藏南邛多江地堑的晚新生代沉积地层及对南北向裂谷形成时代的初步限定

邛多江地堑构成了藏南近南北向裂谷带最东侧的错那-沃卡裂谷中段,是由地堑西缘高角度正断层主控的半地堑式断陷盆地。详细的地质、地貌调查表明,该地堑内主要充填有晚新生代以来的多套河湖相、冰碛及冰水沉积地层。河湖相地层底部以黏土和粉砂为主,上部以砾石层为主,向上砾石砾径逐渐变大,顶部为早更新世冲积砾石层;冰碛主要发育于地堑中部山前地带,构成宽缓的冰碛台地或者终碛垄、侧碛堤。地层的测年结果表明,该区主要发育两套晚新生代河湖相地层,早期沉积时代早于5Ma,晚期为晚第四纪;而冰碛及冰水沉积的时代主要为中更新世。综合该区地质地貌、沉积和构造等分析结果表明,早期的河湖相沉积与盆地发生初始裂陷后的主边界正断层发生强烈垂直活动有关,而晚期的河湖相沉积主要形成于盆地后期萎缩过程中,成因可能与中更新世以来的冰川堰塞湖有关。由于邛多江地堑受控于西侧主边界正断层,早期沉积应晚于其初始裂陷时代。因此,进一步综合现有年龄数据资料认为,藏南近南北裂谷的初始裂陷时代应早于5~10Ma,但晚于约15Ma。     

喜马拉雅造山带东段错那裂谷的地壳结构

喜马拉雅造山带由印度与欧亚大陆板块的陆陆碰撞而形成。为何在挤压造山的碰撞前缘形成代表垮塌的藏南裂谷系存在巨大的争议。回答这个问题需要对裂谷的地壳结构有一个全面的认识。各裂谷带的起始活动年代自西向东逐渐年轻。本研究选取喜马拉雅东部较为年轻的错那裂谷,利用密集台阵接收的远震数据,通过P波接收函数方法,揭示错那裂谷的精细地壳结构,进而通过地壳结构分析裂谷的形成。结果显示错那裂谷为全地壳尺度结构,裂谷下方莫霍面发生明显错断,且壳内结构侧向不连续发育显著。本研究表明裂谷的形成可能关联更大尺度的区域构造运动,单一的重力垮塌是否能形成地壳尺度的裂谷需要进一步研究。综合前人对藏南裂谷系区域的超钾岩和埃达克岩研究以及深部地球物理观测结果,推断因俯冲的印度板片撕裂导致软流圈物质上涌弱化了错那裂谷区域下地壳,并且结合研究区内喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩研究显示中上地壳也存在弱化现象。因此,结合本研究结果推测全地壳尺度裂谷的形成需要不同深度的地壳弱化。     

安徽庐枞盆地中段重磁电特征及地质意义

安徽庐枞盆地是长江中下游成矿带的重要矿集区,其深部火山岩基底性质不明,制约了矿产勘探的开展。通过对庐枞火山岩盆地中段1∶5万高精度重磁数据及大地电磁测深数据进行再处理,探讨该区地球物理场的特征及其地质意义。结果表明: 庐枞火山岩盆地位于NE向古生代地层褶皱带的“鞍部”,火山岩厚度与重力剩余异常幅值变化具有较好的对应关系; 火山岩之下主体为隐伏侵入岩,呈似厚层状,底界面厚度为3~4 km,黄屯—枞阳断裂与罗河断裂是主要的深部岩浆通道。推断盆地内三叠系—石炭系主体被侵位,部分泥盆系—志留系在隐伏侵入岩之下发育。研究成果可为庐枞盆地基础地质研究及找矿预测提供参考。     

班公湖—怒江缝合带中段深部电性结构及其构造意义

班公湖—怒江缝合带作为青藏高原拉萨地块和羌塘地块的重要缝合带, 具有比较复杂的构造演化史, 然而其深部结构和俯冲极性仍存在较大争议。本文利用横穿班公湖—怒江缝合带中段的近南北向大地电磁测线, 处理和分析大地电磁测深曲线和相位张量特征, 并通过三维大地电磁反演获得了班公湖—怒江缝合带两侧的深部电性结构。三维大地电磁反演结果显示, 沿测线分布显著的中下地壳高导异常。大致以班公湖—怒江缝合带为界, 可将中下地壳高导异常分为两部分, 北拉萨地块近水平展布的高导异常层和南羌塘地块下方明显北倾的高导异常。结合早期的研究资料, 分析认为中下地壳高导异常应该为地壳部分熔融所致, 且深部电性结构符合沿测线观测的大地热流值变化。同时, 中下地壳高导异常可能指示了中生代班公湖—怒江洋的俯冲闭合痕迹, 北倾的中下高导异常支持大洋向北俯冲至羌塘地块之下, 而北拉萨地块下方的高导异常层可能为低角度俯冲的小洋盆。     

