Cenozoic uplift of West Qinling, northeast margin of Tibetan plateau-a detrital apatite fission track record from the Tianshui basin

The Cenozoic sedimentation in the Tianshui basin, which is located at the junction of the liupanshan and West Qinling, northeast margin of the Tibetan plateau, provides a record for the regional tectonism and exhumation history of the surrounding mountains. Thermochronologic study on the detrital apatite grains from sandstones at Yaodian, near Tianshui, has revealed two rapid tectonic uplift-exhumation events of the source area, which happened at 23.7 and 14.1 Ma, respectively. The fast exhumation (0.34 mm/a) at 23.7 Ma, which recorded the tectonic uplift of West Qinling, led to the formation of the Neogene Tianshui basin and initiated the reception of alluvial deposits. This event is most likely in response to the synchronous tectonism of the Tibetan plateau. The source region experienced another rapid exhumation (1.05 mm/a) at 14.1 Ma, when the Tianshui basin began to depress broadly and fluvial-lacustrine sediments dominated the Late Miocene. Translated from Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2006, 24(6): 783–789 [译自: 沉积学报]     

西秦岭北缘漳县新生代伸展断陷盆地确定及其地质意义

西秦岭北缘断裂带新生代以来挤压逆冲变形起始于何时?挤压逆冲变形之前是否经历过伸展拉张过程?北缘断裂带北侧的新生代红层盆地到底是类前陆压陷挠曲盆地还是拉张断陷盆地?上述问题对西秦岭新生代盆-山构造格局重建和印度-欧亚板块碰撞汇聚的远程构造响应的时间与方式等科学问题的认识具有重要的地质约束。本文通过对西秦岭北缘构造带内漳县渐新世—中新世含盐红层盆地沉积序列和沉积旋回特征以及盆地边界断裂之间的几何学-运动学关系分析,认为西秦岭北缘构造带内漳县含盐红层盆地具有拉张伸展动力学背景下形成的断陷盆地的地质特征。西秦岭北缘构造带内渐新世—中新世断陷盆地的确定,指示了印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞汇聚而导致的青藏高原构造挤压缩短作用至少在盆地沉积充填阶段尚未扩展到西秦岭北缘及以北地区。而漳县含盐红层盆地沉积地层褶皱缩短变形以及之后角度不整合在漳县含盐红层盆地之的上新统韩家沟粗砾岩,可能记录了西秦岭北缘由伸展边界向挤压缩短逆冲边界的转换过程。因此,青藏高原东北缘真正成为青藏高原体系组成部分是在上新世的漳县含盐红层盆地封闭-构造反转之后。这一认识对地学界长期以来认为印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞汇聚而导致的高原隆升和构造挤压早在渐新世就已经波及西秦岭北缘的观点提出了挑战。     

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。     

青藏高原东北缘临夏盆地晚新生代构造变形及过程

位于青藏高原东北缘的临夏盆地是一个挤压挠曲型的前陆盆地,褶皱和逆冲断裂带自7.8Ma开始由西向东向盆地内部扩展,形成生长地层和生长不整合,代表高原东北部持续的构造变形过程。这种同沉积的构造变形一直持续到大约1.8Ma左右东山组沉积结束,临夏盆地内部强烈褶皱变形,致使东山组及其以下的新生代地层均被卷入褶皱之中(与其上的最老黄河阶地——井沟砾石层为角度不整合接触),拉脊山断裂继续向北东方向扩展,银川背斜最终形成。随后黄河、大夏河出现,开始了发育河流阶地和堆积风成黄土的新阶段。由平衡地质剖面法得到临夏盆地西缘7.8Ma以来总的地壳缩短量为3.2~3.6km,缩短率为0.41~0.46mm/a。如果取从7.8到1.8Ma之间的大约6.0Ma作为临夏盆地的构造变形时段,其缩短速率则为0.5~0.6mm/a。从临夏盆地形成和演化过程来看,青藏高原东北缘的构造变形以沿北西西向断裂的逆冲和地壳缩短为主要特征,导致挤压挠曲型前陆盆地的逐渐隆升和消亡,最终使新生代前陆盆地的大部分并入青藏高原东北缘,成为青藏高原的最新组成部分。     

