐射对电离层逐日变化的影响是大尺度的，并在白天和太阳活动高时大于晚上和太阳活动低时；（２） 地磁活动的影响也是大尺度的；（３）气象活动的影响是相对小尺度的，且逐日变化具有季节性.本文从相关尺度分析的角度，证实了电离层逐日变化来源于太阳辐射、地磁活动和气象活动因素的论断.     

地震活动的随机场特征

地震活动是一种随机自然现象,将其基本要素变量看作是空间和时间的函数,它们具有随机场的基本特征,由此得到地震活动的随机场描述。重点讨论在一定条件下地震活动能量场和频次场的统计特征及地震活动场的平稳性问题,说明应用随机场方法研究地震活动的合理性。     

重庆荣昌地震活动特征与深井注水关系探讨

分析1993年以来荣昌及周边地区地震活动与深井注水的关系。对2008年以前注水井位置、注水量与地震活动进行对比,对2008年以后地震进行重新定位,统计地震空间分布,探寻其与深井注水的关系,并对注水量与地震频度进行相关分析。研究认为,深井注水初期对地震活动影响较大,之后有所减小,可见地震活动主要受地质构造控制。     

安徽历史地震等震线长轴方位分布及地震地质意义

统计了安徽地区历史地震等震线长轴方位分布，主要有北东、北北东、北西和近东西向4组，它们与震中区及其附近的新生代活动断裂的走向有较好的一致性，大致反映了安徽各地的发震构造及破裂方位。其中北东、北西向断裂活动时间最新，多与地震活动相关，而北东向活动断裂是研究地区主要的地震构造。从构造地貌、断裂活动、遥感解译活动线性构造和中强地震活动的相互印证关系来看，大别山北麓、皖东北地区是安徽现代构造和中强地震活动较为强烈的地区，其中，皖东北地区未来发生中强地震的危险性较大。     

Long-term observation of volcanic tremor on Stromboli volcano (Italy): A synopsis

The features of seismic activity on Stromboli are discussed and compared in terms of their relationship with the main changes of volcanic activity from 1990 to 1993.We considered a statistical approach for our data analysis. Cluster analysis was used to seek out classes of spectra which might characterize the condition of the volcanic system. The classes we have found provide insights into a scenario which evolves through different phases of volcanic activity, from paroxysms to low activity. We show that episodes of lava effusion and lava fountaining are heralded by variations in the spectral features of tremor after a preparation time. This result highlights the importance of tremor, and reveals that long-term observations are key to examine slow modifications in a volcanic system such as Stromboli, characterized by open conduits, and persistent explosive activity.     

滇西北龙蟠—乔后断裂带桃源段晚第四纪活动特征研究

根据详细的野外调查和剖面测绘成果,结合区域第四系测年结果等资料,对龙蟠—乔后断裂带桃源段新发现的桃源断裂、刀郭断裂、合江村断裂及已知的龙蟠—乔后断裂等4条主要断裂的晚第四纪活动特征进行研究。成果表明,龙蟠—乔后断裂带桃源段在晚第四纪的活动特征明显,活动强度中等,龙蟠—乔后断裂和合江村断裂属全新世活动断裂,桃源断裂和刀郭断裂属晚更新世断裂;晚更新世以来,龙蟠—乔后断裂和刀郭断裂以左旋走滑运动为主,而桃源断裂和合江村断裂则表现为正断走滑为主。这些断裂的活动性都不同程度地影响着研究区及附近区域的地震风险和构造稳定性。新的调查研究成果为深入认识龙蟠—乔后断裂带桃源段的晚第四纪活动性提供了新的资料,并可为深入理解该区的地震地质特征以及工程建设地震安全性评价等提供基础地质资料。     

Simultaneous observations of planetary waves from 30 to 220km

Planetary wave activity at quasi 16-, 10- and 5-day periods has been compared at various altitudes through the middle and upper atmosphere over Halley (76°S, 27°W), Antarctica, during the austral winters of 1997–1999. Observational data from the mesosphere, E-region ionosphere and F-region ionosphere have been combined with stratospheric data from the ECMWF assimilative operational analysis. Fourier and wavelet techniques have shown that the relationship between planetary wave activity at different altitudes is complex and during the winter eastward wind regime does not conform to a simple combination of vertical planetary wave propagation and critical filtering. Strong planetary wave activity in the stratosphere can coincide with a complete lack of wave activity at higher altitudes; conversely, there are also times when planetary wave activity in the mesosphere, E-region or F-region has no apparent link to activity in the stratosphere. The latitudinal activity pattern of stratospheric data tentatively suggests that when the stratospheric signatures are intense over a wide range of latitudes, propagation of planetary waves into the mesosphere is less likely than when the stratospheric activity is more latitudinally restricted. It is possible that, on at least one occasion, 16-day planetary wave activity in the mesosphere may have been ducted to high latitudes from the lower latitude stratosphere. The most consistent feature is that planetary wave activity in the mesosphere is almost always anti-correlated to planetary wave activity in the E-region even though the two are in close physical proximity. The oscillatory critical filtering of vertical gravity wave propagation by planetary waves and the re-generation of the planetary wave component at higher altitudes through subsequent critical filtering or breaking of the gravity waves may provide an explanation for some of these characteristics. Alternatively the nonlinear interaction between planetary waves and tides, indicated in the E-region data, may play a role.