Geometries and mechanism of folds in sediments on the southern Huanghai Sea shelf

1Intraduction Foldsinconsolidatedstrataareoftendocumen ted.Butfoldsinloosely consolidatedsedimentsare rarelydiscussed,probablybecauseofthefollowings:(1)folddeformationsinloosely consolidatedsedi mentsareweakortheyhavebeendestroyed;(2)tectonicactivityhasbe…     

伶仃洋南部断裂构造特征

利用综合地球物理调查资料研究了伶仃洋南部断裂构造的位置、延伸方向和产状特征。结果表明,在伶仃洋南部的断裂是陆域断裂在海域的延伸,以基岩断裂为主,少数断裂影响到第四系沉积物,并表现出分段活动性。海域NE—ENE向断裂与两侧陆域的NE—ENE向断裂连接在一起,构成一条完整的NE—ENE向断裂构造体系。NW向断裂活动时代晚于NE—ENE向断裂,其右行走滑运动将NE—ENE向断裂截切和错移。形成这一构造格局的主要动力来自新生代以来南海的拉张作用以及澳洲板块南北向的推挤作用。     

南黄海陆架沉积物中褶皱的形态及成因

更新世以来南黄海陆架具有构造活动性强、沉积厚度大(100~300m)、褶皱变形保存完整等特点,是研究未固结沉积物中褶皱变形的理想“实验室”.高分辨率单道地震剖面揭示了南黄海陆架沉积物中具有不同几何形态的三种褶皱:(1)断层相关褶皱(包括断层扩展褶皱和断层牵引褶皱);(2)横向弯曲褶皱;(3)复合作用褶皱.对褶皱的成因和几何形态的研究表明,控制未固结沉积物中褶皱形成的因素是基底断层及其形成的断块,而不是区域应力场.大量孔隙水可能对沉积物的几何形变具有重要的影响作用.沉积物中断层扩展褶皱和牵引褶皱在形变程度上具有连续性,说明两者在成因上存在联系.断层扩展褶皱可能引发的地震活动和变形带在海洋工程地质评估中应受到重视.     

东海陆架盆地南部中生代断裂系统与盆地结构

以东海陆架盆地南部为研究对象,运用丰富的二维地震资料,在对中生界断裂体系精细刻画的基础上,分析了断裂的展布特征,并就断裂系统对盆地结构的控制作用进行了研究,结果表明：该区域中生界断裂系统十分发育,断层表现出张性或张扭性特征并具有多期活动的特点;根据断裂平面展布及组合特征,可划分出3类构造样式,8种断裂组合;根据断裂发育时间,可将断裂的活动期次划分为燕山期和喜山期;受控于NE和NNE向的断裂系统,中生界盆地构造格局表现为“三凹两凸”结构特征;断裂发育的时间及特点对中生界盆地的构造演化和沉积过程起着重要的控制作用。     

渤海海域构造应力场演化及其在油气聚集中的作用

渤海海域位于渤海湾盆地东部,在盆地区域动力学背景下,形成了渤海海域特征的沉积和构造环境。渤海海域新生代具有早期断陷、后期拗陷的特点,断裂以NE-NNE走向为主,其次是EW走向,再次是NW走向。通过区域构造演化和沉积体系的深入研究,将海域新生代地质构造活动按构造应力的方向、大小和其他构造形变参数划分为4个期次:①古新世;②始新世-渐新世;③中新世-早更新世;④晚更新世至今。在一系列构造演化过程中,构造应力场的变化对海域内的3组主要断裂具有重要的影响。不同方向的断裂在不同阶段应力场的作用下,所表现的特征和对油气的控制作用是不同的,尤其是NNE-NE向断裂在构造演化过程中多次具有走滑活动,油气主要聚集在走滑作用所派生的局部圈闭或附近存在的构造弱化带中。     

北黄海及其围域地区北北西和北东东向断裂的岩组学

北黄海位于辽东半岛,山东半岛与朝鲜之间,海域及周围地区广泛发育了北东东向和北北西向断裂,据物探资料,它们控制了中、新生代盆地的成生与发展。我们通过部分同方向断裂的岩组学研究,将岩组动力学分析的观点引进岩组图的解释,获得了几点新认识: (1)显微统计测量得到的信息与宏观构造分析有机地结合起来,是对一个地区进行变形史分析的有效研究方法。 (2)以石英在变形过程中仅能以菱面或锥面为主要滑动面为基础,分析北黄海围域断裂的岩组图形,得出了与宏观一致的结论。 (3)北黄海及周围地区的北东东向和北北西向断裂,在第三纪末改变了一次动力学性质,是起因于太平洋板块运动方向的变更。     

