揭开南岭地壳形成演化之谜

南岭的形成演化目前尚不清楚,作为板内造山的一个典型,研究南岭地区的地壳构造对大陆动力学有重要意义。本文对南岭地区重力异常进行了多尺度密度反演,首先利用小波变换对重力异常进行多尺度分解,接着利用功率谱分析方法估算各等效层场源的平均深度,然后利用广义线性反演方法进行各层密度反演,取得区域地壳多个深度上的密度扰动图像。用小波变换多尺度分析和三维密度结构反演确定了南岭中上地壳存在独立的构造单元,它具有低密度性质,反映区域规模的大花岗岩基。南岭中上地壳的构造单元位于北纬24°～26°,东经100°～116°,深达22 km左右。深度22 km以下南岭地壳低密度带与武夷低密度带连通为武夷—云开构造带。南岭最终形成与100 Ma以前特提斯洋俯冲和亚欧板块与加里曼丹地体的陆岛碰撞直接有关。同期发生的区域规模的燕山晚期南岭花岗岩基对应特提斯洋向华南俯冲的第二岩浆带。基于地球物理资料提出的这个陆岛俯冲碰撞假说能否成立,还需要更多岩石学的直接证据证实。     

大别造山带地壳的元素丰度

大别造山带具板片叠覆式构造形态。区域地壳具3个结构层,中地壳存在地震低速层和电性低阻层。地壳总体成分为花岗闪长岩质,深部地壳成分为中性。地壳稀土总量偏高、轻重稀土分馏程度高,铁族元素偏低、亲石元素富集。造山带内部横向不均一性明显,而地壳纵向演化分异程度低于一般大陆地壳。     

Insights about the structure and development of Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea from integrated geophysical modelling

ABSTRACT

We construct a complete density transection based on the velocity structures across the Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea. Gravity modelling of the lateral density contrasts between tectonic units helps us to determine the structural attributes and boundaries between continental blocks and deep basins. The configuration of the continent–ocean boundary (COB) around the Zhongsha Bank is mapped based on the gravity/magnetic anomaly and crustal structures. A low-density mantle is found beneath the Zhongsha Bank and the oceanic basins, and this mantle is associated with the high heat-flow background. The COB orientation is northeast-east in the north of the bank, with faulted linear structures. In further southeast, where there is a more intact crust, the COB orientation changed to north-northeast. The reconstructed density model and gravity/magnetic map indicate that the Zhongsha Bank is conjugated with the Liyue Bank by a rifted basin, where the crust had experienced localized deformation before the seafloor spreading. Because of the insufficient magmatism in the oceanic basin, the spreading ridge propagates into the weakened continental lithosphere between the two continental blocks, thus completely separating the Zhongsha Bank from the Liyue Bank. Seafloor spreading ridge jumps within the South China Sea may also be affected by the heterogeneous lithosphere beneath the continental blocks and oceanic basins.     

石英C轴组构指示北大别造山后伸展期中-下地壳流变形式

造山带中-下地壳韧性流变形式反映深部岩石圈构造活动形式,是造山带深部岩石圈运动学及动力学研究的重要内容。前人对板块俯冲阶段造山带中-下地壳流动开展了较为深入的研究,但对造山后伸展期中-下地壳流变形式及其深部动力学认识不足。本次工作对北大别造山后伸展期中-下地壳岩石开展了详尽的构造观察和石英C轴组构分析,研究造山后伸展期中-下地壳流变形式。本次研究表明,中-下地壳流变带内岩石变形从边界区域的简单剪切变形为主导逐渐转变为在核部区域以纯剪切变形为主。流变带内部岩石变形特征表明北大别中-下地壳流变带的流变形式是介于活动边界条件下的透入性剪切流动和固定边界条件下韧性垮塌流动的过渡形式。这一流变形式可能是深俯冲太平洋板块的绕屈回撤和加厚造山带地壳活化韧性垮塌叠加的结果。     

