Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Thrust Structures in the Eastern Margin of Pamir Salient: Insights from Analogue Modeling and DiscussionEI北大核心CSCD

Two models with different boundary conditions were carried out to simulate the structural evolution of the Kekeya-Hetian fold-and-thrust belt and Kashi-Yecheng strike-slip belt in the eastern margin of Pamir salient, respectively. The analogue modeling results show that: (1) Both of the Kekeya-Hetian fold-and-thrust belt and Kashi-Yecheng strike-slip belt in the eastern margin of Pamir salient were formed under compressive shearing. Strike-slip faults occurred within both of the belts, but the displacement of these strike-slip faults in the Kekeya-Hetian fold-and-thrust belt is less than that in the Kashi-Yecheng strike-slip belt; (2) The Kekeya-Hetian fold-and-thrust belt is mainly under the influence of compression stress with weaker shearing stress while the Kashi-Yecheng strike-slip belt is mainly under the influence of shearing stress with oblique compressive stress. The strike-slip faults are mainly located in the piedmont within these two belts. The effect of the strike-slip fault diminishes towards the front of the thrust belt (to the interior basin); (3) In the front of the boundary strike-slip faults (to the interior basin), the intersecting arc thrust faults occurred successively along the shortening direction. These structural features demonstrated that the structures evolved northwards in the eastern margin of Pamir salient; (4) The oblique compression does not necessarily result in high angle faults or vertical faults, whereas low-middle angle thrust faults with strike-slip displacement are also possible. Hence, more attention should be paid to such thrust faults during the structural analysis of seismic profiles in the eastern margin of Pamir salient (e.g. the structural belts in piedmont of western Tarim Basin). © 2017, Science Press. All right reserved.     

帕米尔突刺东缘冲断带构造形成机制:物理模拟及讨论

利用物理模拟实验,建立了两个不同边界条件的模型分别模拟帕米尔突刺东缘柯克亚-和田褶皱冲断带和喀什-叶城转换断层带的逆冲走滑构造演化过程,进而分析和讨论了研究区构造变形特征和变形机制。物理模拟实验结果表明:(1)帕米尔突刺东缘的柯克亚-和田褶皱冲断带和喀什-叶城转换断层带均形成于压扭应力场作用下,发育明显断层走滑现象,前者逆冲前缘断层兼具左行走滑特征,后者逆冲前缘断层则具右行走滑特征,但前者总体走滑量明显小于后者;(2)帕米尔突刺东缘的柯克亚-和田褶皱冲断带和喀什-叶城转换断层带走滑作用均主要位于山前边界断层带,越靠近逆冲前缘(盆地内部),走滑效应越微弱,挤压效应越明显;(3)在边界走滑断层前缘(往盆地方向),弧形断裂由挤压方向向前依次产生,并且斜向相交,验证了帕米尔东缘冲断带构造演化符合自南向北依次变新的规律;(4)在斜向压扭作用过程中,走滑断层构造带不一定发育明显的高角度甚至直立的断层,也可能表现为逆冲叠瓦构造楔样式,形成走滑逆断层,故在进行帕米尔突刺东缘(如塔西南山前)地震剖面构造解析时应充分关注这种构造类型。     

Effect of Rheology and Thickness Variation of Basal Detachment on Fold-and-Thrust Belts: Numerical SimulationEI北大核心CSCD

Detachment is the prime factor affecting the fold-and-thrust belts. In order to investigate the effect of rheology and thickness variation of basal detachment on fold-and-thrust belts, numerical simulations are carried out by using two dimensional plane strain mechanical models with elastoplastic or viscoelastoplastic material behavior solved with the finite difference software FLAC. Universal mudstone detachment has frictional property. Such fold-and-thrust belts are simulated with elastoplastic constitutive model. In contrast, salt detachment has creep property, so viscoelastoplastic constitutive models are employed for these fold-and-thrust belts. The results show that rheology and thickness of basal detachment influence the fold-and-thrust belts greatly. When the detachment is mudstone, the typical structural style of imbricate fan will develop, also the propagating forward piggy-back thrust sequence; however, when the detachment is salt, structural style will show Jura-type consisted of a series of anticlines and synclines, and out-of-sequence thrusts will appear. Varieties of thickness of basal mudstone detachment will change eventual surface slope of the fold-and-thrust belts, but have little effect on the structural styles and thrust sequence. For salt detachment, the effect is significant, no matter where the thickest detachment distributes, most strongly deformation and the highest surface will be located there. Thickening of salt detachment combined with slight thinning of overburden strata from hinterland to foreland will result in uncommon structural style and thrust sequence: back thrusts and backward propagating. These differences are mainly due to the much smaller shear strength of salt than that of mudstone. © 2017, Science Press. All right reserved.     

