相位加权叠加方法在探测鄂尔多斯东南缘地壳结构中的应用

本文利用在鄂尔多斯东南缘地区宽频带流动地震台阵记录的远震数据,提取各台站的接收函数,并利用相位加权方 法进行单台多震叠加、H -κ叠加以及共转换点叠加,获得了研究区莫霍过渡带的深度及其变化趋势。研究结果显示,莫霍的 深度由鄂尔多斯块体往东南方向逐渐变浅,在不同区域莫霍具有不同的特征：鄂尔多斯的莫霍深度在42~38 km;渭河-山 西地堑的莫霍出现约3 km的上隆;熊耳-伏牛山的莫霍深度在35~33 km;河淮盆地的莫霍形态比较复杂。相位加权叠加方 法能有效地压制相关性不好的噪音,在部分受噪音及沉积层多次波干扰的台站记录中,对突出莫霍的转换波Ps震相有很大 的帮助。     

华南壳幔结构与动力学的宽频地震观测研究

了解华南各岩石圈块体壳幔结构和各向异性方面的差异是揭示华南深部构造演化的基础。本文利用布设于华南的两条宽频地震测线观测数据,采用多种地震学方法对华南的地壳上地幔结构和各向异性进行了研究。接收函数结果表明,华南地区地壳厚度和岩石圈厚度都较薄,地壳厚度自东南沿海向西北内陆增厚,扬子克拉通的泊松比(波速比)低于华夏块体,表明扬子克拉通地壳较华夏块体更偏长英质。约北纬29°以北的扬子克拉通地幔转换带厚度明显增厚,可能是由地幔转换带底部停滞的冷的古太平洋板片或中生代克拉通碰撞残留造成的。层析成像结果显示华南上地幔具有很强的横向差异性,上地幔中的强烈低速异常体可能对应了晚中生代发生广泛岩浆作用时的岩浆房和岩浆通道。台湾下方的上地幔存在南北横向差异明显的高速异常,分别对应台湾南部向东俯冲的欧亚板块及台湾北部向北俯冲的菲律宾海板块。俯冲的欧亚板块在台湾南部是连续的,而在台湾中北部,由于与菲律宾海板块的相互作用,俯冲的欧亚板块被折断。剪切波分裂结果显示,以江绍断裂为界,华夏块体与扬子克拉通的岩石圈地幔各向异性存在明显的横向变化,表明两者的构造演化过程有显著差异。     

莫霍面地震反射图像揭露出扬子陆块深俯冲过程

近垂直深地震反射剖面对莫霍面变化的观测 ,强有力地说明大陆莫霍面的复杂特征记录了岩石圈的构造历史。横过大别山造山带前陆的深地震反射剖面长约 1 4 0km ,记录时间达 3 0s ,探测深度超过莫霍面深达岩石圈地幔。深地震反射剖面揭示出扬子陆块与大别山造山带结合部位的岩石圈精细结构、清晰的莫霍面及其变化特征。作为相关解释的第一步 ,我们将探测到的莫霍面变化特征与其他特殊反映不同地质年代和岩石圈构造历史的深地震反射剖面进行对比 ,以追索扬子陆块与大别山造山带的岩石圈构造过程。总体北倾的莫霍面和同样北倾的下地壳结构记录了中生代扬子陆块的向北俯冲。北倾的莫霍面错断、叠置现象描述出扬子陆块的俯冲过程。大别山前向北和向南倾斜的交叉反射图像 ,反映了扬子陆块与大别山造山带岩石圈尺度的碰撞关系     

华南地区进贤-柘荣剖面深部电性结构

为了研究华南地区的深部电性结构,探寻浅部地质过程的深部背景,布设了江西进贤至福建柘荣超长周期大地电磁测深剖面。通过剖面数据的处理、定性分析及二维反演,获得剖面岩石圈尺度的电性结构模型,并分区块对壳幔电性结构及主要断裂进行了分析。反演结果表明：1）剖面可分为4个构造单元,分别为江南造山带、华夏地块内部、华夏褶皱带和东南沿海岩浆岩带;2）武夷山与东南沿海岩浆岩带两处电性莫霍面隆起,电性莫霍面的起伏特征受控于区域深大断裂;3）剖面电性岩石圈整体表现为西薄东厚,江南造山带岩石圈-软流圈界面埋深为80~100 km,华夏褶皱带及东南沿海岩浆岩带的岩石圈-软流圈界面埋深约为140 km,存在一处岩石圈减薄区和两处软流圈上涌区,反映了伸展构造作用对岩石圈的不均匀改造。     