甘肃省区域重力场特征

张新虎等人在区域成矿地质背景研究过程中,根据甘肃省区域地球物理新成果,对地球物理特征进行梳理。本文认为甘肃省处于中国西北地区五大板块交汇地带,地质历史漫长,地质构造复杂,在各单元间的相互作用和影响,形成了一幅复杂的应变图像。甘肃省的地球物理场特征也极为复杂。文章介绍了区域重力调查工作概况,分析了区域地层岩性的密度特征,随地层层序从新到老密度值呈递增趋势。在古生界—太古界间岩层密度接近或略高于地壳表层平均密度2.67×10~3 kg/m~3。不同期构造层之间形成密度层及密度界面,较明显的是新生界与中生界之间、中生界与古生界之间。岩体密度随岩石由酸性到基性、超基性岩密度变大;酸性花岗岩和同质火山岩熔岩较地层平均密度偏小;区域布格重力异常主要反映地壳深部信息的区域分量和浅部信息的局部分量,根据区域布格重力异常分布,划分出甘肃北山—秦岭东段重力异常带、阿克塞—张掖—永靖—舟曲弧形重力梯级带,对四顶黑山—红石山、玉门关—前红泉—旧寺墩、阿尔金山—祁连山—西秦岭、六盘山—陇山、天水—武山—临夏—尖扎、青川—阳平关、天水—武都重力梯级带特征进行了分析总结。甘肃省区域重力场特征是甘肃及邻区基础地质研究的主要组成部分,可为中大比例尺的成矿预测提供基础资料。本文试图对甘肃区域重力场特征进行系统总结,形成规律性认识供参考。     

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.     

华北上地壳构造单元划分

利用天然地震数据分析研究得到的中地壳滑脱层的深度、活动方式、强度等结果,与重磁异常基底解译成果相结合,提出华北地区在中地壳位置发育有区域滑脱面,其特定壳层及深度位置决定了其在华北深浅构造关系转换中,起着“屏蔽”或联系的重要作用,而在华北伸展变形中是地块运动变形的底边界面。上地壳各个部分在沿其滑动时,因速度差、侧向约束条件等的不同,而派生出断叉线、横向调整断裂及相应的凸起、凹陷断块等次级单元。它们构成了华北上地壳基本构造单元,并直接控制着盆山空间分布、构造地貌单元发育。研究提出了华北上地壳构造单元划分方案:上地壳基底构造分为9个一级单元(Ⅰ~Ⅸ)和23个二级单元。其中一级构造单元为:Ⅰ阴山北部东西向区域凹陷断块;Ⅱ阴山-燕山区域凸起断块;Ⅲ太行山区域凸起断块;Ⅳ大别山区域凸起断块;Ⅴ渤海湾盆地断坳、断隆区;Ⅵ南华北盆地断坳、断隆区;Ⅶ鲁西区域断隆区;Ⅷ下扬子区域断坳、断隆区;Ⅸ鄂尔多斯区域断坳区。     

广西地区岩石圈表层与深部构造之关联性:源于岩石圈密度与磁性结构的解读

广西地处华南地块、印支地块与西太平洋板块的汇合部位,因特殊的构造部位,广西区内大地构造单元归属、构造单元边界等许多基础地质问题一直存在争议.自新生代以来的板块构造运动对岩石圈的改造,广西地壳与上地幔在地震波速度及温度结构方面具有显著差异.应用卫星重、磁异常数据以及区域重力和航磁资料对广西地区岩石圈密度和磁化率结构及其与上地壳构造的关系开展了研究,结果显示广西地区地壳密度和上地壳磁性结构与现今地表构造较为契合,但下地壳密度结构与上地幔存在不连续现象;此外,岩石圈磁化率结构指示中下地壳存在不同范围和程度的解耦.对广西岩石圈密度与磁性结构的解读认为,在中生代以来岩石圈被大规模改造的背景下,幔源物质上侵至上地壳的规模和范围都有限,这可能是整个广西地区上地幔结构与地壳构造不对应的主要原因.      

秦巴地区地壳稳定性评价

三峡水库引水工程是南水北调的重要补充工程, 具有重要的战略意义和经济意义。本文在分析现今构造应力场、地壳结构、构造格架、活动断裂、地震活动、工程岩组等影响地壳稳定性主要因素的基础上, 利用模糊数学综合评价模型评价秦巴地区的地壳稳定性。评价结果表明, 秦巴地区地壳稳定性程度较高, 适合兴建大型引水工程。      

Gravity anomalies and associated tectonic features over the Indian Peninsular Shield and adjoining ocean basins

