青藏铁路风火山段晚第四纪断裂活动分析

地表地质调查发现,第四纪期间在风火山逆冲-褶皱构造带以发生近东西向的伸展变形为特征。在该构造带中形成切割早期近东西向挤压变形构造带、指示近东西向伸展变形、整体沿北60°东向展布的二道沟断陷盆地。断裂活动的地质、地貌证据表明,控制该盆地晚第四纪断陷的主边界断裂位于其北缘,是一条断续延伸达24 km左右、可能兼具左旋走滑性质的正断层。根据该区晚第四纪沉积物的分布和时代,并对断裂所错动的晚第四纪地质-地貌体进行初步的年代学分析,可以初步断定该断裂的晚第四纪垂直活动速率应该介于0.2~0.4 mm/a之间。     

宁夏南部晚更新世沉积物沉积特征及其构造意义

通过研究宁夏南部第四纪沉积物类型及沉积作用,结合沉积物年代学分析,初步确定宁夏南部晚更新世发育众多沉积盆地。其沉积学特征研究表明,晚更新世沉积盆地主要发育冲积扇沉积物、湖相泥质粉砂质沉积物、盆地边缘斜坡岩相组合、现代河流一级阶地沉积物以及黄土等几种沉积物。沉积作用特点显示,晚更新世沉积盆地的大范围出现主要受构造伸展作用控制,表明青藏高原北东扩展过程中,宁夏南部地区于晚更新世期间还存在较明显的构造伸展活动,从而证实青藏高原隆升及其北东向扩展具明显的阶段性。     

中国东西部地貌边界带晚新生代构造变形历史与青藏高原东缘隆升过程初步研究

中国东西部地貌边界带横跨青藏高原东部与扬子地块,成为我国大陆Ⅰ级构造地貌陡变带和地球物理变异带。根据地表构造形迹的组合特征,地貌边界带由3个主要形变系统组成,从北到南它们是:东昆仑—岷山左旋走滑-冲断系统、龙门山—龙泉山冲断-推覆系统、鲜水河—安宁河左旋走滑-冲断系统等。在综合分析各构造系统的组成、变形特征、变形年代学和演化过程等基础上,提出了青藏东缘晚新生代阶段性构造演化模式。指出,晚中新世至早上新世时期,强烈的走滑-冲断变形主要发生在地貌边界带中南段,导致鲜水河—安宁河走滑-冲断系统和龙门山—龙泉山冲断-推覆系统的形成和发展,而东昆仑—秦岭断裂系则以走滑伸展变形为主,沿西秦岭构造带发育走滑拉分盆地和幔源火山喷发活动。晚上新世—早更新世时期,构造运动性质发生了南北反转,强烈的走滑挤压活动主要集中在北段东昆仑—岷山走滑-冲断系统,岷山隆起带在此时期强烈活动而快速崛起;青藏高原东南缘鲜水河—安宁河走滑断裂系统则以走滑伸展变形为主,在深切河谷中发育了昔格达河湖相沉积。中更新世以来,构造形变系统以挤压剪切为主,兼具正向倾滑活动,局部发生断陷作用。基于攀西地区深切河谷的构造地貌分析,提出了青藏东南缘晚新生代4-阶段隆升模式。     

岷江源地区新构造运动特征

为了深入了解岷江断裂带晚新生代以来的构造活动,以岷江源地区河谷地貌、新生代盆地、夷平面为主要研究内容,研究区内新构造运动的特征。结果表明该区河谷地貌以宽谷和窄谷的交替出现为特点,源区发育三级夷平面,新构造运动强烈,地貌差异显著。该区新近纪以来主要经历了早期(5.3 Ma)伸展断陷和中期(1.8 Ma)逆冲推覆兼左行走滑及晚期(0.13 Ma)掀斜抬升演化过程。岷江源区河谷地貌的演化严格受新构造运动的影响,构造运动控制了河谷以及第四纪断陷盆地的形态,影响了河岸两侧阶地的分布、形态与结构。本区新构造运动具有南北分带型和东西向掀斜运动的不对称性等特征。本研究为进一步研究青藏高原东缘的活动构造提供了重要的地貌证据。     