The Deep Structure Feature of the Sichuan Basin and Adjacent Orogens

The basin-mountain system in the Sichuan Basin(SCB) reflects the main tectonic activity and the orogenic denudation in this region. The seismic probing work reveals the deep structure of the basin-mountain system. The seismic work was re-sampled to the Moho depth and the sedimentary thickness as well as the P-wave velocity-depth function to analyze the deep structure of the SCB and adjacent orogens. The results show two deposit centers in the SCB: the Deyang area in the west and the Nanchuan area in the east and depression uplift exists in the southwestern part of the SCB; the Moho shallowers gradually from the west to east(ca. 62-36 km deep),the South-North seismic belt(SNSB) is very distinctive: the Moho depth is much shallower( 50 km)to the east of the SNSB, whereas it is much deeper(50 km)to the west of the SNSB, suggesting that the SNSB rather than the Longmen Shan tectonic belt is a main Moho transition belt; the topography and the top interface of the basement have the same undulation trend when the sedimentary thickness and the Moho depth have a mirror relationship; the low velocity zone developed in the Kangdian thrust and fold belt and Songpan-Garzê belt implied a soft, weak and thick crust there showing tectonic activity in these areas.     

Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Triassic A-type granites in southeastern China: insights from zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic and whole-rock geochemical compositions of the Luoguyan and Guiyantou granites in northwestern Fujian Province

Triassic A-type granites in eastern South China Block (SCB) are abundant in the Wuyi–Yunkai tectonic domain and provide an important opportunity to explore the early Mesozoic evolution of continental crust of the SE part of the SCB. We carried out U–Pb zircon dating, Lu–Hf isotope analyses of zircon, and whole-rock geochemical analyses for two granitic plutons, the Guiyantou (GYT) and Luoguyan (LGY) granites, from northwestern Fujian Province. LA–ICP–MS U–Pb zircon analyses yielded ages of 232 ± 4 to 231 ± 7 Ma and 221 ± 5 Ma (Middle-Late Triassic) for the GYT and LGY granites. These two granites belong to metaluminous to weakly peraluminous high K calc-alkaline A-type granite that are enriched in K, Al, light rare earth element and Rb, Th, U, and Pb, and depleted in Nb, Ta, P, and Ti. Their rare earth element patterns are highly fractionated with (La/Yb)_N ratios of 2–21 and strong negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.02–0.31). In situ Hf isotopic analysis of zircon from the GYT and LGY granites yielded ε_Hf(t) values ranging from –11.5 to –1.1, with corresponding two-stage Hf model ages from 1.98 to 1.33 Ga, from which it is inferred that the GYT and LGY magmas formed by partial melting of Proterozoic metasedimentary rock in the Cathaysia block. The two granites were emplaced at 232 and 221 Ma and together with Triassic A-type granites in coastal region of the SCB, which is in agreement with an extensional tectonic setting in the Middle-Late Triassic. We suggest that the Middle-Late Triassic A-type granites in eastern SCB were probably formed in an intracontinental, post-orogenic extensional regime that collision was between the SCB and an ‘unknown block’ or the eastern extension of Indochina block.     

长江中下游及邻区的地壳密度结构与深部成矿背景探讨——来自重力学的约束

长江中下游成矿带是我国最重要的矿产资源生产基地之一。为了深入理解和认识此成矿带形成的深部构造背景及其岩浆活动与成矿作用过程,本文利用NW-SE向利辛-宜兴地球物理探测剖面的重力场资料构建了跨越长江中下游成矿带地域的二维深部地壳密度结构模型。并在结合其他已有研究成果的基础上,从Moho界面的展布形态、密度分布特征与壳内低密度区的存在等方面探讨了该区的深部构造格局与成矿作用过程。研究结果表明:长江中下游成矿带地域下方的地壳密度结构与其两侧地域存在显著差异;在宁芜矿集区下方的Moho界面呈上隆形态,矿集区存在密度值略低于两侧地域的低密度异常区。幔源岩浆的上涌底侵与MASH成矿作用可较好地解释该区的结构与构造形态以及在地表所见到的岩浆广泛存在和矿产资源富集的特征。岩石圈地幔物质在宁芜矿集区下方的上涌导致了Moho界面的抬升,而脆性上地壳中的伸展断裂则为岩浆的向上运移与矿产资源的形成提供了有利场所与环境。     

