青藏高原东北部东西向构造及其地震活动和构造力学模式研究

本文通过对重力和航磁资料解译,研究了青藏高原东北部东西向构造特征。在该区域存在6条大型东西向构造带,它们的共同特点是:(1)东西向延伸超过1000km,南北宽约60km;(2)越向深部东西向构造越明显;(3)两条相邻构造带的间距为1°20′,显示等间距分布特征;(4)在大型东西向的构造带之外还有次级东西向构造带存在。青藏高原东北部强震活动与东西向构造有密切的关系,这是由于在北东向主压应力作用下东西向构造左旋剪切运动的结果。     

青藏高原东北缘六盘山构造带及邻域的动力学响应数值模拟

青藏高原东北缘地区是青藏高原向北东方向扩展的前缘部位,也是探索青藏高原深层动力过程的重点区域.本文基于该区已有的地球物理探测工作,构建了横跨青藏高原东北部块体、六盘山构造带和鄂尔多斯盆地的二维剖面的数值模型,采用黏弹性数值模型对竖直向重力场展布对其构造演化过程及动力学响应进行了探讨.研究结果表明:(1)深部竖直向异常重力场特征导致了复杂的垂向动力学响应变化,造成了深部物质的复杂运移,而印度板块向北运动的挤压推力依然是青藏高原东北部—鄂尔多斯盆地深部动力学响应的主导因素.(2)流变结构及应变能的计算结果证明,在六盘山构造带地壳内能量最为聚集的地方与海原地震的深度大致相当,而青藏高原东北部地域与六盘山构造带的物性结构、形变速率、升降幅度等方面的差异,亦是造成低速层边界岩石破裂,且导致海原强震发生的主要原因.(3)在青藏高原东北部—鄂尔多斯构造区域的特异流变性结构,并不利于下地壳物质的流动.     

青藏高原东北缘重力异常多尺度横向构造分析

本文研究了青藏高原东北缘地区布格重力异常特征,采用优化滤波法和归一化总水平梯度垂直导数法对研究区重力异常进行多尺度分离和横向构造分析.分离出的多尺度重力异常特征表明:1) 青藏高原东北缘地区大致以东经106°线为界,有一条醒目的重力异常梯级带,即贺兰山-六盘山-川滇南北构造带的北段,其东西两侧布格重力异常特征在形态和走向上截然不同,意味着两侧密度结构和构造特征存在明显差异. 2) 鄂尔多斯地块内部定边以北,重力异常高带走向由北东向转为近南北向,推测定边附近存在一个密度或构造界面,其两侧物质组成和构造特征具有差异,对比大尺度重力异常和中尺度重力异常,表明异常特征的这种差异主要是由上地幔深部结构引起的. 3) 青藏高原东北部各块体深部边界位置与地表构造分布不同,反映出该区构造复杂,深浅构造差异大. 4) 由于印度-欧亚板块碰撞及随后印度板块持续向北的挤压作用,造成青藏高原东北缘中、下地壳物质在巨大的北东向推挤力和鄂尔多斯刚性块体阻挡的共同作用下,沿着相对软弱的秦岭造山带方向蠕动.依据多尺度重力异常及其横向构造特征,综合推断出研究区内五条断裂带,即秦岭地轴北缘断裂带、海原-六盘山断裂带、香山-天景山断裂带、烟筒山断裂带和青铜峡-固原断裂带,并分析了它们在地壳深部的可能展布特征.     

青藏高原东缘岩石圈物性结构特征及深部构造涵义

青藏高原东缘是研究青藏高原地壳物质向东侧向挤出的焦点地区.为探索青藏高原东向挤出其东部壳幔结构响应及深部地质构造依据,本文利用卫星测高重力数据、数字地震台网("喜马拉雅"项目一期)634个台站的观测数据、以及跨越龙门山构造带、攀西构造带的两条长周期大地电磁测深资料,获得了青藏高原东缘视密度物性结构、P波速度异常结构、以及电性成像结构.物性成像结果表明:(1)松潘地块、川滇地块中-下地壳、上地幔具有低密度、低速、高导的韧性物性结构,部分地区这种韧性物性结构甚至可到达150 km处;(2)四川盆地下方扬子克拉通岩石圈具有稳定的高密度、高速、高阻的刚硬物性结构,其结构向下可延伸至150 km深处;(3)青藏高原东缘横向和垂向的物性结构差异,为揭示龙门山构造带、川滇地块隆升机制提供了物质基础和动力学依据;(4)岩石圈物性结构中,沿岷山一龙门山一锦屏山一玉龙雪山构造带一线存在明显的密度、速度梯级带,其东西两侧呈明显物性二元结构,该物性梯级带可能反映了中上扬子地块西边界位置.     

