Deep structure of the Earth's crust in the contact zone of the Palaeozoic and Precambrian Platforms in Poland (Tornquist-Teisseyre zone)

One of the major tectonic problems in Europe concerns the southwest margin of the East European Platform in the region of the so-called Polish-Danish trough. In general, this margin is assumed to be the Tornquist-Teisseyre (T-T) Line, running approximately from northwest to southeast in this part of Europe. Determination of deep crustal structure of the contact zone between the Precambrian Platform and the Palaeozoic Platform was the main aim of the deep seismic sounding (DSS) programme in Poland in 1965–1982.Deep seismic soundings of the Earth's crust have been made in the T-T Line zone along nine profiles with a total length of about 2600 km. The results of deep seismic soundings have shown that the crust in the marginal zone of the East European Platform has highly anomalous properties. The width of this zone ranges from 50 km in northwest Poland to about 90 km in southeast Poland. The crustal thickness of the Palaeozoic Platform in Poland is 30–35 km, and of the Precambrian Platform 42–47 km, while in the T-T tectonic zone it varies from 50 to 55 km. Above the Moho boundary, in the T-T zone, at a depth of 40–45 km, there is a seismic discontinuity with P-wave velocities of 7.5–7.7 km/s. Boundary velocities, mean velocities and stratification of the Earth's crust vary distinctly along the T-T zone. There are also observed high gravimetric and magnetic anomalies in the T-T zone. The T-T tectonic zone determined in this manner is a deep tectonic trough with rift properties.The deep fractures delineating the T-T tectonic zone are of fundamental importance for the localization of the plate edge of the Precambrian Platform of eastern Europe. In the light of DSS results, the northeastern margin of the T-T tectonic zone is a former plate boundary of the East European Platform.     

Podolian,Saxonian and baltic plates – Teisseyre–Tornquist Line and the edge of the East European Craton

In the area of the Central Europe three large continental scale tectonic units meet together, namely Precambrian East European Craton (EEC) to the northeast, Variscan West European Platform (WEP) terranes to the southwest, and younger Alpine Carpathian arc in the south. The reference structure of the Central Europe is a sharp edge of the East European Craton. In the area of Poland the south-western margin of the EEC is marked as Teisseyre–Tornquist Zone (TTZ), which continues to the north as Sorgenfrei–Tornquist Zone (STZ). Teisseyre–Tornquist Zone (TTZ) — earlier Teisseyre Line, Tornquist Line or Teisseyre–Tornquist Line (TTL), is a term created in commemoration of Polish geologist Wawrzyniec Teisseyre and German geologist and paleontologist Alexander Tornquist. At the turn of XIX and XX century, they noticed a fundamental difference in the geology of platform cover between the rigid East European Platform and its more mobile southwestern forefield (Teisseyre, 1893, 1903; Tornquist, 1908, 1910). From the very beginning the TTL was conceived as a linear feature (fault or fault zone) marking the southwestern boundary of the EEC. Contrarily, the Trans–European Suture Zone (TESZ) is a term coined by Asger Berthelsen for an assemblage of suspect terranes boarded by the East European Craton and the Variscan orogeny. It is not a linear structure, but a terrane accretion zone, 100–200 km wide. Both terms, TTL and TESZ, should not be mistaken, as is the case on many maps concerning the problem (Dadlez et al., 2005). The edge of the craton is a major lithospheric structure, which appears to be a deep-seated boundary reaching at least down to a depth of about 200 km as shown by tomographic analysis of shear wave velocity structure of the mantle under Europe. Another indication of the deep-seated nature of this zone was obtained from observations of earthquakes and explosions located in Europe. To explain the observed blockage of energy from regional seismic events by TTZ, the structural anomaly between eastern and western Europe must reach at least down to a depth of about 200 km. Continental scale tectonic units of the Central Europe are clearly visible in the crustal structure, Moho depth map, and also gravity, magnetic and heat flow maps.     