襄樊—广济断裂带东段构造变形特征及其演化

襄樊—广济断裂带是分隔大别造山带和扬子板块北缘前陆褶皱逆冲带的边界断裂,其几何学、运动学及构造演化特征记录了南北两大不同性质的大地构造单元发生碰撞、拼贴及相互作用的地质过程。在野外调查、构造解析和年代学研究基础上,结合区域地质和地球物理资料分析,认为襄樊—广济断裂带东段以深部向南逆冲、浅表向北逆冲的“鳄鱼嘴式”对冲构造为特征,与西段的构造变形样式和次序存在显著差异。中扬子地区东部受控于江南—雪峰造山带和大别造山带南北两大构造体系,深部扬子板块北缘向大别造山带之下俯冲导致造山带自北向南挤出,推覆构造可影响至瑞昌一带,由南向北的浅层逆冲推覆可影响至梅川附近,二者在襄樊—广济断裂带东段的蕲春—武穴—浠水一带对接。襄樊—广济断裂带经历了印支早期同碰撞由北向南的逆冲推覆和深层次的韧性剪切变形(T₂末)、燕山早—中期双向对冲构造变形(J_1-3)、燕山晚期伸展正断层变形(K_1-2)、喜山早期由北向南小规模逆冲变形(E₁)阶段。     

西藏错那-拿日雍错地堑的第四纪正断层作用及其形成机制探讨

青藏高原内部的近东西向伸展变形在藏南地区形成了一系列近南北向裂谷带,对其中最东端的错那-沃卡裂谷带南段错那-拿日雍错地堑调查结果表明,它是第四纪活动明显的半地堑式断陷盆地。控制该盆地发育的主边界断裂带是近南北走向、倾向东侧和长80～110km左右的盆地西缘正断层,是区域内N90°～92°E方向伸展变形的产物。断裂活动速率的多种估算结果表明,该断裂带百万年时间尺度的平均垂直活动速率介于0.2～0.9mm/a之间;MIS 8和MIS 6以来的断裂平均活动速率的合理估计值是0.6±0.2mm/a;但末次冰期盛冰阶以来的断裂平均活动速率明显增加,介于1.0～2.1mm/a之间,合理的估计值为1.3±0.3mm/a,末次冰盛期以来断裂垂直活动速率的增加极可能是该断裂带进入地震丛集期的反映。该地堑近于严格的南北走向及其与当雄-羊八井地堑相似的活动强度,指示了下地壳物质侧向流动所产生的纵向拉张作用最有利于该区近南北向裂谷带的形成。     

西藏错那—沃卡裂谷带中段邛多江地堑晚新生代正断层作用

遥感解译和地表调查结果显示, 位于西藏曲松县境内的邛多江盆地构成了藏南近南北向裂谷带最东端的错那-沃卡裂谷的中段。它是在该区近东西向逆冲构造带停止活动之后, 上地壳沿N108～115°E方向发生引张作用所形成的第四纪半地堑式断陷盆地。控制晚第四纪盆地发育的主边界正断裂带位于盆地西缘, 总体呈NNE走向, 向东倾, 长40 km左右。断裂活动位移测量和年代学测试结果表明, 该边界正断层带在5Ma左右就已开始活动, 总累计垂直位移量至少为2.6～2.8 km, 最小长期平均垂直活动速率约0.5mm/a。末次冰期盛冰期以来, 该断裂平均活动速率的最合理的估计值为1.2 ±0.6 mm/a。      