青藏高原东北缘共和-茶卡盆地晚新生代构造变形与地貌演化

青藏高原东北缘作为现今高原向北东方向最新扩展生长的前缘部分,包括了南部高海拔、低起伏的东昆仑高原以及北部盆山相间的祁连山高原及其邻近地区。有关该区晚新生代构造变形及地貌演化研究,有助于揭示青藏高原生长过程的动力学机制。文章选择青藏高原东北缘共和羊曲、茶卡大水桥等新近纪沉积剖面,通过总结磁性地层学、沉积学资料,综合厘定了共和-茶卡盆地及邻区约20 Ma以来的盆地消亡及地貌演化过程;在现有盆地沉积、构造热年代学以及夷平面变形等研究结果基础上,获得青海南山和共和南山及其前陆的构造缩短量分别为0.8~2.2 km和5.1~6.9 km;并以约6~10 Ma和约7~10 Ma的生成地层记录的变形时间为约束,得到晚中新世以来的缩短速率分为0.1~0.2 mm/a和0.8~1.0 mm/a,这与断裂陡坎揭示的断裂逆冲速率及现今GPS观测相符合,表明10 Ma以来构造变形速率的相对稳定性和连续性;共和-茶卡盆地及祁连山南缘广泛发育低起伏地貌面,后期被不断抬升至现今高度塑造高原地貌形态。上述认识为理解晚新生代以来青藏高原东北缘的形成过程提供了基础资料。

     

Evolution of the Late Cenozoic Tectonic Stress Regime in the Tianshui Basin, Northeast Tibetan Plateau

<正>The Tianshui Basin,located inside the western Qinling orogenic belt and northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau(Fig.1),is a NE-trending Late Cenozoic basin,which documents the neotectonic response of the northeastward growth of Tibetan Plateau.This basin was     

青藏高原东北缘柴达木盆地路乐河地区新生代构造变形的古地磁证据

青藏高原东北缘是高原由西南向东北方向扩展的前缘位置，其新生代构造变形对揭示青藏高原隆升、扩展的过程与动力学机制具有重要的意义。柴达木盆地是青藏高原东北缘最大的新生代沉积盆地，发育巨厚的新生代地层，这些地层所记录的古地磁极旋转信息是定量约束柴达木盆地新生代以来构造变形发生的时间、方式与幅度的载体。本文以柴达木盆地北缘新生代地层出露良好、具有精确地层年代控制的路乐河剖面为研究对象，开展了古地磁极旋转研究，统计分析路乐河剖面24. 6~5. 2 Ma之间1477个可靠古地磁样品的特征剩磁方向(ChRM)，发现柴达木盆地北缘路乐河地区在24. 6~16. 4 Ma发生小幅度(不显著)的逆时针旋转，旋转角度约为8. 4°±6. 1°；16. 4~13. 9 Ma路乐河地区发生显著的顺时针旋转，旋转角度可达36. 1°±6. 0°；13. 9~5. 2 Ma 该地区未发生明显的构造旋转；5. 2 Ma以后路乐河地区逆时针旋转了~6°。结合柴达木盆地北缘区域构造变形的分析，我们提出柴达木盆地北缘路乐河地区在16. 4~13. 9 Ma 之间发生强烈的顺时针旋转构造变形(~36°)可能代表了盆地北缘中中新世遭受强烈的地壳差异缩短变形，从而成为高原最新形成的部分。     