The origin of the Cretaceous gabbros in the Fujian coastal region of SE China: implications for deformation-accompanied magmatism

The Cretaceous gabbros in the Fujian coastal region, southeastern China, experienced different magmatic and tectonic processes associated with deformation of the Changle-Nanao shear zone. Group 1 gabbros (115 Ma) show marked LILE (e.g., Sr, Ba and K) and LREE enrichment, and HFSE (e.g., Ta, Nb, Zr and Hf) depletion, strongly suggesting an island-arc affinity. The parental magma of group 1 gabbros, arguably derived from an arc-related source mantle modified by previous subduction, rose into and interacted with the coexisting syntectonic granitic magma generated during the main stage of shear zone deformation, and produced the gabbro-diorite-granite complexes. Group 2 and 3 gabbros (106-95 Ma) possibly formed by coupling of the subduction-modified source mantle with part of undepleted mantle (e.g., Nb enrichment) in an extensional environment at the end of deformation. Their parental magmas did not undergo significant magma mixing but produced a cumulate nature. All the three groups of gabbros were contaminated by crustal material during the processes of intrusion and emplacement.     

The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots

We compare heat flow data from the Precambrian shields in North America and in South Africa. We also review data available in other less well-sampled Shield regions. Variations in crustal heat production account for most of the variability of the heat flow. Because of this variability, it is difficult to define a single average crustal model representative of a whole tectonic province. The average heat flow values of different Archean provinces in Canada, South Africa, Australia and India differ by significant amounts. This is also true for Proterozoic provinces. For example, the heat flow is significantly higher in the Proterozoic Namaqua–Natal Belt of South Africa than in the Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield (61 vs. 41 mW m⁻² on average). These observations indicate that it is not possible to define single value of the average heat flow for all provinces of the same crustal age. Large amplitude short wavelength variations of the heat flow suggest that most of the difference between Proterozoic and Archean heat flow is of crustal origin. In eastern Canada, there is no good correlation between the local values of heat flow and heat production. In the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada, heat flow values through rocks with the same heat production are not significantly different. There is therefore no evidence for variations of the mantle heat flow beneath these different provinces. After removing the local crustal heat production from the surface heat flow, the mantle (Moho) heat flow was estimated to be between 10–15 mW m⁻² in the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada. Estimates of the mantle heat flow in the Kaapvaal craton of South Africa may be slightly higher (≈17 mW m⁻²). Large-scale variations of bulk crustal heat production are well-documented in Canada and imply significant differences of deep lithospheric thermal structure. In thick lithosphere, surficial heat flow measurements record a time average of heat production in the lithospheric mantle and are not in equilibrium with the instantaneous heat production. The low mantle heat flow and current estimates of heat production in the lithospheric mantle do not support a mechanical (conductive) lithosphere thinner than 200 km and thicker than 330 km. Temperature anomalies with surrounding oceanic mantle extend to the convective boundary layer below the conductive layer, and hence to depths greater than these estimates. Mechanical and thermal stability of the lithosphere require the mantle part of the lithosphere to be chemically buoyant and depleted in radiogenic elements. Both characteristics are achieved simultaneously by partial melting and melt extraction.     

Late cenozoic alkali-olivine basalts of the Basin-Range Province,USA

Petrographic and chemical analyses demonstrate that late Cenozoic mafic lavas from the Basin-Range Province, western United States, are predominantly alkali-olivine basalts. Associated with these lavas are lesser volumes of basaltic andesite which appear to be differentiates from the more primitive alkali basalts. Late Cenozoic basalts from adjacent regions (Columbia River Plateau, Snake River Plain, Yellowstone area, High Cascades and Sierra Nevada) are predominantly tholeiitic. This apparent petrologic provincialism is supported by complementary variations in heat flow, seismic velocities, crustal thickness, magnetic anomalies and geologic setting.Alkali-olivine basalts from Japan and eastern Australia are analogous to those from the Basin-Range province both in composition and tectonic environment. It is suggested that these lavas are the products of a unique environment characterized by high heat flow and a thin crust.Recent melting experiments on peridotites and basalts and measurements of heat flow allow limits to be placed on the depth of origin of Basin-Range alkali-olivine basalt magmas. It is proposed that these lavas are produced by partial melting (less than 20%) of peridotitic mantle material at depths between 40 and 60 km in response to an elevated geothermal gradient. The basaltic andesites may be derived from hydrous alkali basalt magma by fractionation at depths of 30 to 40 km.     