青藏高原南部邛多江盆地新建更新统洛村组地层特征及意义

错那-沃卡裂谷是青藏高原南部的众多新生代南北向裂谷之一,该裂谷中段的邱多江盆地沉积了大面积的第四纪湖相沉积物。此前由于地质调查程度较低,古湖积物的地表调查工作基本属于空白。本次调查对洛村-邛多江盆地古湖积物进行了详细研究,在洛村地区发现了完整的古湖积物的连续沉积,测制了地层剖面,开展了精确的光释光定年分析,结果显示其沉积时代为上更新世。鉴于区域上该套更新世地层出露面积广、厚度大,故新建地层单元,定名为洛村组(Qp 3 lc);并推测邱多江-洛村古湖可能是雅鲁藏布江中部超大古堰塞湖的一部分,洛村组是由藏南地区错那-沃卡裂谷和古大湖共同作用形成,初步计算了古湖出水口、湖面高度、湖水面积等参数。     

扬子板块北缘新元古代盆地结构与马槽园群归属研究

扬子北缘的鄂西和渝东地区分布有2个关键的元古宇出露的大地构造单元,即西侧的神农架隆起与东侧的黄陵隆起。扬子板块北缘经历长期的沉积与变形改造,形成了现今的大巴山和川东冲断体系。本文利用沉积学与地球物理综合方法对该区元古宙深层盆地格架进行研究,通过对裂谷断裂边界与内部盆地结构的识别揭示出西侧的南充—竹山、东侧的忠县—宜昌裂谷带的展布形态,认为它们是新元古代罗迪尼亚超大陆裂解过程中发育的裂谷体系,神农架隆起和黄陵隆起则为分隔2个古裂谷带的同期侧翼差异隆升地块。同时通过激光原位U-Pb同位素定年技术对位于神农架南侧的年代长期有争议的马槽园群砾岩开展年代学与沉积学研究,利用其中的同沉积白云岩夹层和上覆层白云质角砾岩进行碳酸盐岩测年,获得(759.2±17.6) Ma和(566.8±13.8) Ma的年龄,证实了马槽园群为南华纪裂谷填充沉积,形成于忠县—宜昌裂谷西侧的斜坡沉积环境。由此建立了马槽园群沉积序列,结合裂谷带及隆起处的多条沉积剖面重建了扬子板块北部新元古代裂谷盆地沉积填充格架。     

非线性共轭梯度三维反演在山西河津铁矿音频大地电磁数据勘察中的应用

利用非线性共轭梯度反演方法,对采集到的近正交的两条音频大地电磁剖面数据构成的主阻抗数据集进行三维反演。结果显示,山西省河津市地下结构呈现较明显的三层构造特征,推测第一层高阻异常是侵入岩或变质片麻岩,第二层低阻异常是铁矿富存区,高阻的第三层异常反映研究区的花岗闪长岩基底。根据地球物理电性参数资料,铁矿体为低阻,电阻率<10Ω·m。因此,推测10Ω·m的电阻率等值面大致勾勒出大地电磁反演结果推测的铁矿的成矿有利区。在两条剖面正交位置下方,矿体规模较小;但在2号线60-100号点和3号线476-492号点的下方1 km深的位置附近发现了新矿体。结果表明,利用大地电磁法寻找类似热液型铁矿这类局部异常体,三维反演是获得可靠结果的必要技术手段;即使是剖面性观测数据,也可以进行三维反演,并取得良好效果。     

Crustal structure beneath the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and adjacent areas from ambient noise tomography

Crustal shear wave velocity structure beneath the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones (MRZ and LRZ, respectively) and adjacent regions in southern Africa is imaged using fundamental mode Rayleigh waves recorded by 31 SAFARI (Seismic Arrays for African Rift Initiation) stations. Dispersion measurements estimated from empirical Green's functions are used to construct 2-D phase velocity maps for periods between 5 and 28 s. The resulting Rayleigh wave phase velocities demonstrate significant lateral variations and are in general agreement with known geological features and tectonic units within the study area. Subsequently, we invert Rayleigh wave phase velocity dispersion curves to construct a 3-D shear wave velocity model. Beneath the MRZ and LRZ, low velocity anomalies are found in the upper-most crust, probably reflecting the sedimentary cover. The mid-crust of the MRZ is characterized by an ~3.7% low velocity anomaly, which cannot be adequately explained by higher than normal temperatures alone. Instead, other factors such as magmatic intrusion, partial melting, and fluid-filled deep crustal faults might also play a role. Thinning of the crust of a few kilometers beneath the rifts is revealed by the inversion. A compilation of crustal thicknesses and velocities beneath the world's major continental rifts suggests that both the MRZ and LRZ are in the category of rifts beneath which the crust has not been sufficiently thinned to produce widespread syn-rifting volcanisms.     