底部滑脱层流变性和厚度变化对褶皱冲断带影响的数值模拟

滑脱层是影响褶皱冲断带的第一因素。为了探讨底部滑脱层流变性和厚度变化对褶皱冲断带的影响,本文通过二维有限差分软件FLAC开展了数值模拟研究。常见的泥岩滑脱层具摩擦性质,此类冲断带采用弹塑性模型;而盐岩滑脱层具蠕变性质,此类冲断带则采用黏弹塑性模型。结果表明,底部滑脱层流变性以及厚度对冲断带的变形影响很大。当滑脱层为泥岩时,发育典型的叠瓦状构造样式,变形序列为背驮式向前扩展的有序序列。而当滑脱层为盐岩时,发育背、向斜相间排列的侏罗山式构造样式,并以无序序列演化。底部滑脱层厚度的变化,对泥岩滑脱层的冲断带而言,主要改变其表面坡角,对构造样式和演化序列影响不大;但对盐岩滑脱层的冲断带影响很大,不管滑脱层最厚的地方分布在后陆还是前陆,变形都会最强烈,地表凸起最高。从后陆向前陆加厚的盐岩滑脱层结合由后陆向前陆略为减薄的上覆地层可产生罕见的后冲、后展式演化序列。这些变形的差异主要是由于盐岩比泥岩具有小得多的剪切强度所致。     

Thermal structure of active thrust belts

Abstract In order to study the thermal structure of active thrust belts, we have developed a numerical model of conductive heat transfer between thrust sheets during deformation. Our finite difference approach alternates small, instantaneous increments of displacement and isotherm translation with conductive relaxation of perturbed isotherms. In each step, conduction occurs for a length of time equal to the displacement increment divided by the thrust velocity. Computer simulations demonstrate that conductive heat transfer is significant during deformation and that temperatures in hanging-wall rocks decrease while temperatures in foot-wall rocks increase over distances of up to 10 km from the thrust surface. When the effects of internal heat production are also calculated, heating of foot-wall rocks exceeds cooling of hanging-wall rocks. Rocks located between two thrusts may experience a complicated temperature–time path of early heating followed by cooling. These models help to explain the rapid metamorphism of rocks in the Taconian thrust belt in the northern Appalachians of New England soon after deposition of the youngest sediments.     

基于粒子成像测速(PIV)技术的褶皱冲断构造物理模拟

本文设计完成了三种双滑脱层模型的物理模拟实验,并运用粒子成像测速(PIV,Particle Image Velocimetry)技术计算出实验过程中各阶段模型剖面上的速度场分布,进而对褶皱冲断带的运动学过程和变形机制进行讨论。实验结果表明,双滑脱层模型中,基底滑脱层控制了整体的构造样式,浅部滑脱层决定局部的浅层构造。笔者等将实验结果与龙门山褶皱冲断带南段双滑脱体系构造进行了比较,验证了这一结论。PIV分析显示,逆冲断层的产生经历一个平行层缩短的变形过程。该过程在塑性层上、下具有明显差异,塑性层上的变形传递得更快更远。当缩短进行到一定阶段,断层开始发育,发生初始破裂,断层下盘的变形消失,应变集中在断面上,断层上盘沿断面同步逆冲。     