珠江口盆地番禺低隆起新生代断裂体系及油气成藏潜力

番禺低隆起的油气勘探潜力受新生代断裂体系控制,目前对其断裂特征和演化过程的研究较为匮乏。利用覆盖番禺低隆起的三维地震资料,对研究区的结构特征、断裂平面展布、断裂剖面变形样式等进行分析;定量计算了新生代以来各洼陷边界断裂的活动速率,划分了断裂活动期次;对研究区新生代演化过程进行了复原,分析了不同时期断裂发育的动力学成因。结果表明：番禺低隆起各洼陷均为“南断北超”结构,控洼断裂沿走向的不连续导致洼陷具有多个沉积中心;控洼断裂新生代活动可划分为初始裂陷期、加速裂陷期、裂后拗陷期、构造复活期和构造平静期;其中,文昌组沉积期和韩江组下段沉积期为断层活动的两大高峰期;番禺低隆起新生代断裂的发育受到基底先存断裂的严格控制,断裂走向自深到浅发生顺时针偏转,与南海区域应力场的偏转密切相关。裂陷期断裂活动强烈,使得番禺低隆起具备发育优质烃源岩的潜力。     

基于准连续介质方法模拟纳米多晶体Ni中裂纹的扩展

通过准连续介质方法模拟了纳米多晶体Ni中裂纹的扩展过程.模拟结果显示:裂纹尖端的应力场可以导致晶界分解、层错和变形孪晶的形成等塑性形变;在距离裂纹尖端越远的位置,变形孪晶越少;在裂纹尖端附近相同距离处,层错要远多于变形孪晶.这反映了局部应力的变化以及广义平面层错能对变形孪晶的影响.计算了裂纹尖端附近区域原子级局部静水应力的分布.计算结果表明:裂纹前端晶界处容易产生细微空洞,这些空洞附近为张应力集中区,并可能促使裂纹沿着晶界扩展.模拟结果定性地反映了纳米多晶体Ni中的裂纹扩展过程,并与相关实验结果符合得很好     

The Trobriand Subduction System in the Western Solomon Sea

A south-dipping Subduction system which underlies the Trobriand Trough and 149° Embayment, on the southern margin of the Solomon Sea, is active or was recently active. Oceanic basement is overlain by 2.5 s, two-way travel time (TWTT), of sediment that shows at least two stages of deformation: early thrusts (inner wall) and normal faults (outer wall), and later normal faults that have elevated the outer trench margin. Thrust anticlines and slope basins are developed on the inner wall. The floor of the Solomon Sea Basin arches upward between the Trobriand Trough and the New Britain Trench to form isolated peaks and ridges in the east (152° Peaks) and an east-west Central Ridge in the west. Structures in the subduction system, and in the Solomon Sea Basin, plunge westward towards the point of collision with the New Britain Trench.     

扭断裂及基底掀斜控制上覆地层的褶皱——东海Y构造的一种解释模式

位于东海XH凹陷的Y构造,以其两侧发育的NE—NNE向高角度逆冲断层和构造顶部发育的NW、近EW向的正断层、平面展布的“S”型构成其独特的构造风格。本文致力于应用T.P.Harding的扭动构造理论,结合该构造的成因机制进行了分析,并得出结论:Y构造为中新世末期的龙井运动压扭作用的产物。     

Bathymetric Map of the Gorda Plate: Structural and Geomorphological Processes Inferred from Multibeam Surveys

Full-coverage multibeam bathymetric maps of the southern section of the Juan de Fuca Plate, also known as the Gorda Plate, are presented. The bathymetric maps represent the compilation of multibeam surveys conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during the last 20 yrs, and illustrate the complex tectonic, volcanic, and geomorphologic features as well as the intense deformation occurring within this region. The bathymetric data have revealed several major, previously unmapped midplate faults. A series of gently curving faults are apparent in the Gorda Plate, with numerous faults offsetting the Gorda Plate seafloor. The multibeam surveys have also provided a detailed view of the intense deformation occurring within the Gorda Plate. A preliminary deformation model estimated from basement structure is discussed, where the southern part of the plate (south of ∼42°30′ N) seems to be deforming through a series of left-lateral strike-slip faults, while the northern section appears to be moving passively with the rest of the Juan de Fuca Plate. The bathymetry also demonstrates the Mendocino and Eel Canyons are prominent morphologic features in the northern California margin. These canyons are active depositional features with a large sediment fan present at the mouths of both the Mendocino and Eel canyons. The depositional lobes of these fan(s) are evident in the bathymetry, as are the turbidite channels that have deposited sediment along the fans over time. The Trinidad Canyon is readily evident in the margin morphology as well, with a large (∼10 km) plunge pool formed at the mouth of the canyon as it enters the Gorda Plate sediments. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Implications of structural inheritance in oblique rift zones for basin compartmentalization: Nkhata Basin,Malawi Rift (EARS)