大陆岩石圈有效弹性厚度与有关地球物理参数的关系--以泉州-黑水地学断面为例

大陆岩石圈有效弹性厚度(Te)是反映岩石圈综合强度的参数,它反映了岩石圈的整体特征。分析岩石圈有效样性厚度与反映深部地质特征的有关地球物理参数之间的关系,对研究控制Te的因素、各因素之间的关系以及探索大陆构造与大陆动力学等具有重要意义。泉州一黑水地学断面Te与地壳厚度、热岩石圈厚度、均衡重力异常、磁性构造层底面深度、上地幔低速层顶界面深度、上地幔低阻层顶面深度之间的关系研究表明：Te与大地热流关系密切的“热”地球物理参数磁性构造层底面深度、热岩石圈厚度相关性好;与地壳厚度有一定的相关性;上地幔低速层顶界面深度和上地幔低阻层顶面深度与大陆岩石圈Te相关性均较差。     

Crustal uplift in the southern Superior Province, Canada, revealed by paleomagnetism

A change in the polarity of magnetization with depth in the 2.45 Ga Matachewan dyke swarm is used to document vertical crustal movements that occurred at 1.9–2.3 Ga along the Kapuskasing Structural Zone, a 500-km-long fault zone that transects the Archean Superior Province of Canada. At shallow crustal levels dykes have a primary magnetization dominantly of one polarity, but at greater depths (20 km down) a polarity change occurs associated with the growth of exsolved magnetite in feldspar due to slow crustal cooling after cessation of Matachewan igneous activity. Regions of the dyke swarm with one dominant polarity are separated from those with opposite polarity by major faults. Using this polarity distribution and associated variations in the intensity of feldspar clouding and hydrous alteration, maps of the southern Superior Province are produced that display regional crustal tilting on which are superimposed more local fault-bounded blocks associated with the Kapuskasing zone. Some of these blocks have been recognized for the first time as a result of this study.The paleomagnetic work has also shown that the Matachewan swarm is regionally distorted both within and north of the Kapuskasing zone, and originally had a more radial disposition. This widespread distortion suggests that the lower crust was still relatively ductile at the time of deformation, perhaps due to high heat flow associated with the waning stages of the Matachewan mantle plume beneath.     

Distribution of the crustal magnetic anomaly and geological structure in Xinjiang,China

Based on the high-order crustal magnetic field model NGDC-720-V3, we investigate the distribution of crustal magnetic anomaly, the decay characteristics of the anomaly, and the relationship between the magnetic anomaly and geological structure in Xinjiang, China. Topography of the magnetic layer basement is studied through Curie isothermal surface using the power spectrum method. It is found that south Tarim Basin, Junggar Basin, and Turpan–Hami Basin have strong positive magnetic anomaly, whereas west Kunlun Mountain, Altun Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, and Altai Mountain have weak or negative anomaly. The magnetic anomaly well reflects the regional tectonic structure, i.e., three alternating mountains intervened by two basins. The magnetic anomaly on the ground surface in Tarim Basin is well corresponding to the mafic dykes. The decay of the magnetic anomaly with altitude indicates that Xinjiang is a large massif composed of several magnetic blocks with different sizes in different directions. The Curie surface presents a feature of being shallow under mountains whereas being deep under basins, roughly having an anti-mirror correspondence with the Moho depth.     