The carbonated source region of Cenozoic mafic and ultra-mafic lavas from western Qinling: Implications for eastern mantle extrusion in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Cenozoic Indo-Asian collision caused significant crustal shortening in central Tibet. The strike-slip faults around the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are generally attributed to extrusion tectonics, resulting from lower crust flow. Therefore, the mantle extrusion site corresponding to the Cenozoic elevation of the TP needs to be identified. This paper reports the petrology and geochemistry of Cenozoic mafic and ultra-mafic volcanic rocks in the Xiahe and Lixian areas, at the northeastern margin of the TP. Detailed analysis indicates a regular change in partial melting conditions and source regions of the volcanic rocks from west to east, revealing a Cenozoic eastward mantle extrusion in the eastern margin of the TP. The Xiahe volcanic rocks display ocean island basalt affinity with negative K anomalies and positive Nb and Ta anomalies. They are alkaline with extremely high Na₂O/K₂O ratios and relatively enriched Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions, indicating that these basalts were derived from partial melting of carbonated pyroxenite. The Lixian picro-basalts are closely associated with igneous carbonatites. They have relatively high TiO₂ (3.47–4.66%) and MgO (11.24–18.88%) contents and low SiO₂ (41.14–44.82%) and Al₂O₃ (5.84–9.18%) contents. Based on the depleted Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions, we propose that the Lixian picro-basalts may have originated from the partial melting of carbonated lithosphere mantle peridotites at relatively high pressure (> 3 GPa). Minor hornblendite in their source region can account for the high TiO₂ and Na₂O + K₂O contents. Thus, we argue that these volcanic rocks were formed by episodic decompression melting of the carbonated mantle lithosphere during the eastward extrusion of the Tibetan lithosphere, in contrast to the conventional view that they were formed in a continental rift setting. Their partial melting and eruption processes may be closely related to the Cenozoic strike-slip fault activities in the northeastern margin of the TP.     

西秦岭晚白垩世原型盆地——新生代青藏高原隆起的背景

青藏高原是新生代隆升的构造地貌。本文试图通过对青藏高原东北缘的西秦岭上白垩统的研究, 揭示新生代青藏高原隆升之前的晚白垩世原型盆地和构造地貌背景, 这对探索青藏高原隆起过程的起始至关重要。西秦岭腹地岷县地区分布着一套角度不整合于下伏不同时代地层之上且沉积序列相近的上白垩统红层地层。该套红层现今呈离散分布, 故多被认为是西秦岭陆内造山阶段不同山间盆地或走滑拉分盆地的沉积物。对不同高程和露头上的该套红层与下伏地层之间角度不整合面地质特征对比分析, 特别是对不整合面之上含砾砂岩和砂岩的粒度组成和颗粒的显微结构研究表明, 该套红层底部的胶结砂砾岩和其上的红色砂岩皆具有沙漠沉积的特征, 也就是说西秦岭晚白垩世曾出现过干旱沙漠环境。沙漠环境的出现不仅需要干旱炎热气候条件, 而且需要相对平坦的地形地貌空间条件。据此, 本文提出了西秦岭在晚白垩世可能处于相对平缓的古地貌状态。现今这套红层不连续分布在相对平坦的山顶面, 其下部以洪积砾岩、河床砾岩和砂岩、沙漠相砂岩互层, 上部则以河—湖相红色泥岩、粉砂岩和细砂岩等细碎屑沉积为主。经研究分析认为西秦岭在上白垩统红层开始沉积之时, 总体已处于地形起伏不大的洪积平原和宽谷型河流地貌, 而晚期则演变为平坦湖盆地貌, 其原始盆地为统一宽缓的湖相盆地。现今上白垩统红层地层和角度不整合的弥散性分布是在印度板块—欧亚板块碰撞汇聚的动力学背景下, 青藏高原崛起和逆冲—走滑作用以及地壳不均匀抬升—侵蚀的结果。西秦岭晚白垩世相对平坦的古地貌状态确定可为研究西秦岭中新生代陆内构造过程和高原隆升与板内变形在东北缘的扩展提供重要线索和参考标志。     

青藏高原东北缘岩石圈-软流圈边界成像

青藏高原东北缘是研究高原隆升和演化的理想场所,其岩石圈结构记录了高原向外扩展的岩石圈变形行为和演化过程,本研究利用一条跨青藏高原东北缘的宽频带观测剖面(红原-景泰剖面)和部分甘肃、青海区域台网的远震体波波形资料,通过S波接收函数方法获得了青藏高原东北缘的岩石圈-软流圈边界(LAB)图像。结果表明:1)松潘-甘孜地体东北部和西秦岭造山带下方的岩石圈较薄,略向北加厚,其LAB深度为110~130 km,昆仑断层下方无明显岩石圈错断,推测松潘-甘孜地块与西秦岭造山带的岩石圈可能具有亲缘性; 2)祁连地块下方的岩石圈厚度为135~150 km,其中祁连造山带东缘的LAB震相不聚焦,反映复杂的造山带型岩石圈属性; 3)阿拉善地块下方岩石圈略向南加厚, LAB深度为130~150 km,呈向祁连造山带下方汇聚的趋势,但尚未通过海原断裂带; 4)鄂尔多斯地块下方的岩石圈较厚, LAB深度为160~170 km,反映其稳定的克拉通型岩石圈属性。     