The Cenozoic East African Rift System (EARS) is an exceptional example of active continental extension, providing opportunities for furthering our understanding of hydrocarbon plays within rifts. It is divided into structurally distinct western and eastern branches. The western branch comprises deep rift basins separated by transfer zones, commonly localised onto pre-existing structures, offering good regional scale hydrocarbon traps. At a basin-scale, local discrete inherited structures might also play an important role on fault localisation and hydrocarbon distribution. Here, we consider the evolution of the Central basin of the Malawi Rift, in particular the influence of pre-existing structural fabrics.Integrating basin-scale multichannel 2D, and high resolution seismic datasets we constrain the border, Mlowe-Nkhata, fault system (MNF) to the west of the basin and smaller Mbamba fault (MF) to the east and document their evolution. Intra basin structures define a series of horsts, which initiated as convergent transfers, along the basin axis. The horsts are offset along a NE–SW striking transfer fault parallel to and along strike of the onshore Karoo (Permo-Triassic) Ruhuhu graben. Discrete pre-existing structures probably determined its location and, oriented obliquely to the extension orientation it accommodated predominantly strike-slip deformation, with more slowly accrued dip-slip.To the north of this transfer fault, the overall basin architecture is asymmetric, thickening to the west throughout; while to the south, an initially symmetric graben architecture became increasingly asymmetric in sediment distribution as strain localised onto the western MNF. The presence of the axial horst increasingly focussed sediment supply to the west. As the transfer fault increased its displacement, so this axial supply was interrupted, effectively starving the south-east while ponding sediments between the western horst margin and the transfer fault. This asymmetric bathymetry and partitioned sedimentation continues to the present-day, overprinting the early basin symmetry and configuration. Sediments deposited earlier become increasingly dissected and fault juxtapositions changed at a small (10–100 m) scale. The observed influence of basin-scale transfer faults on sediment dispersal and fault compartmentalization due to pre-existing structures oblique to the extension orientation is relevant to analogous exploration settings.     

西太平洋侏罗纪海洋地壳断裂特征及其成因机制*

侏罗纪洋壳为现存最古老的海洋地壳, 残留在地球表面上很少, 目前对于侏罗纪洋壳的断裂特征和构造变形了解很少。本文利用高分辨率的反射地震剖面精细解释了位于西太平洋的侏罗纪洋壳基底、沉积地层和断裂结构, 发现在研究区存在基底断层、沉积断层和垮塌断层三种类型的断裂构造, 并对其走向、倾角、断距等几何参数与变形特征进行了推测和定量研究。研究还发现, 基底断层是洋壳受到板块伸展拉张而产生的, 在后期海底沉积过程中持续发育并错断上覆沉积物, 在海底形成明显的断层陡坎。沉积断层是沉积地层自身重力作用的产物,受到沉积地层岩石性质的控制。垮塌断层是岩浆侵出或者侵入形成海山, 导致洋壳及其上覆沉积局部抬升并向两侧推移, 引起先存的基底断层和沉积断层重新错动产生的。研究区内切断洋壳基底和上覆沉积的活动断层的推测走向大体符合侏罗纪洋壳基底面起伏、重力异常骤变界面以及地磁异常条带等的走向, 表明这些断裂从侏罗纪洋中脊的海底扩张中演变而来, 并且持续活动至今。这些发育在古老洋壳上的断层能够长时间让水进入岩石圈并进入俯冲带及地球内部, 从而促进地球水循环。尽管目前尚未发现这些断裂产生大地震, 但这些断层可能随着板块俯冲而演变成俯冲带地震大断裂, 今后研究应该关注这类断层在靠近海沟之前的演化规律和潜在地震风险。     

东海盆地西湖凹陷平北区断陷层断裂特征及其对圈闭的控制

以基底古隆精细刻画为基础,分析东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷平北区断陷层系断裂发育特征,并探讨断裂对圈闭发育的控制作用,以指导区内构造圈闭搜索与评价。根据古隆起和骨干断裂展布特征,将平北区划分为北部同向多阶断阶区、中部反向多阶断阶区和南部同向单断断阶区等3个次级区带。综合区域应力背景和火山活动期次,厘定出平北区断陷期早、晚两期断裂系统。早期断裂以NE走向为主,控制古隆起发育。晚期断裂数量多、分布广,以NNE走向为主。在南强北弱的区域伸展背景下,断陷晚期断裂发育受早期断裂及古隆起影响,局部应力场发生扭动调整,在平湖组沉积时期表现为南部强伸展、中部张扭和北部弱伸展夹扭动3种不同应力场。在此基础上,明确了张扭性断裂组合及古隆起边缘受断层影响的牵引背斜是决定有利圈闭发育的主要因素,最终提出通过平北区古隆起周边断裂精细梳理是圈闭搜索与评价的重要方向。     