P-wave Velocity Structure of Crustal and Upper Mantle beneath South China and its Tectonic Implications

The 3D P-wave velocity structure beneath the South China Block was determined by applying arrival times from 269 teleseismic events recorded by 240 seismic stations within the study region. Our tomographic results reveal the deep structural characteristics of major tectonic units and ore concentration areas. There are distinct high velocity anomalies beneath the ancient Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, with the lithosphere of the Cathaysia Block being thinner than the Yangtze Block; the Jiangnan orogenic belt, located in the combined zone of two blocks, is a high and low velocity anomaly conversion zone; the famous metallogenic belts of Edongnan, the Youjiang Basin and the Cathaysia Block are obviously low velocity areas with different metallogenic mechanisms. The deep ore-forming material source in the Edongnan metallogenic belt is different from that of the Cathaysia Block. The low velocity anomaly under the Cathaysia Block related to mineralization results from the upwelling of mantle material, caused by the joint action of the Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain, the Paleo-Pacific tectonic domain and the Hainan mantle plume migration and erosion, which has been occurring from northeast to southwest since 80 Ma. The low-temperature mineralization mechanism of Youjiang Basin should be considered not only in terms of the influence of the Emeishan mantle plume in the west and the Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain in the south, but also in the context of the influence of the upwelling of asthenospheric material from the Paleo-Pacific tectonic domain in the east.     

Tectonic setting of post-orogenic granites within SW Fennoscandia based on deep seismic and gravity data

Within the Svecononvegian Province of SW Scandinavia granite intrusions are abundant. Prominent ones are the Bohus-Iddefjord and the Flå granites, the so- called Bohus-Flå Granite belt. The age of these granites, consistent at ≅ 900 Ma, coincides with the late extensional stage of the Svecononvegian-Grenvillian orogen. Gravity observations and deep seismic profiling lines are presented that also cover the Skagerrak Sea. The geophysical data suggest that the Bohus granite continues seaward for at least 80 km and its thickness, offshore, is estimated to be 2–4 km. Where the seismic profiling lines intersect the inferred seaward extension of the Bohus granite, a distinct reflection pattern is observed at ≅ 1.6 s. TWT. This coincides with a gravity modelled thickness of ≅ 4 km. The seismic profiles also show a large Moho offset beneath the modelled granite. It is proposed that this offset is related to Svecononvegian crustal underthrusting and that the granite melt could have formed by anatexis of mid-crustal rocks downthrusted to greater depths in the vicinity of the seismically observed Moho offset.     

深地震探测揭示的华南地区莫霍面深度

从20世纪70年代以来, 在华南地区进行了大量的深地震探测研究。本文通过对华南地区的深地震探测研究的总结和梳理, 探讨了华南大陆及其邻近海域的莫霍面变化情况, 结果表明: 华南大陆莫霍面形态变化较大, 总体变化趋势是由西部向东部呈逐渐抬升; 华南大陆最深的莫霍面出现在攀西地区北缘, 最浅的莫霍面出现在衢州盆地, 两者差35 km; 华南地区周缘断裂均存在莫霍面错断; 华南加里东造山带莫霍面深度浅于台湾造山带; 东海边缘海与南海北缘地壳厚度明显不同。这些特征可能指示了不同区域所经历的岩石圈及地壳演化过程不同, 其中攀西地区的莫霍面较厚可能同青藏高原物质东流有关, 华南造山带的地壳减薄缘于后期遭受的伸展作用, 东海及南海的莫霍面深度反映了两者处于不同的陆缘位置, 前者为活动大陆边缘, 后者为被动大陆边缘。     

Multi-stage metallogeny in the southwestern part of South China,and paleotectonic and climatic implications: A high precision geochronologic study