洞庭盆地第四纪构造演化特征

通过地表观察和第四系钻探,以地貌和沉积为基础,对洞庭盆地及周缘地区第四纪构造活动特征进行了研究。认为第四纪洞庭盆地的构造演化经历了3个阶段。早更新世—中更新世中期洞庭盆地处于断陷阶段,区域构造活动的主要表现有：① 盆地及次级凹陷边界受NNE、NW、EW和SN向等4组正断裂控制;② 各次级凹陷强烈沉降并接受沉积,沉降中心位于凹陷内部或中央而远离边界断裂;断裂上盘局部可具明显沉降;③ 随着盆地逐渐扩张,断陷活动向东、西边缘迁移;④ 盆地断陷活动具幕式特征,总体可分为为早更新世早期、早更新世晚期和中更新世早—中期等3个裂陷幕;⑤ 盆地北面的华容隆起具明显构造沉降,盆地周缘其它隆起及盆地内部的赤山隆起具有脉动式抬升;⑥ 赤山隆起构造较稳定期和构造抬升期分别对应于安乡凹陷缓慢沉降期和快速沉降期。中更新世晚期以来洞庭盆地处于坳陷阶段,其中中更新世晚期洞庭盆地整体抬升并遭受剥蚀,在盆地东缘和西缘产生倾向盆地的构造掀斜,局部第四系变形形成褶皱;晚更新世—全新世洞庭盆地主体产生坳陷沉降并接受沉积,盆地周缘部分地区存在小幅度抬升。上述不同阶段构造活动特征可以通过盆地及周缘深部物质迁移以及板块尺度的物质运动和挤压来解释。     

华容隆起及周缘第四纪构造-沉积特征与演化

第四纪华容隆起位于江汉—洞庭盆地中带。通过地表地质调查和钻孔资料对华容隆起及周缘第四纪构造-沉积特征与演化进行了研究。华容隆起总体呈EW向展布,北接江汉盆地,南与洞庭盆地安乡凹陷和沅江凹陷相邻,总体轮廓大致受到北面的EW向石首断裂、南西面的NW向南县—黄山头断裂、东面的NNE向砖桥断裂等正断裂所控制。隆起周缘凹陷第四纪各时代地层(冲积和湖积)发育较齐全。隆起内部低洼区及山地区边缘不同程度发育早更新世晚期—全新世沉积,其他地区分布前第四纪基岩或残坡积物。根据地貌、边界断裂、第四纪沉积以及前第四纪基岩分布等,重塑华容隆起和周缘第四纪构造升降活动、沉积和剥蚀特征及演化过程。第四纪初华容隆起内部因先期剥蚀切割而形成原始地貌分异。早更新世早期隆起周边断裂开始伸展活动,江汉盆地、安乡凹陷与沅江凹陷构造沉降并接受沉积,华容隆起遭受风化剥蚀。早更新世晚期—中更新世中期周边断裂继续伸展活动,华容隆起与周缘凹陷均构造沉降,前者沉降幅度较小而相对抬升。华容隆起内低洼地区及周缘凹陷接受沉积,期间在早更新世末有过构造抬升而受到剥蚀。中更新世晚期华容隆起及周边凹陷整体抬升并遭受剥蚀与网纹化,期间有过构造稳定时期并在华容—砖桥主隆起区的边缘形成河流与滨湖沉积。晚更新世区域构造较稳定,于主隆起边缘和外围平原形成冲、湖积。晚更新世末区域海平面大幅下降,导致华容隆起及周缘地区遭受剥蚀。全新世受海平面上升影响,周缘凹陷及隆起内部低洼地带形成河湖相堆积。受先期高地势控制,华容隆起主体、南部的南山次隆以及西部团山次隆局部地区等第四纪期间一直遭受风化剥蚀,部分地区形成较大规模的残坡积。受江汉—洞庭盆地整体沉降控制,华容隆起第四纪期间总体表现为明显的构造沉降。     

1∶25万常德市幅区域地质调查主要进展及成果

1∶25万常德市幅区域地质调查项目对洞庭盆地第四纪地质特征及演化进行了重点研究,取得以下主要进展及成果:①厘定了洞庭盆地及周缘隆-凹构造格局,并分别对洞庭盆地各次级构造单元及其周缘地区的第四纪地质特征及演化进行了详细解剖。②通过孢粉组合和沉积物地球化学特征重塑了第四纪气候演化过程;通过重矿物组合探讨了洞庭盆地南部河湖变迁以及构造沉降过程。③确定洞庭盆地早更新世—中更新世中期处于断陷阶段、中更新世晚期以来处于拗陷阶段,并详细查明了各阶段构造活动特征,提出了新的构造活动动力机制模式。④新提出“构造-沉积地貌类型”的概念,对图区进行了构造-沉积地貌类型的划分。     