Distribution of crustal extension and regional basin architecture of the Albertine rift system, East Africa

By applying a kinematic and flexural model for the extensional deformation of the lithosphere, and using a recently available EROS Data Center topography DEM of Africa in conjunction with new and previous gravity data from Lakes Albert, Edward and George, we have determined the distribution, amplitude, and style of deformation responsible for the formation of the Albertine rift system, East Africa. Further, we have been able to approximate the three-dimensional architecture of the Albertine rift basin by analyzing a series of profiles across and along the rift system for which we also estimate the flexural strength of the rifted continental lithosphere and its along-strike variation. Previous modeling studies of the Lake Albert basin either overestimated the flexural strength of the extended lithosphere and/or underestimated the crustal extension. The single most important factor that compromised the success of these modeling efforts was the assumption that crustal extension was limited to the present-day distribution of the rift lakes. The style of deformation appears to have changed with time, beginning with a regionally distributed brittle deformation across the region that lead progressively to the preferential growth and development of the major border faults and antithetic/synthetic faults within the collapsed hangingwall block. Minor fault reactivation within the footwall block appears to be related to the release of bending stresses associated by the flexural uplift of the rift flank topography. By simultaneously matching the observed and modeled topography and free-air gravity across the Albertine rift system, we have determined a cumulative extension ranging from 6 to 16 km with the maximum extension occurring in the central and northern segments of the basin. Crustal extension is not constrained to the lake proper, but extends significantly to the east within the hangingwall block. Effective elastic thickness, T_e, varies between 24 and 30 km and is unrelated to either the amount of extension or the maximum sediment thickness. The variation of T_e relates possibly to small changes in crustal thickness, heterogeneities in crustal composition, and/or variations in radiogenic crustal heat production. Maximum sediment thickness is predicted to be 4.6 km and occurs within the central region of Lake Albert. Low bulk sediment densities, correlating with the location of major lake deltas, may be indicative of present-day sediment overpressures. Our results show that basin geometry is strongly dependent on the cumulative (and distribution) of lithospheric extension and the flexural rigidity of the lithosphere. Thus, in order to determine the total amount of extension responsible for the formation of a basin system, it is necessary to independently constrain the flexural strength of the lithosphere both during and after extension. Conversely, in order to determine the rigidity of extended lithosphere using the stratigraphy and/or geometry of rift basins and passive margins, it is necessary to independently constrain the cumulative extension of the lithosphere.     

琼东南盆地中央坳陷带拆离断层及其控盆作用

Using regional geological, newly acquired 2D and 3D seismic, drilling and well log data, especially 2D long cable seismic profiles, the structure and stratigraphy in the deep-water area of Qiongdongnan Basin are interpreted. The geometry of No.2 fault system is also re-defined, which is an important fault in the central depression belt of the deep-water area in the Qiongdongnan Basin by employing the quantitative analysis techniques of fault activity and backstripping. Furthermore, the dynamical evolution of the No.2 fault sys-tem and its controls on the central depression belt are analyzed. This study indicates that the Qiongdongnan Basin was strongly influenced by the NW-trending tensile stress field during the Late Eocene. At this time, No.2 fault system initiated and was characterized by several discontinuous fault segments, which controlled a series small NE-trending fault basins. During the Oligocene, the regional extensional stress field changed from NW-SE to SN with the oceanic spreading of South China Sea, the early small faults started to grow along their strikes, eventually connected and merged as the listric shape of the No.2 fault system as ob-served today. No.2 fault detaches along the crustal Moho surface in the deep domain of the seismic profiles as a large-scale detachment fault. A large-scale rollover anticline formed in hanging wall of the detachment fault. There are a series of small fault basins in both limbs of the rollover anticline, showing that the early small basins were involved into fold deformation of the rollover anticline. Structurally, from west to east, the central depression belt is characterized by alternatively arranged graben and half-graben. The central depression belt of the Qiongdongnan Basin lies at the extension zone of the tip of the V-shaped northwest-ern ocean sub-basin of the South China Sea, its activity period is the same as the development period of the northwestern ocean sub-basin, furthermore the emplacement and eruption of magma that originated from the mantle b     