西藏冈底斯带石炭纪陆缘裂陷作用：火山岩和地层学证据

冈底斯作为重要的中、新生代岛弧岩浆岩带,历来是青藏高原最热门的地质研究领域,但是对晚古生代火山岩的性质及其形成的构造背景仍缺乏研究。本文在区域地质调查资料的基础上,对冈底斯带石炭纪火山-沉积岩系进行了系统的地层学和岩石地球化学研究,测量了重点剖面,对火山岩进行了常量、微量元素和Sr、Nd、Pb同位素地球化学测试。研究表明,石炭系与下伏泥盆系或前寒武系之间普遍存在不整合或岩性、沉积相的突变面,代表重要的构造转换面。石炭纪的沉积环境大致有两次滨海-深海或深水斜坡-滨海沉积演化旋回,深海-深水斜坡沉积或冰海相含砾板岩与两次火山活动伴生。石炭纪火山岩主要为安山玄武岩和英安岩、流纹岩类,略具双峰式火山岩特点。安山玄武岩类的成分与典型MORB和岛弧玄武岩相比,具有MgO含量低,TiO2、Al2O3、P2O5含量高等特点,稀土和微量元素为LREE和LILE富集型分配模式,与大陆拉斑玄武岩相似。石炭纪酸性火山岩的稀土和微量元素地球化学特征与陆内流纹岩相似。岩石地球化学示踪和地层学研究表明,冈底斯带石炭纪为伸展背景下的冈瓦纳陆缘裂陷环境。火山岩的源区地幔具有典型的Dupal异常,发生过复杂的混合作用,涉及到原始地幔、富集地幔EMII和地壳成分等,说明发生过冈瓦纳古陆壳俯冲、再循环进入古老地幔等过程。玄武岩类成分的某些特殊性,可能与源区混合作用有关。     

新疆北部深部地质与构造分区

本文综合分析了新疆北部重力场、磁场及地震等资料和邻区地质-地球物理资料,研究了新疆北部地质作用特征。依据岩石圈厚度,上地幔纵波速度和地壳结构等特征,将研究区分为阿尔泰、准噶尔、天山3个岩石圈块体,其间为深断裂带所分割;它们分别与不同发展期的地洼区(阿尔泰地洼区、准噶尔地洼区和天山地洼区)相对应。表明大地构造演化与深部地质作用过程密切相关。     

Heat flow in rift basins above a hot asthenosphere

When continental rifting takes place above a hot asthenosphere, pressure-release melting of adiabatically upwelling mantle may generate large volumes of basaltic melts which subsequently are emplaced at crustal levels and cool. To correctly estimate the heat flow from tectonic subsidence and crustal thinning, it is necessary to account for the melt volumes. A simple physical model of heat flow that incorporates a crustal growth correction on lithospheric extension estimates, as well as the heat in the emplaced magma, has been developed. The principal result is that heat flow may be substantially increased for several million years after rifting, even for a moderately heated asthenosphere.     

滇西北新生代以来地球动力学背景及其环境影响

新生代、特别是第四纪以来,滇西北地壳活动增强：山脉的构造隆升速率从全新世以前的０．３～１．７ｍｍ／ａ变为全新世以来的２～７．１ｍｍ／ａ;全新世盆地的构造沉降速率较更新世增长１～２个数量级;第四纪断裂（以红河断裂为例）错移速率不断加大;现代地壳应力值高,构造变形速度快,地震活动强度加剧,地热流异常明显。地壳活动性加剧将造成滇西北地势格局和山地地质灾害问题进一步恶化、湖泊加速收缩、区域稳定性降低等一系列环境问题,人类生存环境将更严酷。     

Cenozoic rifting and volcanism in eastern China: a mantle dynamic link to the Indo–Asian collision?

The Indo–Asian continental collision is known to have had a great impact on crustal deformation in south-central Asia, but its effects on the sublithospheric mantle remain uncertain. Studies of seismic anisotropy and volcanism have suggested that the collision may have driven significant lateral mantle flow under the Asian continent, similar to the observed lateral extrusion of Asian crustal blocks. Here we present supporting evidence from P-wave travel time seismic tomography and numerical modeling. The tomography shows continuous low-velocity asthenospheric mantle structures extending from the Tibetan plateau to eastern China, consistent with the notion of a collision-driven lateral mantle extrusion. Numerical simulations suggest that, at the presence of a low-viscosity asthenosphere, continued mass injection under the Indo–Asian collision zone over the past 50 My could have driven significant lateral extrusion of the asthenospheric mantle, leading to diffuse asthenospheric upwelling, rifting, and widespread Cenozoic volcanism in eastern China.     