第四纪洞庭盆地构造性质及动力机制探讨

通过地表观察和第四系钻孔对第四纪洞庭盆地及周缘隆起区的地貌、沉积和断裂构造等进行调查研究,进而厘定洞庭盆地构造活动特征暨构造性质,并探讨其动力机制。研究表明,早更新世-中更新世中期洞庭盆地具断陷性质,具体表现在:①在边界正断裂控制下盆地及其次级凹陷强烈沉降并充填厚度较大的河、湖相沉积;②临澧次级凹陷发育典型封闭性断陷湖盆沉积;③NNE向、NW向、EW向、SN向等多组方向控盆断裂的发育指示区域伸展构造体制。中更新世晚期以来洞庭盆地具坳陷性质,主要表现在:①中更新世晚期洞庭盆地与周缘隆起区发生较大幅度的构造抬升并遭受剥蚀,同时产生构造掀斜与褶皱变形;②晚更新世-全新世洞庭盆地坳陷沉降并接受沉积。分析提出洞庭盆地第四纪构造活动机制:早更新世-中更新世中期盆地的断陷沉降与地幔上隆背景下的深部物质迁出有关;中更新世晚期盆地构造抬升、掀斜和褶皱变形与深部迁出物质的回返以及板块尺度的物质运动和挤压作用有关;晚更新世和全新世盆地坳陷沉降与区域挤压应力下的坳陷或拱坳变形有关,可能同时伴有NE向的深部物质流动与拉张;不同级次和不同规模范围的深部物质迁移运动,造成了第四纪洞庭盆地与其内部次级构造单元之间的叠加关系。     

2013年3月3日云南大理洱源Ms5.5地震烈度分布及发震构造

针对云南大理洱源县进行遥感解译、地质构造及地貌的初步调查,认为洱源Ms5.5地震的发震构造是点苍山西南侧NNW向的炼铁盆地东缘主边界正断层发生垂直活动的结果。区域构造与地貌分析揭示,炼铁盆地是沿通甸—巍山断裂带发育的上新世—第四纪伸展断陷盆地,据此认为通甸—巍山断裂现今的活动性主要表现为NEE向的伸展运动。引发此次地震的主边界正断层全长约40km,至少包含了3条倾向SWW的阶梯状正断层。     

青藏高原东部晚新生代重大构造事件与挤出造山构造体系

文章系统梳理了青藏高原东部地区晚新生代重大构造事件的沉积记录、岩浆记录和构造变形响应,重新厘定了青藏运动或横断事件的起始时限,建立了青藏高原东部晚新生代构造演化序列与挤出造山构造体系。研究认为,发生在上新世之前的青藏运动是青藏高原东部最重要的构造作用阶段,起始于距今12~8 Ma,并持续到上新世早期,持续时间达6~8 Ma。在这个构造运动阶段,青藏高原东部地块(川滇地块、川青地块、西秦岭构造带和陇中地块等)有序地向东挤出,受到鲜水河、东昆仑、海原等WNW-ESE向大型断裂左旋走滑运动调节,构造挤出同时伴随地块内部逆冲褶皱变形,导致地壳增厚和高原东缘山脉快速崛起;构造挤出也超越了现今东缘地貌边界,向东扩展导致扬子地块盖层滑脱褶皱,形成龙泉山、大凉山等褶皱构造带。上新世出现的砾石层(东缘前陆地带的大邑砾石层、临夏盆地的积石砾石层、兰州盆地的五泉砾石层等)标志了青藏高原东部差异性构造地貌的形成。上新世晚期至早更新世时期(3.6~1.0 Ma)对应一个构造松弛阶段,青藏高原东部整体进入冰冻时期,沿其东缘发育一系列受正断层控制的南北向伸展断陷盆地,如安宁河谷地、元谋盆地、盐源盆地、滇西北盆地群等,其中加积了以昔格达组为代表的稳定河湖相沉积。发生在早、中更新世之交(距今1.0~0.6 Ma)的昆—黄运动或元谋事件使青藏高原东部地块进一步向东挤出、东缘地壳逆冲增厚和年轻山系加速隆升。晚更新世以来的构造运动称为共和运动或最新构造变动阶段,起始于距今约120 ka,青藏高原东缘构造变形系统出现重大分化,南段川滇菱形地块发生绕喜玛拉雅东构造结的顺时针旋转运动,形成川滇双弧形旋扭构造体系;而中段川青地块的挤出伴随东缘龙门山断裂带的右旋走滑运动和秦岭山系的向东挤出。在这个最新构造变动阶段,青藏高原东部下地壳通道流可能是重要的深部构造驱动因素。     