Processing and interpretation of the gravity field of the East African Rift: implication for crustal extension

Compilation of new and existing gravity data were undertaken to assess the nature of the crust beneath the East African Rift System. Using 3D gravity modeling code crustal model of gravity profiles across two sectors of the rift were computed. The results are discussed in light of the structure of the rift system.The results of the 3D modeling of gravity profiles across the two rift zones revealed northward thinning of the crust. The maximum crustal attenuation occurs beneath the Afar depression, indicating the Afar rift undergoes an intense fragmentation of the crust resulting from faulting and magmatic activity. However, our computed crustal thickness below the Afar depression falls within an upper bound compared to elsewhere below tectonically active rift zones. This can be explained in terms of crustal accretion resulting from an impact of the Afar mantle plume since 30 Ma ago.The residual gravity obtained using high-cut filtering techniques reveals significant density contrast between the northern and southern sectors of the rift. The northern part of the rift is characterized by regular patterns of positive gravity anomalies, which can be interpreted in terms of a zone of crustal thinning through which relatively dense materials have intruded the overlying crust. In contrast, south of the Main Ethiopian Rift, the anomalies are characterized by random patterns and low amplitudes. The along-rift-axis variation in gravity anomalies implies that the style of crustal deformation changed progressively, beginning with regionally distributed crustal deformation, such as the one we observe within the more juvenile and wider southern segment of the rift, to localized deformation within the active and narrow rift zones of the northern sector of the Ethiopian Rift. We suggest that the key parameters controlling along-rift-axis variation in gravity anomalies are the rate of crustal extension, faulting and magmatic activities.     

Moho depths and three-dimensional velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Baikal region,from local tomography

We studied the 3D velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Baikal region using tomographic inversion of ∼25,000 P and S arrivals from more than 1200 events recorded by 86 stations of three local seismological networks. Simultaneous iterative inversion with a new source location algorithm yielded 3D images of P and S velocity anomalies in the crust and upper mantle, a 2D model of Moho depths, and corrections to source coordinates and origin times. The resolving power of the algorithm, its stability against variations in the starting model, and the reliability of the final results were checked in several tests. The 3D velocity structure shows a well-pronounced low-velocity zone in the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the southwestern flank of the Baikal rift which matches the area of Cenozoic volcanism and a high velocity zone beneath the Siberian craton. The Moho depth pattern fits the surface tectonic elements with thinner crust along Lake Baikal and under the Busiyngol and Tunka basins and thicker crust beneath the East Sayan and Transbaikalian mountains and under the Primorsky ridge on the southern craton border.     

Crustal thinning beneath the Rwenzori region, Albertine rift, Uganda, from receiver-function analysis

The Rwenzori mountains in western Uganda, with a maximum elevation of more than 5,000 m, are located within the Albertine rift valley. We have deployed a temporary seismic network on the Ugandan side of the mountain range to study the seismic velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath this section of the rift. We present results from a receiver-function study revealing a simple crustal structure along the eastern rift flank with a more or less uniform crustal thickness of about 30 km. The complexity of inner-crustal structures increases drastically within the Rwenzori block. We apply different inversion techniques to obtain reliable results for the thickness of the crust. The observations expose a significantly thinner crust beneath the Rwenzori range with thickness values ranging from about 20–28 km beneath northern and central parts of the mountains. Our study therefore indicates the absence of a crustal root beneath the Rwenzori block. Beneath the Lake Edward and Lake George basins we detect the top of a layer of significantly reduced S-wave velocity at 15 km depth. This low-velocity layer may be attributed to the presence of partial melt beneath a region of recent volcanic activity.     