累积损伤疲劳断裂——地壳构造变形的一种基本机制

 潮汐应力引起地壳岩石的循环应变、累积疲劳损伤,形成疲劳断裂。本文给出疲劳断裂野外宏观地质特征,并对显微构造、小构造、大陆与大洋区域构造、第四纪软岩层中的疲劳断裂实例进行了分析,指出部分石英变形纹就是疲劳纹,以及环太平洋地震带、海底磁异常条带和潮汐作用、疲劳断裂机制的相关性;给出累积损伤-微体积的玄武岩浆上侵-沿疲劳断裂上涌-海底扩张的模式;推测大陆与海洋地壳的疲劳寿命。     

用综合方法研究中国东部深部构造

<正> 近年来在我国获得大量的地质、地球物理和地球化学等资料的基础上,特别是将地表地质构造的研究与深部地质构造和新构造运动的研究结合起来,更加深和丰富了对大地构造的认识。 1957年,地质部航测大队首次在我国东部发现了郯城—庐江深大断裂带。同时,大量的地球物理工作,为我国早期油田的勘探与开发提供了地质构造的依据。六十至七十年代,利用人工地震研究地壳和上地幔的结构,提出了部分地区的详细地壳模型和地壳厚度。在我国某些地区开始了古地磁学的研究。     

中国地质异常

地质异常是在成分结构，构造或成因序次上与周围环境有着明显差异的地质体或地质体组合，依据地质异常分布范围及其圈定标志，可将其分为５级：全球性地质异常、区域性地质异常，局部性地质异常、小型地质异常及显微地质异常。地质异常的圈定方法包括地壳升降系数（Ｇ值）法、地质复杂系数（Ｃ值）法、熵（Ｈ值）法、地质相似系数（Ｓ值）法及地质关联度（Ｒ值）法，作者又从全球角度出发，结合中国的地质特点，进一步阐述了中国地质     

准噶尔盆地及邻区地壳磁性特征及其构造意义

准噶尔地块可分为东、西准噶尔构造区和准噶尔盆地.自古生代以来准噶尔盆地及其周边大规模的火山活动和复杂的构造演化、以及有关准噶尔盆地基底及其与周边的构造关系及其演化,一直存在争议.利用EMAG2岩石圈磁异常模型,采用三维反演技术,对准噶尔及其周边地区的地壳磁化率进行成像,得到了0~60 km深度范围之内的磁性结构.反演结果显示:准噶尔盆地腹部地壳磁性结构相对完整;西准噶尔地壳具有与洋壳俯冲相关岛弧环境的磁性结构;东准噶尔和吐哈盆地磁性层较厚且连续,具有古陆基底特征.此外,地壳磁化率异常展示了区域断裂构造及其深部延伸特征,同时显示在覆盖区可能存在隐伏深大断裂带.对该地区岩石圈磁异常成因的定量解释,为深入剖析准噶尔地区岩石圈构造及其与周边构造单元之间的关系提供了有益的资料和参考.      

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.     

Geochemistry of the Pliocene basalts erupted along the Malatya-Ovacik fault zone (MOFZ), eastern Anatolia, Turkey: Implications for source characteristics and partial melting processes

The study area is located on the middle sector of the Malatya-Ovacık Fault Zone (MOFZ) in the eastern Anatolia. Four basaltic flows from bottom to top, which are tholeiitic in character and intercalated with Pliocene sedimentary rocks, were erupted along this fault zone. Chemical compositions of these flows reveal some differences between the first flow and others in terms of high-field strength elements (HFSEs) (e.g. Ti, Zr, Nb). Limited variations in compositions within the first flow and upper flows suggest a limited fractionation range. Trace-element patterns exhibit that all the flows have similar and OIB-like patterns without positive peak at Pb and a trough at Nb—Ta, indicating minimal or no crustal contribution. Rare-earth element (REE) patterns indicate that the first flow has flat patterns with negative Eu anomaly, whereas the upper flows have variable enrichments in LREE and depletions in HREE. La/Sm_N, Dy/Yb_N and Zr/Y ratios exhibit that the degree of partial melting decreases from the first flow to upper flows. Higher values of La/Yb_N ratio for the upper flows and depletions at Y and Yb on the trace-element patterns suggest the presence of garnet as a residual phase, which imply that the depth of partial melting took place solely in the garnet-stability field. OIB-like trace-element patterns and trace-element ratios (e.g. La/Nb, Ce/Y and Zr/Nb) emphasize that the melts forming the Arguvan basalt were originated from the asthenospheric mantle rather than the lithospheric mantle.