青藏高原东北缘柳坪新生代苦橄玄武岩地球化学及其大陆动力学意义

柳坪苦橄玄武岩出露在青藏高原东北缘特殊的构造部位,位于青藏、华北和扬子三大构造域的交接转换区域。岩石形成年龄在23~7.1Ma之间,属于新近纪火山岩。岩石SiO2介于41.72%~42.82%之间,Na2OK2O,K2O/Na2O平均0.51,为一套典型的幔源钠质碱性玄武岩类。岩石微量及稀土元素具板内火山岩特征,Th、Rb等元素呈较明显的富集状态,而岩石显著的低K2O特征(0.48%~0.90%)明显不同于青藏高原北缘新生代钾质-超钾质火山岩系列。岩石87Sr/86Sr(0.704158~0.704668)、143Nd/144Nd(0.512831~0.513352)、206Pb/204Pb(18.729871~18.779184)、207Pb/204Pb(15.591395~15.602454)和208Pb/204Pb(39.097372~39.181458)等同位素变化特征具有显著的混源属性,投影点位于EMI、EMII、BSE及PREMA等典型地幔储库的过渡部位,并可能存在HIUM地幔源的部分参与,明显不同于单一地幔源局部熔融形成的玄武岩的同位素组成特征。表明新生代期间青藏东缘西秦岭-松潘地区受青藏、扬子及华北三大构造体系域的控制,西秦岭-松潘构造结处于从下部地幔到上部陆壳物质的总体汇聚拼贴阶段,地幔具有显著的混合特征。柳坪苦橄玄武岩正是在这种特定的构造背景下,由于新生代青藏高原软流圈地幔物质向东的流动,诱发西秦岭-松潘构造结多源混合的地幔橄榄岩局部熔融而形成。     

A high-resolution Late Holocene landscape ecological history inferred from an intramontane basin in the Western Taurus Mountains,Turkey

Late Holocene vegetation and geomorphological history is reconstructed from a 800 cm long high-resolution palynological and sedimentological record sampled from Bereket, a 6.3 km² semi-arid to sub-humid intramontane basin in the Western Taurus Mountains (southwest Turkey). The well-dated Bereket record provides from cal. 360 BC to cal. AD ∼400 a unique record of biennial-to-decadal landscape changes caused primarily by intensive human impacts against a background of global climate variations. During this period, land clearance with multiple fire episodes, intensive agricultural practices and grazing pressure profoundly altered the pre-existing warm mixed forest. Increasing moisture availability since cal. ∼280 BC has acted as a trigger to crop cultivation and mountain-adapted arboriculture starting with Juglans regia during the Beyşehir Occupation Phase. Pollen from olive groves have been recorded above 1400 m a.s.l. only at cal. ∼23 BC and have disappeared definitively at cal. AD ∼294. During this phase, the sediment accumulation rate was extremely high, reflecting landscape instability. From cal. AD 450 to recent times, the area has mainly recorded pasture and minor cultivation activities reflected in stable soils and thin colluvial depths.     

青藏高原东北缘西秦岭新生代抬升-天水盆地碎屑颗粒磷灰石裂变径迹记录

天水盆地位于青藏高原东北缘六盘山与西秦岭二重要构造带交汇处,该盆地充填较完整晚新生代沉积序列记录着该区构造变形历史,因此对该盆地沉积记录的研究对探讨青藏高原东北缘晚新生代构造活动事件具有重要的意义。通过对天水盆地晚新生代砂岩和含砾砂岩地层中碎屑颗粒磷灰石裂变径迹热年代学研究,推断23.7Ma左右天水盆地北部沉积物源区西秦岭发生了一次与青藏高原隆升有关的构造—热事件,该事件可能导致天水盆地的形成,并开始接受新近系冲积相沉积。约14.1Ma左右天水盆地物源区再次发生构造活动,使西秦岭剥露速率加快和盆地进一步拗陷广泛接受河湖相沉积。通过对剥蚀速率的估算,得出天水盆地沉积记录的23.7Ma和14.1Ma西秦岭北部快速抬升事件的平均剥蚀速率分别达0.34mm/a和1.05mm/a。      