渤海辽北地区走滑转换构造发育特征及其对圈闭样式的控制作用

基于渤海辽北地区钻井资料和三维地震资料精细解释,对走滑断裂发育特征开展精细研究,并进一步完成对走滑转换构造的宏观判识和精细刻画,总结走滑转换构造对圈闭样式的差异控制作用。研究结果表明：①辽北地区断裂体系整体表现出强烈的右旋走滑性质,在走滑断裂叠接带、弯曲、尾端等构造位置,因构造应力调整而发育大量走滑转换构造;②依据走滑转换带的力学性质划分为增压型和释压型2大类,每一大类依据断裂空间展布关系进一步细化为单支弯曲型和双支叠复型,其中,单支弯曲型表现为单条走滑断层平面呈现“S”型变形,双支叠复型则表现为右旋左阶或右旋右阶;③增压型和释压型走滑转换构造控制发育的圈闭类型分别以断背斜和断块构造圈闭为主,增压型走滑转换构造控制的圈闭相对于释压型具有更大的勘探潜力。该研究丰富了走滑转换构造体系,填补了辽北地区走滑转换构造研究的空白,对渤海海域郯庐走滑断裂带油气勘探具有一定的借鉴指导意义。     

Cenozoic structural deformation and dynamic processes of the Bohai Bay basin province,China

Cenozoic structures in the Bohai Bay basin province can be subdivided into eleven extensional systems and three strike-slip systems. The extensional systems consist of normal faults and transfer faults. The normal faults predominantly trend NNE and NE, and their attitudes vary in different tectonic settings. Paleogene rifting sub-basins were developed in the hanging walls of the normal faults that were most likely growth faults. Neogene–Quaternary sequences were deposited in both the rifting sub-basins and horsts to form a unified basin province. The extensional systems were overprinted by three NNE-trending, right-lateral strike-slip systems (fault zones). Although the principal displacement zones (PDZ) of the strike-slip fault zones are developed only in the basement and lower basin sequences in some cross sections, the structural deformation characteristics of the upper basin sequences also indicate that they are basement-involved, right-lateral strike-slip fault zones. According to the relationships between faults and sedimentary sequences, the extensional systems were mainly developed from the middle Paleocene to the late Oligocene, whereas the strike-slip systems were mainly developed from the Oligocene to the Miocene. Strike-slip deformation was intensified as extensional deformation was weakened. Extensional deformation was derived from horizontal tension induced by upwelling of hot mantle material, whereas strike-slip deformation was probably related to a regional stress field induced by plate movement.     

莺-琼盆地基底控制断裂样式的模拟探讨

莺歌海盆地与琼东南盆地(即莺一琼盆地)是南海西北部2个重要的含油气盆地。莺歌海盆地走向NW,发育在红河断裂带上;琼东南盆地走向NE,与莺歌海盆地近直角相交。根据物理模拟实验,认为莺歌海盆地的演化受到了NW与近S-N向基底断裂的控制,在印支地块顺时针挤出应力场下发育和演化;而琼东南盆地则受到NE向基底断裂的控制,在SSE向伸展应力场控制下发育,NW与NE向构造带相互影响,造成了琼东南盆地北侧边界断裂走向近E—W,向南呈台阶式下掉,南侧边界断裂走向NE,莺琼过渡区隆凹格局复杂。由于莺歌海盆地NW向构造活动早于琼东南盆地NE向裂陷作用,从而导致NW向构造控制地位的形成,NW向断裂和构造表现为对NE向断裂和构造的阻截。     

转换大陆边缘盆地构造特征——以西非贝宁盆地为例

立足于大西洋的形成与演化,划分了贝宁盆地构造演化阶段,厘定了裂陷期盆地的边界,分析了盆地结构和构造特征,明确了盆地构造样式。贝宁盆地经历裂陷期、漂移期两个构造演化阶段,不发育盐岩。受早白垩世裂陷期盆地东、西部应力差异控制,盆地形成了东部拉张构造区和西部走滑构造区,盆地裂谷分布具有“东宽西窄”的特征。东部拉张构造区发育近东西向断裂体系,主要为拉张作用形成的铲式正断层,西部走滑作用区发育NE—SW向走滑断裂体系,发育陡直的走滑断裂,主要为走滑作用形成的走滑断层。受早白垩世东、西部应力差异和晚白垩世构造反转、新生代重力滑脱作用的控制,盆地发育拉张、扭张、挤压、重力滑脱4类构造样式,丰富的构造样式为盆地构造圈闭发育提供了有利的条件。