A combined gravity map over the Indian Peninsular Shield (IPS) and adjoining oceans brings out well the inter-relationships between the older tectonic features of the continent and the adjoining younger oceanic features. The NW–SE, NE–SW and N–S Precambrian trends of the IPS are reflected in the structural trends of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal suggesting their probable reactivation. The Simple Bouguer anomaly map shows consistent increase in gravity value from the continent to the deep ocean basins, which is attributed to isostatic compensation due to variations in the crustal thickness. A crustal density model computed along a profile across this region suggests a thick crust of 35–40 km under the continent, which reduces to 22/20–24 km under the Bay of Bengal with thick sediments of 8–10 km underlain by crustal layers of density 2720 and 2900/2840 kg/m³. Large crustal thickness and trends of the gravity anomalies may suggest a transitional crust in the Bay of Bengal up to 150–200 km from the east coast. The crustal thickness under the Laxmi ridge and east of it in the Arabian Sea is 20 and 14 km, respectively, with 5–6 km thick Tertiary and Mesozoic sediments separated by a thin layer of Deccan Trap. Crustal layers of densities 2750 and 2950 kg/m³ underlie sediments. The crustal density model in this part of the Arabian Sea (east of Laxmi ridge) and the structural trends similar to the Indian Peninsular Shield suggest a continent–ocean transitional crust (COTC). The COTC may represent down dropped and submerged parts of the Indian crust evolved at the time of break-up along the west coast of India and passage of Reunion hotspot over India during late Cretaceous. The crustal model under this part also shows an underplated lower crust and a low density upper mantle, extending over the continent across the west coast of India, which appears to be related to the Deccan volcanism. The crustal thickness under the western Arabian Sea (west of the Laxmi ridge) reduces to 8–9 km with crustal layers of densities 2650 and 2870 kg/m³ representing an oceanic crust.     

北大别造山后伸展期中-下地壳流动形式数值模拟研究

造山后伸展过程中,深部地壳的变形形式反映深部岩石圈的构造活动方式,是造山后伸展深部动力学研究的主要内容。本次工作以大别造山带造山后伸展变形构造为研究对象,在详细的构造观察和组构分析基础上,以实际变形组构为约束开展数值模拟,系统地研究伸展变形构造在垂向剖面上岩石变形机制的空间分布,进而揭示大别造山带造山后伸展过程中深部地壳的变形形式。野外观察表明,北大别穹隆边缘区域拉伸线理优选方位显著,而到穹隆中部拉伸线理定向性减弱,再到穹隆核部线理定向性有所增强。运动学上,北大别穹隆内呈现了一致的上盘向NW的剪切指向。以此为约束的数值模拟研究表明,大别造山带造山后伸展期中-下地壳流动方式总体上是介于透入性简单剪切形式与纯剪切形式之间的组合形式;垂直剖面上呈现为由上、下边界向中心简单剪切分量显著降低,中-下地壳流变带中部以纯剪切变形为主。我们用造山带加厚地壳的韧性垮塌和深俯冲的太平洋板块"后撤"来解释其动力学来源。     

开合构造在不同时空尺度下的地学表现

开合构造是研究地球开合运动及其构造特征,分析开合构造体系的形成机制,探索地球成因和演化的一种新假说。不同时空尺度的开合构造在地学上存在不同的表现,需要从不同角度开展研究。以亚欧非邻区巨型开合构造区、地中海大型开合构造区、东大别中型开合构造区为例,研究了开合构造理论在大地构造分区、地震活动以及现代大地测量结果解释等方面的应用。研究表明:(1)依据开合构造观点可将亚欧非邻区巨型开合构造划分为俄罗斯构造集群、非洲构造集群、北亚构造集群、中亚构造集群、南亚构造集群及东亚构造集群;(2)亚欧非邻区的强地震活动与构造集群间的新生代开合构造转换带关系密切;(3)地中海大型开合构造区内的地震剖面及震源机制揭示了地中海—土耳其—伊朗—阿富汗构造转换带现今构造运动主要以合为主;(4)东大别中型开合构造周边的狮子山、黄梅、麻城等台站的地倾斜和地应变、周边GNSS和流动重力观测结果揭示了该区周边存在时间尺度较短、量级较弱的由“合”向“开”的趋势转变,开合运动是近期诸多观测数据趋势出现准同步性变化的共同机理。     

Extensional Tectonic Framework of Post High and Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism in Dabieshan, China