Neotectonics of the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: New Geological Evidence for the Change from Early Pleistocene Transpression to Late Pleistocene-Holocene Strike-slip Faulting

We present in this paper some new evidence for the change during the Quaternary in kinematics of faults cutting the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. It shows that significant shortening deformation occurred during the Early Pleistocene, evidenced by eastward thrusting of Mesozoic carbonates on the Pliocene lacustrine deposits along the Minjiang upstream fault zone and by development of the transpressional ridges of basement rocks along the Anninghe river valley. The Middle Pleistocene seems to be a relaxant stage with local development of the intra-mountain basins particularly prominent along the Minjiang Upstream and along the southern segment of the Anninghe River Valley. This relaxation may have been duo to a local collapse of the thickened crust attained during the late Neogene to early Pleistocene across this marginal zone. Fault kinematics has been changed since the late Pleistocene, and was predominated by reverse sinistral strike-slip along the Minshan Uplift, reverse dextral strike-slip on the Longmenshan fault zone and pure sinistral strike-slip on the Anninghe fault. This change in fault kinematics during the Quaternary allows a better understanding of the mechanism by which the marginal ranges of the plateau has been built through episodic activities.     

Quaternary faulting along the Caribbean-North American plate boundary in Central America

Recent detailed mapping along the Motagua fault zone and reconnaissance along the Chixoy—Polochic and Jocotán—Chamelecón fault zones provide new information regarding the nature of Quaternary deformation along the Caribbean—North American plate boundary in Central America.The southern boundary of the Motagua fault zone is defined by a major active left-slip fault that ruptured during the February 4, 1976 Guatemala earthquake. The recurrent nature of slip along the fault is dramatically demonstrated where stream terraces of the Río El Tambor show progressive left-slip and vertical (up-to-the-north) slip. Left-slip increases from 23.7 m (youngest mappable terrace) to 58.3 m (oldest mappable terrace) and vertical slip increases from 0.6 m to 2.5 m. The oldest mappable terrace crossed by the fault appears to be younger than 40,000 years and older than 10,000 years.Reconnaissance along the Chixoy—Polochic fault zone between Chiantla and Lago de Izabal has located the traces of a previously unmapped major active left-slip fault. Geomorphic features along this fault are similar to those observed along the active trace of the Motagua fault zone. Consistent and significant features suggestive of left-slip have so far not been observed along the Guatemala section of the Jocotán—Chamelecón fault zone.In Central America, the active Caribbean—North American plate boundary is comprised of the Motagua, Chixoy—Polochic, and probably the Jocotán—Chamelecón fault zones, with each accommodating part of the slip produced at the mid-Cayman spreading center. Similarities in geomorphic expression, apparent amount of left-slip, and frequency and magnitude of historical and instrumentally recorded earthquakes between the active traces of the Motagua and Chixoy—Polochic fault zones suggest a comparable degree of activity during Quaternary time; the sense and amount of Quaternary slip on the Jocotán—Chamelecón fault zone remain uncertain, although it appears to be an active earthquake source. Uplift of major mountain ranges on the north side of each fault zone reflects the small but consistent up-to-the-north vertical component (up to 5% of the lateral component) of slip along the plate boundary. Preliminary findings, based on offset stream terraces, indicate a late Quaternary slip rate along the Caribbean—North American plate boundary of between 0.45 and 1.8 cm/yr. Age dating of offset Quaternary terraces in Guatemala will allow refinement of this rate.     