塔里木盆地西部喀什地区的新生代冲断构造

利用新近获得的地球物理资料并结合前人的研究成果研究了塔里木盆地西部喀什地区的冲断构造特征.天山南缘冲断带西段(巴什布拉克构造带)以倾伏的短轴背斜为特征,东段(乌恰-阿图什-喀什构造带)以3排枢纽近平行的线性背斜为特征.西昆仑北缘冲断带中褶皱相对不太发育,西北段(肖尔布拉克构造带)的前锋不是原来普遍认为的乌帕尔断层,而是其北部隐没在克孜勒苏河之下的一条无名逆冲断层.在乌恰以西,由于南天山与西昆仑相距较近,肖尔布拉克构造带的前锋与巴什布拉克构造带的前锋相互交切改造,不显示明显的早晚关系;在乌恰以东,南、北两条冲断带基本被喀什深洼陷阻隔.两个冲断带都在上新世中-晚期成型,第四纪以来仍受到强烈改造.西昆仑北缘冲断带主要以无序的方式扩展,天山南缘冲断带则主要以后展的方式扩展.冲断带的前锋断层主要是盲冲断层,这使得冲断带内,特别是南天山南缘冲断带内的背斜圈闭得以比较好地保存下来,对油气勘探具有重要意义.     

褶皱逆冲带临界角模型的研究进展

回顾了逆冲楔临界角模型的发展,总结了影响逆冲楔临界角变化的诸多因素。这些因素并不是彼此独立地影响逆冲楔的运动和变形,而往往是几种机制联合起作用,在不同的逆冲带中起作用的因素也不同。该模型的应用主要集中在解释现今仍处在活动中的增生楔和前陆地区的变形。但由于该模型存在明显的缺点,因此很少将该模型应用于古老逆冲构造带的前陆地区和逆冲构造带后陆方向上的变形解释上。中国是一个逆冲推覆构造极为发育的国家,因此应该选择几个典型地区进行详细的解剖和论证,一方面可以进一步正确认识这些地区的变形特征、规律、甚至地震活动性,另一方面也可以进一步验证临界角模型的适用性。     

帕米尔-西昆仑北麓新生代前陆褶皱冲断带构造剖面分析

依据帕米尔—西昆仑北麓新生代前陆褶皱冲断带 3条构造剖面的详细分析,发现帕米尔—西昆仑北麓除山根地带发育高角度断层外,基本上以低角度逆掩断层为主,形成与逆冲推覆构造相关的褶皱变形。乌泊尔地区表现为由山脉向塔里木盆地滑移的隐伏冲断层和上覆褶皱;苏盖特—齐姆根—甫沙地区表现为山前的三角带和向盆地扩展的两排背斜带。帕米尔—西昆仑北麓前陆褶皱冲断带的主要构造变形时间始于上新世早期(距今约 4.6Ma),断层、褶皱的变形时代由山前向盆地逐步变新,变形强度由山脉向塔里木盆地逐步减弱。帕米尔—西昆仑北麓前陆褶皱冲断带的构造缩短量为 20～70km,缩短率为 35%～50%。     

Neotectonic fault analysis by 2D finite element modeling for studying the Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt in Nepal

This paper examines the neotectonic stress field and faulting in the fold-and-thrust belt of the Nepal Himalaya using the 2D finite element technique, incorporating elastic material behavior under plane strain conditions. Three structural cross-sections (eastern, central and western Nepal), where the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) has different geometries, are used for the simulation, because each profile is characterized by different seismicity and neotectonic deformation. A series of numerical models are presented in order to understand the influence of a mid-crustal ramp on the stress field and on neotectonic faulting. Results show that compressive and tensional stress fields are induced to the north and south of the mid-crustal ramp, and consequently normal faults are developed in the thrust sheets moving on the mid-crustal ramp. Since the shear stress accumulation along the northern flat of the MHT is entirely caused by the mid-crustal ramp, this suggests that, as in the past, the MHT will be reactivated in a future large (M_w > 8) earthquake. The simulated fault pattern explains the occurrence of several active faults in the Nepal Himalaya. In all models, the distribution of the horizontal σ₁ (maximum principal stress) is consistent with the sequence of thrusting observed in the fold-and-thrust belt of the Himalaya. Failure elements around the flat–ramp–flat coincide with the microseismic events in the area, which are believed to release elastic stress partly during interseismic periods.     

