Determination of Euler parameters of Philippine Sea plate and the inferences

Euler vectors of 12 plates, including Philippine Sea plate (PH), relative to a randomly fixed Pacific plate(PA) were determined by inverting the 1122 data from NUVEL-1 global plate motion model, earthquake slip vectors along Philippine Sea plate boundary, and GPS observed velocities. Euler vectors of Philippine Sea plate relative to adjacent plates are also gained. Our results are well consistent with observed data and can satisfy the geological and geophysical constraints along the Caroline(CR)-PH and PA-CR boundaries. Deformation of Philippine Sea plate is also discussed by using the plate motion Euler parameters.     

论中国大陆的板内变形机制

中国大陆板内变形普遍比较强烈。造成大陆板内变形比较强烈的原因 ,笔者认为主要有以下4点 :地块小、数量多、地块稳定性差 ;沉积盖层厚度大、地块表层强度低 ;地块经受了多期次的碰撞、拼合 ;中生代以来周邻板块作用比较强烈 ,板内应力场多次发生变化。板块间碰撞所产生远程效应是造成中国大陆普遍发生强烈板内变形的主要动力。正是在这种方向多变的、近于水平的动力作用下 ,由于各圈层岩石强度不同 ,派生出一系列圈层间的滑脱面、拆离面或断层 ,造成了比较强烈的大陆板内变形 ,在地下深处出现局部的减压地段 ,从而诱发了深部的岩浆活动。     

Water-weakened lower crust and its role in the concentrated deformation in the Japanese Islands

The nature and origin of the concentrated deformation zone along the Japan Sea coast (NKTZ: Niigata-Kobe tectonic zone) was investigated by carefully analyzing the GPS data and qualitatively modeling the lower crust in NKTZ. It was concluded that this deformation zone is not a plate boundary between the Amurian plate (AMU) and the North America plate but is rather an internal deformation zone near the eastern margin of AMU. The data previously obtained on the conductivity anomalies in the lower crust and the ³He/⁴He ratios suggest that the concentrated deformation in NKTZ results from the lower crust in NKTZ being weakened by a high water content. The high water content is thought to result from the dehydration of subducting slabs. NKTZ has a higher water content in the lower crust than other regions do because there is no Philippine Sea plate (PHS) seismic slab beneath NKTZ. In other regions, it is estimated that the mantle wedge above the seismic Philippine Sea slab prevents the water dehydrated from the slab from rising to the lower crust, and that the lithosphere within PHS itself prevents the water dehydrated from the Pacific plate from rising up through it.     

燕山板内造山带逆冲推覆构造格局

燕山地区自晚三叠世以来进入了板内造山带的形成演化阶段 ,基本构造格局为一由大型逆冲推覆系统组成的构造楔形体 ,尖端指向北 ,形成于早侏罗世—早白垩世 (J1—K1)。兴隆、承德、大庙、隆化和围场等 5条主干逆掩断层及其上驮的推覆体 ,在同一底界滑动拆离面上由南向北呈前展式扩展 ,造成的地壳缩短量达 4 4 1%。从造山带后端至前缘 ,褶皱形态由以箱状褶皱为主转变成以斜歪褶皱为主 ;断裂构造性质也从脆性断层转变为韧性断层 ,在造山带后缘还形成了三角带构造和突起构造。造山期后的构造变形对已形成的构造格局进行了改造和破坏 ,但未能从根本上改变这种逆冲推覆的构造格局。     

弹性板块运动模型研究进展

传统板块构造理论认为板块是一个刚体，实际上板块是可变形的.板块内部几年到几十年时间尺度的变形主要是弹性变形,因此应当用弹性模型描述板块运动.推导了板块的弹性运动方程，由空间大地测量新的观测成果建立了菲律宾海、太平洋和澳大利亚板块的弹性运动模型.发现三个板块内部都存在明显的水平形变.板内应变场的空间变化有明显的规律：板块边界附近的应变率最大，从边界向内部逐渐减小；在板块扩散边界附近，主张应变率大于主压应变率，主张应变轴基本上与边界的扩张方向一致；在俯冲边界附近，主压应变率大于主张应变率，主压应变轴基本上与板块的俯冲方向一致；在走滑兼有俯冲性质的边界附近，最大剪应变的方向与边界断裂的走向基本一致.由GPS观测得到的主压应变轴与由震源机制解得到的主压应力轴方向具有很好的一致性.板内的应力－应变场基本上遵循广义胡克定律.     

Multifractal characteristics of spatiotemporal distribution of earthquakes in intraplate and interplate regions

Introduction For a long time, the seismologists have paid great attentions to the research on the spatio- temporal distribution of earthquake intensity, which provide us with significant information for the researches on crustal stress variation, tectonic activity and earthquake risk prediction in a certain spatio-temporal region. The existing results have shown consistently that the intensity of earth- quakes is characterized by non-stability, non-linearity in temporal domain and non-uniformi…     

Petrology and Geochemistry of Intraplate Basalts in the South Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand: Evidence for Two Coeval Magma Suites from Distinct Sources

The South Auckland Volcanic Field is a Pleistocene (1·59–0·51Ma) basaltic intraplate, monogenetic field situated south ofAuckland City, North Island, New Zealand. Two groups of basaltsare distinguished based on mineralogy and geochemical compositions,but no temporal or spatial patterns exist in the distributionof various lava types forming each group within the field: GroupA basalts are silica-undersaturated transitional to quartz-tholeiiticbasalts with relatively low total alkalis (3·0–4·6wt %), Nb (7–29 ppm), and (La/Yb)_N (3·4–7·6);Group B basalts are strongly silica-undersaturated basanitesto nepheline-hawaiites with high total alkalis (3·3–7·9wt %), Nb (32–102 ppm), and (La/Yb)_N (12–47). GroupA has slightly higher ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, similar _Nd, and lower ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pbvalues compared with Group B. Contrasting geochemical trendsand incompatible element ratios (e.g. K/Nb, Zr/Nb, Ce/Pb) areconsistent with separate evolution of Groups A and B from dissimilarparental magmas derived from distinct sub-continental lithosphericmantle sources. Differentiation within each group was controlledby olivine and clinopyroxene fractionation. Group B magmas weregenerated by <8% melting of an ocean island basalt (OIB)-likegarnet peridotite source with high ²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb mantle (HIMU)and enriched mantle (EMII) characteristics possibly inheritedfrom recycled oceanic crust. Group A magmas were generated by<12% melting of a spinel peridotite source also with HIMUand EMII signatures. This source type may have resulted fromsubduction-related metasomatism of the sub-continental lithospheremodified by a HIMU plume. These events were associated withMesozoic or earlier subduction- and plume-related magmatismwhen New Zealand was at the eastern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent. KEY WORDS: continental intraplate basalts; geochemistry; HIMU, EMII; Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopes; South Auckland; sub-continental lithospheric sources     

“全国第四届火山学术研讨会”一号通知

为交流我国火山研究与监测方面的成果，迎接在我国举办的国际火山学与地球内部化学协会(IAVCEI)2006年国际学术大会，进一步推动我国火山工作的深入研究和发展，中国灾害防御协会火山专业委员会、中国矿物岩石地球化学学会火山及地球内部化学专业委员会、IUGG中国IAVCEI委员会和广西地震局，定于2005年11月在广西北海市共同主办“全国第四届火山学术研讨会”，欢迎全国同行及有兴趣的各界人士参会。有关事项如下：     

THE EARLY UPLIFT IN NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FROM THE STUDY ON CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS IN QIANGTANG REGION

THE EARLY UPLIFT IN NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FROM THE STUDY ON CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS IN QIANGTANG REGION