Why rifts invert in compression

The common observation of sedimentary basin inversion in orogenic forelands implies that rifts constitute weak areas of the continental lithosphere. When compressed, the rifts respond with uplift of the deepest parts and erosion of sediments therein. Simultaneously, syn-compressional marginal troughs are formed flanking the inversion zone.Since rifting and subsequent post-rift thermal re-equilibration are processes expected to alter the long-term mechanical state of the lithosphere, the phenomenon of basin inversion is non-trivial from a rheological point of view. Stochastic modelling of the long-term thermal structure beneath sedimentary basins indicates that the crustal part of a rift is warmer, and hence weaker, than the surrounding crustal blocks. In contrast, the mantle part is cold and strong beneath the basin centre.In this paper, it is investigated whether the rifting-induced strength alterations constitute a sufficient condition for a thermally equilibrated rift to invert by compression. Numerical experiments with two-dimensional dynamic thermo-mechanical models are performed. In particular, the focus is on rifting-related mechanical instabilities that reduce the load bearing capacity of the lithosphere. In the experiments, strain-softening behaviour is introduced in the non-associated plasticity model representing brittle yielding. The result is self-consistent large-scale fault formation.The models predict that the rifting-related necking instability induces differential crustal thinning increasing the post-rift crustal weakness. Strain softening and the associated fault formation amplifies the necking instability and introduces zones of structural weakness exposed for compressional re-activation.Under these circumstances, basin inversion follows as a natural consequence of rift compression.     

冈底斯中东部底垫-俯冲转换带附近地壳上地幔结构远震P波层析成像研究

利用冈底斯中-东部197个宽频带天然地震台站记录到的数据和远震P波走时层析成像方法,获得了该区域的P波速度扰动图像。层析成像结果显示研究区地壳和上地幔地震波速度结构存在着复杂的空间变化。首先,在藏南拆离系断层(STD)以北的特提斯喜马拉雅地壳中存在着较强的低速异常,但是该低速异常的北端在远离裂谷带的地方并没有明显越过雅鲁藏布江缝合线(YZS),这与前人的观测结果略有不同;在亚东-古露(YGR)和措美-桑日(CSR)裂谷带的下方存在低速异常,但异常强度都没有前者大;在两个裂谷带之间的拉萨地块中-南部,地壳表现为强高速特征。这些结果表明,影响青藏高原地壳构造演化的"地壳通道流(Crustal Channel Flow)"在藏南主要分布在特提斯喜马拉雅地区,在雅鲁藏布江缝合线以北的冈底斯地区,可能主要局限于沿裂谷带分布。其次,被解释为印度岩石圈地幔的上地幔高速异常,在研究区西部,抵达了雅鲁藏布江缝合线以北100km或更远的地方,而在研究区东部,并没有越过雅鲁藏布江缝合线,而是停留在缝合线以南~100km的高喜马拉雅下方,印证了前人给出的印度板块俯冲角度在研究区附近存在东西向变化的层析成像结果。此外,我们的层析成像结果还印证了冈底斯东南侧的上地幔低速异常根植于上地幔底部,我们认为该现象可能与巽他块体的顺时针旋转引起向东俯冲的缅甸弧向西后撤有关。     

The three-dimensional shear velocity structure of lithosphere in the southern Baikal rift system and its surroundings

The three-dimensional shear velocity lithospheric structure at depths from 0 to 70 km beneath the southern Baikal rift system and its surroundings has been imaged by inversion of P-to-SV receiver functions from 46 digital stations operated in two teleseismic international projects in southern Siberia and Mongolia. The receiver functions were determined from teleseismic P waveforms and inverted to obtain depth dependences of S velocities at each station which were related to tectonic structures. The computed vertical and horizontal sections of the 3D shear velocity model imaged a transition from relatively thin crust of the southern Siberian craton to thicker crust in the folded area south and southeast of Lake Baikal, with a local zone of thin crust right underneath the South Baikal basin. The velocity structure beneath the Baikal rift, the mountains of Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and the southern craton margin includes several low-velocity zones at different depths in the crust. Some of these zones may record seismic anisotropy associated with mylonite alignment along large thrusts.     

盆地岩石圈结构与油气成藏及分布

本文综述了大陆岩石圈研究现状和克拉通盆地、裂谷盆地和前陆盆地的岩石圈结构特征,指出在古裂谷、褶皱带或区域性深断裂等陆壳构造薄弱带上发育起来的多期叠合盆地,具有很好的含油气前景。大型含油气盆地往往存在地幔上隆、地壳减薄和地壳内低速层,盆地基底沉降与盖层沉积厚度较大。适度的后期构造活动改造和岩浆活动有利于沉积盆地内油气生成与保存。