The role of salt in fold-and-thrust belts

The style of deformation in thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belts is critically dependent upon the resistance to sliding along the detachment between the mass of deforming sediments and the underlying rocks. Evaporites can provide an extremely weak horizon within which a basal detachment can form and along which only a relatively small shear traction can be supported. Fold-and-thrust belts that form atop a salt layer, such as the Appalachian Plateau, the Franklin Mountains in northwestern Canada, and the Jura of the Alps, among others, share several readily observable characteristics. As predicted by a simple mechanical model for fold-and-thrust belts, a detachment in salt permits a thrust belt to have an extremely narrow cross-sectional taper. In addition, predicted orientations of the principal stress axes over a salt décollement are consistent with the commonly observed lack of a consistently dominant vergence direction of structures within the thrust belt. Other common attributes of salt-basal thin-skinned deformation include the presence of several widely but regularly spaced folds and abrupt changes in deformational style at the edge of the salt basin.     

天山南北缘前陆冲断构造对比研究及其油气藏形成的构造控制因素分析

天山南北缘分别发育了库车前陆冲断带和乌鲁木齐前陆冲断带,南缘前陆冲断带发育4排褶皱冲断构造,北缘前陆冲断带发育3排褶皱冲断构造。天山南北缘前陆冲断构造形成时间的对比研究表明,南缘第一排构造带起始时间为23.3Ma,构造形变从山前由北向南依次展开;北缘第一排构造带的形成时限为10~8Ma,构造形变从山前开始由南向北依次展开。平衡剖面研究表明,天山南北缘地壳缩短率也存在明显差异,南缘前陆冲断带地壳缩短率为31%~59%,北缘前陆冲断带地壳缩短率为15.13%~23.74%,南缘构造缩短量要大于北缘,这种差异正是印度板块和欧亚板块碰撞的远距离构造效应从南向北传播造成的,也真实反映了天山的陆内造山过程。目前天山南缘前陆变形构造中已经发现几个规模较大的油气田,北缘虽有多处油气显示和油气田的发现,但数量和规模均较南缘少和小。天山南北缘生储盖等石油地质条件基本相似,大型油气藏形成的差异可能主要是由天山南北缘前陆冲断带启动时间的不同造成的。     

Structural geometry and deformation mechanism of the Longquan anticline in the Longmen Shan fold-and-thrust belt,eastern Tibet

The 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake is a consequence of ongoing India-Tibet collision and reflects the growth of the Longmen Shan fold-and-thrust belt. In this paper, we present new constraints on the deformation mechanism of the Longmen Shan fold-and-thrust belt, by comparing the physical models to the example of the Longmen Shan fold-and-thrust belt. The result indicates that the deformation mechanism of the belt is mainly dominated by the pre-Sinian layer, whereas locally is controlled by the Lower Triassic layer, such as the Longquan anticline. In addition, we discuss the deformation style of the Longquan anticline various along strike, based on the seismic reflection data, interpretations of structural cross-sections and field observations, as well as physical modeling. The sandbox modeling suggests that the deformation of the central segment of Longquan anticline is likely controlled by higher displacement rate, higher erosion and lower sedimentation, which is in contrast with the southern and northern segment. Moreover, the structural geometry of the central segment of Longquan anticline is more complex than the end-member models of fault-related folds, which is mainly controlled by pure-shear wedge fault-bend fold and bounded by west-verging thrust fault.Combining the studies of the structural geometry, deformation mechanism, and previous studies, we infer that the Longquan anticline is active and potentially seismogenic. Therefore, a quantitative re-evaluation of seismic hazard in Longquan anticline and adjacent area directly beneath the densely populated Sichuan basin is urgently needed.     