The South China Block (SCB) is among the large-scale W-Sn mineralized regions of the globe. The Laojunshan W-Sn-dominant ore area (LOA) in the western part of the SCB preserves the records of the tectonic history of the Tethys realm extending through North Vietnam, and Yangtze to Cathaysia blocks, with coeval formation of giant metallic deposits. The prolonged tectonic activities and their control on the genesis and spatio-temporal distribution of giant metallic deposits in the LOA provide a window for a holistic understanding of the tectono-metallogenesis of the SCB. In this study, we present results from a multi-chronologic study to determine the timing of formation of the cassiterite-wolframite-scheelite mineralization. The results suggest three distinct tectono-metallogenic periods in the LOA during the geodynamic evolution of the surrounding tectonic units. The opening of the Proto-Tethys Ocean between the Yangtze-Indochina blocks and the westward Paleo-Pacific subduction beneath the Cathaysia block (420–380 Ma) jointly contributed to the Silurian to early Devonian intracontinental orogeny in the middle of the SCB that involved top-to-the-north thrusting along NE-striking shear zones. This event generated the Dulong-Song Chay granitoids, together with the formation of Xinzhai Sn deposit related to sheared mylonitic granites (ca. 419 Ma) and pegmatites (ca. 389 Ma), which include the early-stage Sn-sulfide skarn (ca. 418 Ma) and the late-stage Sn-bearing schist (ca. 389 Ma). During the Late Permian to Late Triassic (260–220 Ma), with the closure of the Proto-Tethys oceans in the west and ongoing Paleo-Pacific westward subduction in the east, the SCB and Indochina Block (IB) were amalgamated which also marks the time of formation of the Nanwenhe scheelite skarn deposit. The subducted Paleo-Tethys oceanic crust was likely entrained by the nearby rising Emeishan mantle plume (270–259 Ma), which formed the Maguan diabase (ca. 260 Ma) that shows significantly older Re-Os model age of ca. 268 Ma, suggesting that the Nanwenhe mineralization is potentially derived from ca. 260 Ma source. Furthermore, the intraplate shortening induced thin skinned crustal deformation and low grade metamorphism (ca. 230 Ma), with the main stage of scheelite-Sn-Mo mineralization (229.9, 229.8 and 219 Ma) and contemporary formation of the pegmatite (230.7 Ma). The Late Cretaceous involved two episodes of alternate extension and shortening, driven by the subduction polarity change from northwestward subduction of the Okhotomorsk block to northward subduction of the NeoTethys seafloor. The evolution of the LOA consists of the NW–SE transpression ending ca. 100 Ma, the WNW–ESE extension in the earlier episode lasting from 100 Ma to 86 Ma, the WNW–ESE transpression beginning at ca. 85 Ma and the NS extension in the later episode during the latest Cretaceous, which produced the extension-related three periods of Laojunshan granitic magmatism and coeval Sn-W mineralization, with ages in the range of 90–89 Ma, 87–85 Ma and 83–79 Ma. We also evaluate the implications of magmatic-metamorphic-metallogenic degassing on the regional paleoclimatic history.     

Crustal structure of the Kaapvaal craton and its significance for early crustal evolution

High-quality seismic data obtained from a dense broadband array near Kimberley, South Africa, exhibit crustal reverberations of remarkable clarity that provide well-resolved constraints on the structure of the lowermost crust and Moho. Receiver function analysis of Moho conversions and crustal multiples beneath the Kimberley array shows that the crust is 35 km thick with an average Poisson's ratio of 0.25. The density contrast across the Moho is 15%, indicating a crustal density about 2.86 gm/cc just above the Moho, appropriate for felsic to intermediate rock compositions. Analysis of waveform broadening of the crustal reverberation phases suggests that the Moho transition can be no more than 0.5 km thick and the total variation in crustal thickness over the 2400 km² footprint of the array no more than 1 km. Waveform and travel time analysis of a large earthquake triggered by deep gold mining operations (the Welkom mine event) some 200 km away from the array yield an average crustal thickness of 35 km along the propagation path between the Kimberley array and the event. P- and S-wave velocities for the lowermost crust are modeled to be 6.75 and 3.90 km/s, respectively, with uppermost mantle velocities of 8.2 and 4.79 km/s, respectively. Seismograms from the Welkom event exhibit theoretically predicted but rarely observed crustal reverberation phases that involve reflection or conversion at the Moho. Correlation between observed and synthetic waveforms and phase amplitudes of the Moho reverberations suggests that the crust along the propagation path between source and receiver is highly uniform in both thickness and average seismic velocity and that the Moho transition zone is everywhere less than about 2 km thick. While the extremely flat Moho, sharp transition zone and low crustal densities beneath the region of study may date from the time of crustal formation, a more geologically plausible interpretation involves extensive crustal melting and ductile flow during the major craton-wide Ventersdorp tectonomagmatic event near the end of Archean time.     