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重力场多尺度刻痕分析与满加尔坳陷深层构造

区域高精度重力场测量可以获得关于沉积盆地深部构造的丰富信息。本文在分析满加尔坳陷内部深层构造探测存在问题的基础上,开展了重力测量,并采用重力异常的小波多尺度分析和刻痕分析等新方法,研究了满加尔坳陷内部深层构造,揭示了坳陷内早古生代地层的密度分带。应用小波多尺度分析方法可以把只与深层构造有关的地质信息提取出来。运用新的人工智能原理把隐含在区域重力场中有关刻痕的所有特征参数提取出来,可以客观地为沉积盆地内部构造单元划分提供可靠依据。结合区域重力场多尺度分析及刻痕分析的信息提取新方法,称为多尺度刻痕分析。比较研究区深层(7~8km)密度扰动与电阻率异常可见,满加尔坳陷内沿纬度40°线北侧和经度85°线同时都有低密度扰动和低电阻率异常分布,说明坳陷内深层沉积岩低密度扰动与流体活动通道有一定关系。综合脊形化系数图和边界刻痕系数图,圈定了深层满中高密度扰动带和满南和满北低密度扰动带,为深层油气勘探提供重要基础资料。     

大别造山带地壳泊松比结构与超高压变质带—来自宽角反射与近垂直反射剖面的启示

综合宽角反射、近垂直反射的探测结果和有关地质资料，对大别造山带地壳结构和超高压变质带研究显示：大别造山带地壳具有层块结构特征。沿安义－庄墓剖面，上地壳有7个弹性块体，中地壳有5个，下地壳有4个。扬子与华北地块的主缝合带是超高压变质带，扬子地块与大别造山带的现今分界线是与郯庐断裂相交的太湖－马庙断裂，磨子潭－晓天断裂是大别造山带的北界，北淮阳构造带呈楔状向下插入，它与华北地块的分界是肥中断裂。郯庐断裂在中、上地壳近于直立，下地壳向西倾斜。超高压变质带的厚度为5－7km，产状向北插入到北大别块体之下，折返过程是构造就位，不是大别山的均匀抬升，折返的主运动面是水吼－五河高温剪切带。     

某黄金矿山地下应力的计算

一般认为地应力的形成主要与地球的各种动力运动有关，且构造应力场与重力场是地应力的主要组成部分。以某黄金矿山为例，以地球物理学的基本观点及地球重力场理论为指导，得出重力所致竖向地应力和水平地应力的表达式；认为地下应力产生的最根本原因在于重力(地心引力)，重力不仅可以产生竖向地应力，而且还可以产生水平地应力。计算证明黄金矿山(地下工程)水平地应力远大于竖向地应力。地壳内黄金矿山采掘巷道所受的各种压力均来源于地心对岩土(石)的引力。     

大别造山带现今构造格局的形成——来自石英C轴组构的证据

石英C轴组构常常记录递进变形过程中晚期增量变形的构造特征,因而可以通过对大别造山带内岩石中石英C轴组构的分析来确定造山带构造变形历史中的晚期变形事件的运动学特征。本次工作在大别造山带各单元中采集了一系列样品,对其进行石英C轴组构分析。石英C轴组构结果表明,北淮阳带就位于同造山折返第一阶段,其运动型式为上盘向NW的剪切变形;南大别高压—超高压榴辉岩带与宿松杂岩带就位于同造山折返第二阶段,运动型式表现为上盘向SE的剪切变形;北大别带就位于早白垩世穹状隆升过程中。北大别带在穹状隆升过程中表现为上盘向NW的运动型式,在深部可能存在向NW方向的下地壳物质的塑性流动。     

Tectonothermal history of the Hercynian continental crust of the Serre (southern Calabria, Italy) monitored by Rb–Sr biotite resetting

In the Serre mountains of Calabria, Italy, an exposed section of the continental crust, as left by the Hercynian orogeny, consists of intermediate-lower to upper crustal units. Huge masses of granitoids separate the lower from the upper crustal units. Many mica ages have been obtained from metamorphic and plutonic rocks, which have been interpreted as reflecting continuous cooling or discrete Mesozoic events. A reappraisal of previously determined isotopic data integrated with new Rb–Sr biotite ages is presented and assessed at regional scale to better constrain the post-Hercynian geological evolution of the continental crust of the Serre. The ages cover a wide span of time and form clusters which fit a model involving magmatic, hydrothermal and tectonic events preceding and accompanying the opening and closure of the Tethyan ocean.     