青藏高原东北缘海原构造带马东山阶区深部电性结构特征及其构造意义

海原一六盘山构造带是青藏高原东北缘地区的一条重要边界,在海原断裂带和六盘山断裂带接触区形成了特殊的马东山挤压阶区,本文对跨过该挤压阶区一条密集测点大地电磁剖面数据进行了处理和二维反演,获得的深部电性结构图像揭示在马东山挤压阶区深部电性结构表现为在高阻背景下镶嵌多个向西南倾斜的低阻条带电阻率结构样式,并在深度约25 km汇聚到中下地壳低阻层内,共同组成"正花状"结构;海原一六盘山构造带西南侧到陇中盆地区间呈现高、低阻相互"楔合"的深部结构特征,而其东北侧的鄂尔多斯西缘带自地表到中下地壳为较完整的高阻块体.另外结合跨过海原断裂带中段和西秦岭造山带的大地电磁探测结果,对海原一六盘山构造带分段性及其两侧的陇中盆地和鄂尔多斯地块的接触关系进行了研究分析.大地电磁探测成果佐证了在海原断裂带中段为具有走滑特点的断裂,而其尾端与六盘山断裂带斜交区域的马东山地区发生了强烈的逆冲推覆与褶皱变形;活动构造研究发现沿海原断裂带所产生的左旋走滑位移被其尾端的马东山、六盘山以东西向的地壳缩短调节吸收,GPS观测表明青藏高原东北缘地区现今构造变形分布在海原一六盘山构造带以西上百公里的范围内,陇中盆地一海原一六盘山构造带和鄂尔多斯地块一线的深部电性结构图像也很好地解释了该区变形状态:海原一六盘山构造带带及西南盘的陇中盆地的中下地壳非常破碎,在青藏高原向北东方向的推挤下容易发生变形,而北东盘鄂尔多斯地块地壳结构完整,很难发生构造变形.对海原一六盘山构造带马东山阶区和龙门山构造带的深部电性结构及变形特征等进行了比较分析,发现该区有与2008年汶川地震相似的深部构造背景,应重视该区强震孕育环境的探测研究.     

腾冲——勐海共轭地震构造带

使用地震和地质资料的综合分析方法研究了腾冲一勐海地区地震破裂特征,结果认为:本区存在长400km,宽45km的地震构造带,它是由一条长400km,宽25km的NNW向右旋剪切带为主干和几条NE-NEE向左旋走滑断裂变切而成的共轭地震构造带.带内地震具有线性排列和统一的周期性活动.     

川滇活动构造区地震层析成像

应用一种新的地震体波层析成像方法确定川滇活动构造区(98°-105°E,22°-32°N)详细的三维P波速度结构.反演得到研究区0-85 km深度内几个截面上的P波速度图像.结果表明:(1)该地区地壳和上地幔的速度存在明显的横向不均匀性;(2)上地壳速度图像与地表地质特征明显相关,四川盆地呈现低速,高原地带为明显的高速区,沿康滇地轴为显著的高速条带;(3)10-85 km深度的速度图上腾冲火山附近形成一低速柱;(4)中地壳内存在一个大范围的低速层,这与区内人工地震测深所得到的结果基本吻合;(5)大型活动断裂带两侧存在明显的速度差异,而红河断裂带的影像在40 km的速度图上仍十分清楚,甚至到60 km深度还隐约可见,这也许说明红河断裂是切穿地壳的深大断裂;(6)强震位置与活动断裂及速度结构三者之间存在一定的关联性,大部分构造型强震发生在由大的活动断裂勾画的块体边界上,而那些发生在非大断裂附近的强震几乎都集中在下部中地壳存在低速带或由低速带向高速带过渡的位置.下部低速层的存在可能是上部中强地震活动的构造背景.     

阿尔金断裂南侧弧形地貌单元成因及其构造意义

巨型左旋走滑的阿尔金断裂是青藏高原的北部边界,在印度-欧亚板块碰撞过程中起重要的调节作用,控制着青藏高原东北部的构造演化,认识其活动演化对理解青藏高原的构造变形过程和机制具有重要意义。阿尔金断裂南侧存在一系列弧形地貌单元,知晓这些弧形带是原始弧形弯曲还是后期由于阿尔金断裂左旋走滑拖曳而形成的,对认识阿尔金断裂的构造演化具有重要意义。文中在前期阿尔金断裂南侧柴西英雄岭和柴北缘2条弧形带不同部位已开展的精细古地磁旋转变形研究的基础上,综合研究区和阿尔金断裂附近已有的古地磁旋转变形研究结果和弧形带几何形态学等其它地质证据,分析发现这2条弧形带的几何学特征是由其不同部位发生旋转变形所导致的,且旋转变形与该时段阿尔金断裂的快速左旋走滑活动密切相关。通过上述工作,更加全面地了解了阿尔金断裂新生代2阶段的走滑特征,进一步限定了阿尔金断裂早渐新世以来左旋滑移量,以柴西段为参照系滑移量至少约350～430km,以柴北缘段为参照系至少约380～460km,平均滑移速率至少约10. 6～13. 9mm/a。     