深反射大炮数据揭示北秦岭-渭河地堑-鄂尔多斯南部Moho格架

根据深地震反射数据的反射特征对布置在北秦岭-渭河地堑-鄂尔多斯南部的10个大炮(药量 ≥ 500 kg)数据进行处理,获得了反映下地壳-莫霍面结构的单次覆盖剖面。初步解释结果显示:在北秦岭,莫霍面反射的双程走时约为13 s,自南向北缓慢抬升变浅,可能表示秦岭正在经历造山后的均衡演化过程;进入渭河地堑,莫霍面加深至15 s左右,可能表明新生代形成后的莫霍面受到了强烈的挤压作用,渭河地堑两侧的莫霍面呈不对称上隆;在鄂尔多斯地块南部,莫霍面反射为14 s左右,向北有逐渐抬升的趋势,但变化平缓, 130~140 km两侧的莫霍面具有显著的反射特征差异,可能代表了渭河地堑和鄂尔多斯地块南部的深部界限。     

庐-枞金属矿集区深地震反射剖面解释结果——揭露地壳精细结构,追踪成矿深部过程

深地震反射剖面揭示了庐枞矿集区全地壳的精细结构,在研究火山岩盆地的深部构造、探讨成矿深部过程等方面取得了新认识。从长江至大别山下,Moho由30km左右加深至33km左右,罗河矿下方Moho错断大约3km。庐枞火山岩盆地是一个沿着罗河断裂向东发育的"耳状"非对称盆地,并不存在另外一半隐伏在红层之下的盆地。罗河铁矿对应Moho错断处,处在构造的转换带上。罗河断裂之下存在近于透明的弱反射区域,可能是地幔流体和岩浆上涌、喷发的通道。郯庐断裂、罗河-缺口断裂、长江断裂是庐枞地区的三个重要断裂。郯庐断裂带为不对称花束状构造,近于直立,切穿地壳。小岭矿与龙桥矿可能产出在一个隆起的火成岩体的两翼。     

Lateral growth of NE Tibetan Plateau restricted by the Asian lithosphere: Results from a dense seismic profile

We present high-resolution receiver function images along a 700-km long dense seismic array extending from northern Tibetan Plateau to the Alxa block, crossing the entire Qilian thrust belt (QTB). The dense stations, with less than ~2 km station intervals, allow the receiver functions to unveil unprecedented details of crustal structures across the northern frontier of the growing Tibetan Plateau. The migration image shows a thickened and strongly deformed QTB crust, with an uneven Moho and complex internal structures that are indicative of pure-shear shortening. The Alxa block, in contrast, has a thinner crust, a flat Moho, and little internal crustal deformation. These results suggest that the lateral growth of NE Tibetan Plateau is restricted by the strong Asian lithosphere, which shows no visible subduction beneath the Tibetan Plateau as previously suggested.     

用远震接收函数研究龙门山断裂带与其邻区的莫霍面深度及波速比分布

利用龙门山断裂带及其邻近地区地震台站的远震波形记录,采用时间域迭代反褶积技术求取接收函数,并用H-Kappa叠加方法计算出各台站下方的莫霍面深度和波速比及其相应的误差.结果除了获得与前人研究大体相同的莫霍面深度分布轮廓外,还获得一些新的细节与认识:(1)莫霍面深度在四川盆地内为41～48 km,在四川盆地西缘存在一个N...     