青藏高原中东部1:100万区域重力调查及成果

经对青藏高原中东部1:100万区域重力资料的解释,编制了一批重力基础图和解释成果图.新划出嘉黎下地壳熔融区、拉萨下地壳隆起、乌兰乌拉-杂多古生代隆起带、唐古拉燕山期岩浆弧以及南冈底斯燕山-喜马拉雅期岩浆弧等构造单元;支持将班公错-怒江结合带作为冈瓦纳北界的认识;划出断裂逾百条、中酸性岩浆岩带多处,其中唐古拉岩浆岩带对羌塘盆地油气的储藏不利;冈底斯北部-可可西里中下地壳普遍存在熔融层;高原地壳存在着与重力均衡调整力相反的强大构造应力.这些认识对进一步研究青藏高原的地质构造、寻找与岩浆岩有关的多金属矿产等提供了依据.     

Evidence for Proterozoic Collision from Airborne Magnetic and Gravity Studies in Southern Granulite Terrain, India and Signatures of Recent Tectonic Activity in the Palghat Gap

The composite airborne total intensity map of the Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) at an average elevation of 7000' (≈ 2100 m) shows bands of bipolar regional magnetic anomalies parallel to the structural trends suggesting the distribution of mafic/ultramafic rocks that are controlled by regional structures/shear zones and thrusts in this region. The spectrum and the apparent susceptibility map computed from the observed airborne magnetic anomalies provide bands of high susceptibility zones in the upper crust associated with known shear zones/thrusts such as Transition Zone, Moyar-Bhavani and Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zones (MBSZ and PCSZ). The quantitative modelling of magnetic anomalies across Transition Zone, MBSZ and PCSZ suggest the presence of mafic rocks of susceptibility (1.5-4.0 × 10⁻³ CGS units) in upper crust from 8-10 km extending up to about 21-22 km, which may represent the level of Curie point geotherm as indicated by high upper mantle heat flow in this section.Two sets of paired gravity anomalies in SGT and their modelling with seismic constraints suggest gravity highs and lows to be caused by high density mafic rocks along Transition Zone and Cauvery Shear Zone (CSZ) in the upper crust at depth of 6-8 km and crustal thickening of 45-46 km south of them, respectively. High susceptibility and high density rocks (2.8 g/cm³) along these shear zones supported by high velocity, high conductivity and tectonic settings suggest lower crustal mafic/ultramafic granulite rocks thrusted along them. These signatures with lower crustal rocks of metamorphic ages of 2.6-2.5 Ga north of PCSZ and Neoproterozoic period (0.6-0.5 Ga) south of it suggest that the SGT represents mosaic of accreted crust due to compression and thrusting. These observations along with N-verging thrusts and dipping reflectors from Dharwar Craton to SGT suggest two stages of N-S directed compression: (i) between Dharwar Craton and northern block of SGT during 2.6-2.5 Ga with Transition Zone and Moyar Shear towards the west as thrust, and (ii) between northern and southern blocks of SGT with CSZ as collision zone and PCSZ as thrust during Neoproterozoic period (0.6-0.5 Ga). The latter event may even represent just a compressive phase without any collision related to Pan-African event. The proposed sutures in both these cases separate gravity highs and lows of paired gravity anomalies towards north and south, respectively. The magnetic anomalies and causative sources related to Moyar Shear, MBSZ and PCSZ join with those due to Transition Zone, Mettur and Gangavalli Shears in their eastern parts, respectively to form an arcuate-shaped diffused collision zone during 2.6-2.5 Ga.Most of the Proterozoic collision zones are highlands/plateaus but the CSZ also known as the Palghat Gap represents a low lying strip of 80-100 km width, which however, appears to be related to recent tectonic activities as indicated by high upper mantle heat flow and thin crust in this section. It is supported by low density, low velocity and high conductive layer under CSZ and seismic activity in this region as observed in case of passive rift valleys. They may be caused by asthenospheric upwarping along pre-existing faults/thrusts (MBSZ and PCSZ) due to plate tectonic forces after the collision of Indian and Eurasian plates since Miocene time.