Kinematics of large scale asymmetric folds and associated smaller scale brittle — Ductile structures in the proterozoic somnur formation, pranhita — Godavari Valley, South India

The development of structural elements and finite strain data are analysed to constrain kinematics of folds and faults at various scales within a Proterozoic fold-and-thrust belt in Pranhita-Godavari basin, south India. The first order structures in this belt are interpreted as large scale buckle folds above a subsurface decollement emphasizing the importance of detachment folding in thin skinned deformation of a sedimentary prism lying above a gneissic basement. That the folds have developed through fixed-hinge buckling is constrained by the nature of variation of mesoscopic fabric over large folds and finite strain data. Relatively low, irrotational flattening strain (X:Z-3.1-4.8, k<1) are associated with zones of near upright early mesoscopic folds and cleavage, whereas large flattening strain (X:Z-3.9-7.3, k<1) involving noncoaxiality are linked to domains of asymmetric, later inclined folds, faults and intense cleavage on the hanging wall of thrusts on the flanks of large folds. In the latter case, the bulk strain can be factorized to components of pure shear and simple shear with a maximum shearing strain of 3. The present work reiterates the importance of analysis of minor structures in conjunction with strain data to unravel the kinematic history of fold-and-thrust belts developed at shallow crustal level.     

Strain,displacement and rotation associated with the formation of curvature in fold belts; the example of the Jura arc

A new simplified genetic classification scheme for arcuate fold–thrust belts is proposed. Based on total strain patterns and displacement vector fields, we distinguish three extreme end-member models: (1) `Oroclines', pure bending of an initially straight belt, (2) `Piedmont glacier' with divergent transport directions and (3) `Primary arcs'. A simple geometric model set-up for the simulation of strain patterns in primary arcs with uniform transport direction demonstrates that divergent strain trajectories and rotations of passive marker lines do not require any divergence in displacement directions. These often quoted arguments are insufficient for the identification of `Oroclinal bending' or `Piedmont glacier' type of arc formation. Only three-dimensional restorations of an arc provide the critical information about displacement directions. In their absence, arc parallel stretches and rotations in comparison with total strains provide the most useful criteria for the distinction of arc formation modes. As an example, the Jura fold–thrust belt of the external Alps is discussed. A large set of strain data includes total shortening estimates based on balanced cross-sections, local strain axes orientations from the inversion of fault populations [Homberg, C., 1996. Unpublished PhD thesis, Université de Paris VI (France)], tectonic stylolites and micro-strains from twinning in sparry calcite. Strain trajectories (maximum shortening direction) computed from these data define a strongly divergent fan with a 90° opening. A complete displacement vector field for the entire Jura has been determined from balanced cross-sections augmented with three-dimensional `block mosaic' restorations [Philippe, Y., 1995. Unpublished PhD thesis, Université de Chambéry (France)]. Displacement vectors diverge by about 40°, markedly less than strain trajectories. The non-parallelism between strain trajectories and transport directions indicates that considerable wrenching deformation did occur in both limbs of the Jura arc. Paleomagnetically determined clockwise rotations of 0–13° from ten sites (Kempf, O., et al., Terra Nova 10, 6–10) behind the right-hand half of the Jura arc and two sites with a combined 23° anticlockwise rotation behind the left-hand half of the arc are and additional argument in favor of such a wrenching deformation. We conclude that the Jura arc formed as a `Primary arc' with a minor component of `Piedmont glacier' type divergence in transport directions.     

Local displacement rate cycles in the life of a fold-thrust belt

The evolution of minor structures during the growth of major folds and thrusts, in the Chartreuse district of the French Subalpine thrust belt, shows that each thrust evolved through a phase of distributed faulting, major thrust propagation and displacement, followed by distributed shear modification of the hanging-wall fold. Microstructural studies suggest that the distributed faulting phases, early and late in the history, were characterized by strain rates limited by diffusive mass transfer processes ( c . 10^-15-10^-16 s^-1). Faulting whose rate is limited by DMT is too slow on its own to accommodate the regional time-averaged shortening rates for the thrust belt as a whole, implying that the slow thrusts operated in tandem with those major, fast thrusts where deformation was primarily cataclastic. Consequently each thrust anticline experienced a displacement rate cycle and an array of thrust anticlines must amplify simultaneously. These interpretations raise important issues for the dynamics of fault populations, the evolution of thrust wedges and the history of fluid migration in thrust belts.     