桂西南凭祥火山岩年代学、地球化学及Hf同位素研究——对古特提斯洋最晚北向俯冲事件的启示

华南西南缘凭祥地区位于特提斯构造域东端,华南与印支陆块碰撞缝合带的北部,该区出露的三叠纪中酸性火山岩是古特提斯洋俯冲过程中在华南陆块边缘形成的大陆弧产物,这些火山岩同时携带的大量来自华南陆块基底的捕获锆石为华南陆块的构造热事件研究将提供重要的信息。对凭祥地区三叠系北泗组英安岩进行了同位素年代学、地球化学及锆石Hf同位素研究,获得了一个英安岩样品的加权平均年龄为（227.8±1）Ma,这些英安岩具有高SiO₂、K₂O含量,极低的MgO、MnO和CaO含量,富集大离子亲石元素（Rb、Ba、Th和U）和亏损高场强元素（Nb、Ta）的特点,显示了典型的岛弧岩浆作用特征,代表古特提斯洋向北俯冲至华南陆块之下形成的大陆弧产物。其余两个英安岩样品中的70粒锆石主要为来自华南陆块基底的捕获锆石,其年龄数据变化区间较大,为1010~231 Ma,这些捕获锆石U-Pb年龄频谱分布主要集中在四个区间:11010~800 Ma（峰值900 Ma）,其锆石的ε_Hf（t）值为4.5~15.1,响应扬子和华夏陆块之间聚合-裂解-再聚合的构造演化事件,反应了其幔源岩浆的广泛参与;2720~620 Ma（峰值680 Ma）响应南华纪已拼合的扬子-华夏陆块的再次发生裂解;3490~400 Ma（峰值450 Ma）,其锆石的ε_Hf（t）值为2.2~-7.8,响应华南早古生代加里东运动有关的壳-幔相互作用岩浆事件;4280~230 Ma（峰值250 Ma）,其锆石ε_Hf（t）值为-13.6~-16.5,地壳模式年龄为2.3~2.1 Ga,代表了印支与华南陆块之间古特提斯洋俯冲闭合的岩浆事件。文章的研究结果揭示了凭祥北泗组英安岩与华南陆块的亲缘性,其结晶年龄限定了华南与印支陆块之间的古特提斯洋俯冲结束、陆-陆开始碰撞的最晚时限为中-晚三叠纪。      

华南东部地区上地幔P波速度结构研究

基于华南东部宽频地震流动台阵的观测资料,采用三维有限差分走时成像法(FDtomo),开展了华南东部地区地壳-上地幔三维P波速度结构成像研究,结果显示华南东部地区水平面内速度分布差异较大,约163 km以上的地壳到上地幔下扬子地块存在近EW向的相对低速异常,而华夏地块则为高速异常,约163 km以下的上地幔下扬子地块和华夏板块速度异常发生反转,且两者大致以江山—绍兴断裂带为界呈反对称,对比显著。笔者认为该结构特征反映了晚中生代扬子克拉通岩石圈的拆沉过程。这一成果对理解中国东部中生代以来的构造演化以及壳幔的动力学过程提供了新的证据。     

景德镇-温州大地电磁剖面深部电性结构研究

华南大陆历经长期复杂的构造演化,其浅部复杂而多样的构造形态与深部壳幔结构及其动力学机制有着密切联系,但当前的深部探测资料有限,深部构造并不明确。为了研究华南的深部岩石圈结构状态,布设了多条宽频长周期大地电磁联合探测剖面。通过对景德镇-温州剖面的数据处理,获得了该剖面的岩石圈电性结构模型。分析表明:华夏地块与扬子地块东部的江南造山带以江绍断裂为界;华夏地块整体呈现高阻特征,可能具有深部岩石圈背景的上虞-政和-大浦断裂将其分为华夏褶皱带与东南沿海岩浆岩带;扬子地块东部的江南造山带整体电阻率较低,结构更破碎,受到深部改造明显,岩石圈底界约为110 km;剖面发现3处低阻带通道,可能与软流圈上涌相关;江绍断裂呈喇叭状向深部张开,华夏地块与扬子地块的裂解拼合可能与断裂深部的高导体活动有关。华夏地块与扬子地块的接触状态呈现为双向汇聚,华夏地块在上地幔挤入扬子地块,深部接触边界可能越过江绍断裂带。     

松潘地块与西秦岭造山带下地壳的性质和关系——深地震反射剖面的揭露

松潘地块位于青藏高原的东缘，处于中国大陆东西向构造与南北向构造的结合部位，特殊的构造环境使其长期控制并影响着中国大陆的形成与演化。探测松潘地块的岩石圈细结构，揭示其与东昆仑-西秦岭造山带的关系，既可为研究青藏高原东北缘板块碰撞的深部过程奠定基础，同时又关联着松潘地块的油气远景评价。2004年完成了第一条横过松潘地块北缘若尔盖盆地和西秦岭造山带的长约257km的深地震反射剖面，首次揭露出若尔盖盆地和西秦岭造山带岩石圈的细结构。发现若尔盖盆地和西秦岭造山带同属统一的稳定的大陆地块，并且下地壳均以北倾的强反射为主要特征。这种北倾的反射为松潘地块向西秦岭下地壳俯冲提供了地震学证据。近于平坦的Moho反射特征反映出西秦岭造山带在造山后又经历了强烈的伸展作用。