青藏高原东北缘寺口子剖面碎屑锆石示踪及其构造意义

位于青藏高原东北缘的寺口子剖面发育巨厚的新生代沉积地层,分析这些沉积物的碎屑来源能够为高原东北缘构造变形过程提供重要证据。本文在寺口子剖面磁性地层年代的约束下,对该剖面27～4 Ma的砂岩样品进行了碎屑锆石示踪研究。研究结果显示27~12 Ma的砂岩样品中锆石U-Pb年龄主要分布在200～470 Ma（以230 Ma、440 Ma为峰值年龄）1600-1890 Ma、2100-2450 Ma,与>12 Ma的砂岩样品相比,7 Ma的砂岩样品中新增了锆石U-Pb年龄为720-980 Ma的年龄峰值;4 Ma的砂岩样品中锆石U-Pb年龄谱主要为200～490 Ma。这些样品中,1600-1890 Ma与2100-2450 Ma的锆石εHf(t)值偏负（-31.1～5.1）,720-980 Ma的锆石具有负的εHf(t)值为-15.1～-1.7, 200～470 Ma的锆石εHf(t)值范围较宽-11.2～12.5。通过与周围构造单元对比,发现1600-1890 Ma与2100-2450 Ma的锆石可能源于与鄂尔多斯地块西缘,720-980 Ma的锆石与宁夏中部的南华山、西华山岩石具有亲缘性,U-Pb年龄为200～470 Ma的锆石则与六盘山南部岩浆岩的锆石U-Pb年龄一致。寺口子剖面碎屑锆石示踪与半定量估算表明：六盘山南部可能在27 Ma已隆升、变形,成为宁夏南部盆地的物源区,而宁夏南部盆地晚中新世的物源变迁可能反映了海原-六盘山断裂的强烈构造变形。     

Cenozoic reactivation along the Late Triassic Ganzi-Litang suture,eastern Tibetan Plateau

The spatial-temporal development of Cenozoic reactivation along Mesozoic suture zones in the Tibetan Plateau are first-order parameters needed for assessing models of plateau growth. The Ganzi-Litang suture, in the eastern Tibetan Plateau, developed in the Late Triassic because of subduction and closure along the eastern branch of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. Near the city of Litang, the Ganzi-Litang suture is defined by a mélange sequence with fault-bound, synorogenic nonmarine strata along the western and eastern flanks, suggesting post-Triassic structural reactivation. We present detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and field data to determine the timing and style of reactivation along the Ganzi-Litang suture, as well as sedimentary provenance of nonmarine strata.A reverse fault placing mélange rock on top of nonmarine strata along the eastern flank of the Ganzi-Litang suture indicates a contractional deformational regime during reactivation. Conglomerate clast counts indicate a local sediment source of recycled Ganzi-Litang suture and Yidun terrane rock. Detrital zircons indicate a localized provenance consisting of recycled material from Triassic Yidun Arc plutons and Triassic Yidun Group turbidite rock. A weighted mean average of Cenozoic zircon grains (n ​= ​10) establishes a maximum depositional age of 41.5 ​± ​1.2 ​Ma for nonmarine strata in the Ganzi-Litang suture. We interpret the maximum depositional age of the nonmarine strata to represent the upper-limit for structural reactivation along the Ganzi-Litang suture while undeformed Neogene strata in the suture zone represent the lower-limit; thereby bracketing structural reactivation from ca. 42–25 ​Ma. Our results provide enhanced spatial-temporal resolution for Cenozoic deformation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau.     

大别造山带东南缘中新生代盆地类型探讨

大别造山带东南缘中新生代盆地是一个多成因的叠合盆地,不同学者对其在不同演化阶段的成因特征和形成机制认识有较大差异。根据构造演化、盆地成因和性质、沉积特征、成盆时的应力状态和地球动力学过程等特点划分出大别造山带东南缘中新生代沉积盆地四种类型,提出了盆地的形成与演化经历了中晚三叠世前陆盆地,早中侏罗世坳陷盆地、晚侏罗世-早白垩世早期火山喷发-沉积盆地、早白垩世中期—古近纪裂陷盆地和新近纪的坳陷盆地共5个阶段的新观点,统一了对大别造山带东南缘中新生代盆地成因类型及其形成机制的认识,对深化盆地性质认识、正确评估盆地资源有重要意义。     