柴达木盆地北缘反S形褶皱冲断带变形机制的物理模拟研究

阿尔金断裂走滑变形的侧向传递十分有限,难以解释柴达木盆地北缘反S形褶皱冲断带的形成。本文设计的一组具有不同性质基底条件的弧形边界砂箱实验表明:刚性块体边界形态控制了褶皱冲断带走向和构造格局,同时基底力学性质也有部分影响作用,因而可用“刚性块体弧形边界联合作用”来解释其形成,即:1)冷湖反S形褶皱冲断带的形成是赛什腾山前弧形边界与昆特依凹陷弧形边界联合作用的结果;2)鄂博梁反S形褶皱冲断带的形成是昆特依凹陷与一里坪凹陷弧形边界联合作用的结果;3)位于一里坪凹陷南侧、与阿尔金断裂左行走滑变形呈反牵引关系的褶皱冲断带则与该凹陷西南侧向南西突出的弧形边界有关。     

中国中西部前陆冲断带构造演化及变形特征

前陆冲断带可以分为3种基本类型:弧后前陆型、周缘前陆型和再生前陆型冲断带。相对国外典型前陆冲断带,中国中西部前陆冲断带在构造演化和变形方面具有独特性,属于再生前陆型冲断带,普遍经历了两期逆冲构造变形、或者"伸展-挤压-伸展-挤压"多期构造变形的叠加。中国中西部的再生前陆冲断带多具有"分带、分段和分层"的结构特征,表现出以主干断裂为界往往可以划分为若干个冲断变形带,沿走向方向表现为几个在构造变形上具有明显差异的变形区段,在垂向上由于滑脱层的发育表现出不协调的分层收缩、上下叠置的变形特征。     

Basin-range coupling structure and deformation features of the eastern cenozoic foreland basin in SW TarimEI北大核心CSCD

The Cenozoic foreland basin at the southwestern Tarim basin was inflicted by both N-S compression of the west Kunlun orogen and northward indentation of the Pamir, which led to significant variations in structural architecture and deformation style. New results from interpretations of seismic profiles in the east segment of the basin are presented here to discuss such spatial variation in structural deformation and temporal variation in structural evolution. The results suggest that the segment commonly exhibits significant northward thrusting, coupled with flexural basin subsidence. Broad fold-and-thrust belt (FTB) is evidenced in the profiles with its front reaching Jiede anticline, resulting in a structural architecture of superposition of the FTB and foredeep of the flexural basin. In the vertical view, the segment is featured by basement-involved deformation belt overlain by detachment deformation belt. The first row of the deformation belt presents spatial variation in structure. The west Kedong portion exhibits anticlines controlled by thrust wedge that has been reworked by dextrally strike-slipping. In contrast, the east Keliyang portion is featured by mainly thrust deformation. Combined with the results from growth strata and magnetostratigraphy, we suggest that the segment presents a northwardly forward breaking pattern, with the deformation occurring along the Kedong belt during the early Pliocene, within the Kekeya belt at early- to mid-Pliocene and in the Guman-Heshitage belt during early- to mid-Pleistocene. ©, 2015, Science Press. All right reserved.     

褶皱冲断带构造砂箱物理模型研究进展

地壳浅层次褶皱冲断带普遍受控于具耦合互馈特性的多种机制或边界条件,从而具有长期的构造演化过程和复杂的构造特征。自19世纪初以来,基于地质构造过程自相似性和"无理有效性"的砂箱物理模型,为解译褶皱冲断带的演化过程及其动力学机制等提供了独立有效的手段。本文主要基于国内外地壳浅表褶皱冲断带构造变形过程为研究对象的构造砂箱物理模型研究结果与进展进行综述性报道,以期为同行提供参考与借鉴。基于与地壳浅表地层具相似流变学特性的砂箱物理模拟研究,揭示出地壳浅层次构造变形过程普遍自相似性生长过程,符合库伦临界楔理论。褶皱冲断带挤压变形过程中,基底特性(基底几何学、有效摩擦角、基底耦合性和流体超压)、变形物质特性(空间几何学、能干层、流变学和非均一性)、动力学机制(砂箱几何边界、汇聚速率和汇聚方向)、浅表作用(剥蚀和沉降)等对于地壳浅表构造变形过程具有明显的控制作用。构造砂箱物理模型在解译不同构造变形过程与机制的研究中发挥着越来越突出的作用。