Architecture of late orogenic Quaternary basins in northeastern Mediterranean Sea

In the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Pliocene to Quaternary depocentres have formed in extensional basins bounded by splays of the East Anatolian Transform Fault. This tectonic regime is superimposed on a Miocene and older back-arc environment, that experienced late Miocene compression along the Misis-Kyrenia thrust, which now lies in the middle of the extensional zone. The thrust zone is now represented by a narrow horst that appears to be bounded by strike-slip faults. Pliocene-Quaternary extension took place on listric fault fans that are orthogonal to the bounding transform splays and sole at a Messinian evaporite horizon, and on some deeper-soling listric faults parallel to and near the bounding faults. The rapid extension has resulted in progressive landward migration of paleoshorelines and low depositional gradients. Glacio-eustatic fluctuations in shoreline positions strongly influenced sediment distribution. Most sediment dispersion was from deltaic plumes, with turbidites of minor significance. Depocentres landward of the maximum seaward extent of paleoshorelines were formed almost entirely by tectonic subsidence. Minor deep-water depocentres, controlled by halokinesis, accumulated mud turbidites during extreme low-stands of sea-level.     

Lithostratigraphic development and neotectonic significance of the Quaternary sediments along the Kachchh Mainland Fault (KMF) zone,western India

The Kachchh Mainland Fault (KMF) is a major E–W trending seismically active fault of the Kachchh palaeorift basin whose neotectonic evolution is not known. The present study deals with the eastern part of the KMF zone where the fault is morphologically expressed as steep north facing scarps and is divisible into five morphotectonic segments. The Quaternary sediments occurring in a narrow zone between the E–W trending KMF scarps and the flat Banni plain to the north are documented. The sediments show considerable heterogeneity vertically as well as laterally along the KMF zone. (The Quaternary sediments for a northward sloping and are exposed along the north flowing streams which also show rapid decrease in the depth of incision in the same direction.) The deposits, in general, comprise coarse as well as finer gravelly deposits, sands and aeolian and fluvial miliolites. The Quaternary sediments of the KMF zone show three major aggradation phases. The oldest phase includes the colluvio-fluvial sediments occurring below the miliolites. These deposits are strikingly coarse grained and show poor sorting and large angular clasts of Mesozoic rocks. The sedimentary characteristics indicate deposition, dominantly by debris flows and sediment gravity flows, as small coalescing alluvial fans in front of the scarps. These deposits suggest pre-miliolite neotectonic activity along the KMF. The second aggradation phase comprises aeolian miliolites and fluvially reworked miliolites that have been previously dated from middle to late Pleistocene. The youngest phase is the post-miliolite phase that includes all deposits younger than miliolite. These are represented by comparatively finer sandy gravels, gravelly sands and sand. The sediment characteristics suggest deposition in shallow braided stream channels under reduced level of neotectonic activity along the KMF during post-miliolite time evidenced by vertical dips of miliolites and tilting of gravels near the scarps. The tectonically controlled incision and dissection of the Quaternary deposits is the result of neotectonic activity that continues at present day. The overall nature, sedimentary characteristics and geomorphic setting of the sediments suggest that the KMF remained neotectonically active throughout the Quaternary period.     

LATE QUATERNARY FAULTING OF JIALI FAULT

LATE QUATERNARY FAULTING OF JIALI FAULT1　ChungS ,LoC ,LeeT ,etal.DiachronousupliftoftheTibetanplateaustarting 40Myrago[J].Nature ,1998,394:76 9～773. 2　ColemanM ,HodgesK .EvidenceforTibetanplateauupliftbefore 14Myragofromanewminimumageforeast westexten sion[J].Nature ,1995 ,374:49～ 5 2 . 3　HarlandWB ,ArmstrongRL ,CoxAV ,etal.Ageologictimescale 1989[J].Cambridge ,U .K :CambridgeUnivPress,1990 . 4　HarrisonTM ,CopelandP ,KiddWSF ,etal.RaisingTibet[J].…     