A geochemical record of Late Cenozoic sedimentation history in the southern Netherlands

A sediment-geochemical study was performed on unconsolidated Upper Cenozoic siliclastic sediments from an area in the south of the Netherlands. Glauconite-rich sediments (Breda Fm) show high K contents and low Ba/K ratios. Major shifts in sediment composition as a result of changes in the Rhine system and of shifts between Rhine and Scheldt provenance, as known from heavy-mineral studies, are also recorded in changes in the grain-size-dependent variations between Al, Na and K. Pleistocene Rhine sediments (Tegelen Fm) show higher Na contents than Pliocene Rhine sediments (Oosterhout and Kiezeloöliet Fms) and Scheldt-derived material (Kedichem Fm), probably as a result of larger contents of sodic plagioclase. Scheldt-derived sediments show low K/Al ratios as a result of a smectite-dominated clay-mineralogical composition and low contents of micas, whereas Rhine-derived sediments have high K/Al ratios which reflect an illite-kaolinite-dominated clay mineralogy and higher contents of muscovite. The presence of siderite causes high Fe contents in the Tegelen Fm in the east of the area, suggesting a fresh-water depositional environment. Increased Mg contents in the siderite-bearing sections of the Tegelen Fm and in parts of the Oosterhout and Kiezeloöliet Fms are probably caused by the presence of minor amounts of dolomite. Localized high concentrations of (pyrite-) S are not only found in the marine Oosterhout Fm and the estuarine Tegelen Fm, but also in the fluviatile Kiezeloöliet and Kedichem Fms, which indicates at least minor marine transgressions during their deposition.     

西秦岭嘉陵江上游瞬时地貌发育特征

西秦岭位于青藏高原东北缘,是青藏高原晚新生代构造扩展的前缘部位。西秦岭地区发育的一系列河流水系作为高原物质向外扩展的载体,记录了高原扩展过程中的地貌演化信息。本文选取西秦岭嘉陵江上游的支流作为研究对象,以河流纵剖面的形态和陡峭指数的空间分布为基础数据,初步分析了嘉陵江上游的地貌特征及其影响因素。结果表明,嘉陵江上游地貌演化处于瞬时状态,裂点以上的低陡峭指数区域代表了残余地貌,裂点以下高陡峭指数区域是裂点响应基准面下降后形成的新地貌。通过对比区域岩性和降水条件发现,岩性和降水对河流裂点发育以及陡峭指数的影响是有限的,河流裂点的发育和陡峭指数的变化主要受控于区域构造抬升引起的基准面下降。陡峭指数的空间分布特征表明构造作用对地貌发育起了重要的塑造作用。西秦岭瞬时地貌的发育是对印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞汇聚以来的远程效应的响应。     

青藏高原西北缘晚新生代构造变形研究

晚新生代,印亚碰撞的远程效应使青藏高原周缘发生了强烈的构造变形和隆升作用,然而不同学者对高原强烈构造变形和隆升时代的认识却大相径庭。本文通过对青藏高原西北缘晚新生代褶皱冲断带的构造变形、沉积作用、岩浆活动与地貌响应等的综合研究,依据古新统至中新统地层的连续沉积和产状的协调一致,提出青藏高原西北缘在古新世—中新世末并未发生区域性强烈的构造变形,并基于褶皱、生长地层、楔顶沉积和冲断带中局部不整合等标定青藏高原西北缘强烈构造变形的时代为上新世—早更新世,其中最强烈的构造变形发生于西域砾岩沉积结束阶段,即约1.1～0.7Ma的昆黄运动最终使中更新世以前地层全面褶皱-抬升,形成区域性的乌苏群与西域砾岩之间的角度不整合,这为青藏高原西北缘晚新生代的构造变形提供了关键的构造地质学证据;同时,根据磷灰石裂变径迹的研究成果提出青藏高原西北缘的主要隆升可能是在上新世—早更新世通过高原边缘的边界断层系以后展式逆冲扩展作用抬升形成的,并就裂变径迹热历史模拟的剥蚀厚度提出西域砾岩很可能主要来自高原边缘地形变化最剧烈的陡坡带,支持西域砾岩属构造成因的认识。