青藏高原北部晚第四纪应力场在遥感影像上的响应

青藏高原北部发育一系列北西向大型左行走滑断裂带,目前普遍认为这些左行走滑断裂至今仍在活动,在左行走滑作用下,青藏高原东部向东挤出并伴随强烈的地块旋转运动。本文以介于东昆仑左行走滑断裂带与玉树左行走滑断裂带之间的巴颜喀拉山中央断裂（及其周缘的构造形迹）为主要研究对象,根据断层构造的直接解译标志——清晰的线性形迹和构造地貌标志如断层陡坎、断层谷地、挤压脊、地裂缝、断层走滑造成的水系错动、新老洪积扇的侧向叠加等,在高分辨率的SPOT5及中等分辨率ETM遥感影像上对研究区内北西向活动断层与北东向活动断层的空间分布、规模、活动性质、相对活动时代及活动幅度等进行了遥感分析和野外验证,并结合对断层周缘沿共轭张裂隙展布的水系与地裂缝的规模、展布方向等的统计分析,对晚第四纪应力场进行了恢复。研究表明:北西向活动断层具右行走滑兼有逆冲运动特征,北东向活动断层具左行走滑兼有正滑运动特征,二者为晚第四纪NNE向（2°）挤压应力条件下产生的北西向与北东向走滑作用的产物。北西向右行走滑作用的发现,预示着青藏高原北部第四纪以来普遍存在的北西向左行走滑作用可能在晚更新世就已终止。在此基础上,探讨了处于不同展布方向上的湖盆在同一应力条件下表现出的不同演化趋势:即在NNE向挤压应力作用下,呈北东向展布的错坎巴昂日东湖处于近东西向拉张状态,呈北西向展布的卡巴纽尔多湖变化不明显。     

Active right-lateral strike-slip fault zone along the southern margin of the Japan Sea

We describe an active right-lateral strike-slip fault zone along the southern margin of the Japan Sea, named the Southern Japan Sea Fault Zone (SJSFZ). Onshore segments of the fault zone are delineated on the basis of aerial photograph interpretations and field observations of tectonic geomorphic features, whereas the offshore parts are interpreted from single-/multichannel seismic data combined with borehole information. In an effort to evaluate late Quaternary activity along the fault zone, four active segments separated by uplifting structures are identified in this study. The east–northeast-trending SJSFZ constitutes paired arc-parallel strike-slip faults together with the Median Tectonic Line (MTL), both of which have been activated by oblique subduction of the Philippine Sea plate during the Quaternary. They act as the boundaries of three neotectonic stress domains around the eastern margin of the Eurasian plate: the near-trench Outer zone and NW–SE compressive Inner zone of southwest Japan arc, and the southern Japan Sea deformed under E–W compression from south to north.     

用陆块旋转解释藏东南渐新世-中新世伸展作用——来自点苍山及邻区变质核杂岩的证据

沿红河断裂带(RRFZ)分布的点苍山变质核杂岩是一个不完整的变质核杂岩,它由两个特征迥异的单元组成,包括被同构造二长花岗岩侵入角闪岩相构造岩组成的下盘和绿片岩相的拆离断层带。下盘岩石包括具有高温构造组合,具有指示左行走滑剪切运动方向的L型糜棱岩或LS型糜棱岩。拆离断层带是一个上盘向E到SE伸展剪切的低温剪切带,由具有剪应变和压应变的典型S-L糜棱岩构成。低温构造岩也包括发育于下盘的几个糜棱岩化似斑状二长花岗岩侵入体。变质核杂岩与西侧覆盖未变质的中生代沉积岩并置,东部受第四纪断层作用影响为沿洱海分布的更新世—全新世沉积盆地。通过对点苍山变质核杂岩的构造研究,结合邻区变质核杂岩的地质年代学及古地磁学分析,我们认为:位于东南亚红河断裂和实皆断裂带之间的扇形区域内出现的变质核杂岩与渐新世—中新世时期区域性伸展作用有关,而伸展作用是由印支地块的差异性旋转产生的,其原因是由于约33Ma开始斜向俯冲的印度板块的顺时针旋转和回退所致。     

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。      

Analyses of fault mechanisms and expansion of southwestern Anatolia since the late Miocene

Neotectonic field studies and detailed analyses of Neogene and Quaternary fault mechanisms in southwestern Anatolia enable us to recognize a succession of compressional and extensional events, and to characterize the direction of corresponding regional stresses. The three most important compressive phases occurred during the Miocene, and a much smaller one near the Plio-Quaternary boundary. The last one or two interrupted a widespread extension of much greater duration and amplitude. The whole tectonic evolution resembles that of the Aegean. The large extension by normal faulting is consistent with a minimum stress along a NNE-SSW average direction. It appears that this direction was N-S during the Pliocene and changed to NE-SW sometime during the Quaternary. This dominant NNE-SSW extension, which began during late Miocene or earliest Pliocene, was related to the development of the southwestern Anatolian graben system.