冲绳海槽北部基底构造特征

利用最新的重磁数据对冲绳海槽北部的基底构造进行了推断解释.研究表明,在海槽内部主要发育两条火山带,一条为著名的吐噶喇火山链,由一系列活动的或休眠的串珠状展布的活火山岛构成;另一条沿海槽中央张裂轴分布,主要由孤立的海底火山构成.冲绳海槽的基底具有沿东西向凹－凸－凹相间的构造格局,深度在1 km~8 km之间变化,受吐葛喇断裂带的北部断裂F1的作用,第三系基底构造发生了显著变化,说明吐葛喇断裂带的北部断裂F1是一条构造转换带.莫霍面为一北北东向的向东倾伏的幔坡,地壳厚度由21 km减至18 km.     

综合数据分析青藏高原东北缘六盘山地区构造形变及其构造成因独特性探讨

青藏高原边缘是研究青藏高原构造生长的重要场所.然而,青臧高原各边界却呈现出不同的地貌形态响应.尤其是青藏高原东北缘的六盘山地区,与青藏高原东缘相比,它与邻近稳定鄂尔多斯地台之间表现出了截然不同的地形变化.青藏高原东边界所对应的龙门山构造带呈现出高陡的地貌形态:在100 km范围内,海拔高程从四川盆地的500 m陡升至临近的龙门山构造带的3500 m.而青藏高原东北边界所对应的六盘山构造带则与邻近的鄂尔多斯盆地表现为宽缓的地形变化.之前由于缺少高精度的数据资料,对造成这一地表形态差异所对应的地壳结构缺少必要的了解.在本次研究中,将着重利用前期在青藏高原东北缘六盘山地区所获得的165 km长高分辨率深反射地震数据,并结合在此区域所获得的航磁数据资料进行该地区地壳结构的综合解释,得出青藏高原东北缘一鄂尔多斯地块构造转换带的地壳结构变形模型.研究表明六盘山地区主要物质组成为构造增生楔,其两侧分别存在陇西火山岛弧和鄂尔多斯结晶基底.高原生长所产生的构造应力并不能使相对松散的构造增生楔无限制的抬高而是容易发生重力坍塌,从而造成六盘山地区比较宽缓的地形结构.同时本文还将此地壳结构研究结果与前人在青藏高原东缘所获得的地壳结构及变形机制进行对比分析,探讨这两个地区的构造变形模式,并找出两个地区的构造变形共性和差异.研究结果也将为了解青藏高原侧向构造生长过程提供理论和数据支持.     

A revised fit of South America and South Central Africa

A new set of parameters for the total plate tectonic reconstruction of South America and south central Africa is presented: euler pole 46.75°N, 32.65°W; rotation angle 56.40°. This fit is constrained by at least three pre-drift tectonic features crossing from one continent to the other: (1) the geophysically defined eastern and western boundaries of the submarine Jurassic Outeniqua Basin (South Africa) and the Falkland Plateau Basin; (2) the Late Precambrian transcurrent fault and mylonite belts of Pernambuco (Brazil) and Foumban (West Africa); and (3) the Triassic northern tectonic front of the Cape Fold Belt and the major morphological feature on the Falkland Plateau with which it is closely lined up. Isotopic ages of Falkland Plateau gneisses correspond to Cape Pluton and Cape Fold Belt ages, suggesting their palaeoposition was within the realm of the Cape Fold Belt.In addition, the bathymetrically and geophysically defined northeastern apex of the Falkland Plateau fits into the re-entrant angle defined on the South African margin by the steep southeast-facing sheared Agulhas margin and the southern face of the Tugela Cone. Simultaneously known Precambrian outcrops in northeastern Brazil and in the Gulf of Benin area of West Africa are juxtaposed rather than overlapped. Reconstructions producing a closer fit of these cratonic areas are considered untenable.     

利用虚拟地震测深法约束青藏高原东北缘及周边地区地壳厚度

青藏高原东北缘作为高原向外扩张的最前缘地区,代表了高原最新的变形状态,是研究青藏高原变形加厚的关键地区.本文利用"中国地震科学台阵探测"项目在南北地震带北段布设的密集宽频带流动台阵资料,采用虚拟地震测深方法（VDSS）,对青藏高原东北缘及周边地区的地壳厚度进行了研究,以期为研究青藏高原东北向扩展的前缘位置,以及扩展的动力学模式等提供地球物理学依据.波形模拟的结果显示,研究区地壳厚度变化剧烈.其中,祁连和西秦岭地块内地壳厚度存在明显的东西向横向变化,以103°E为界,东部地区为45~50 km,而西部地区地壳已明显增厚,约达到55 km以上.与祁连造山带相邻的阿拉善块体南缘地壳也明显加厚,接近55 km,而阿拉善块体内部地壳厚度约为45~50 km.与其他研究地区相比,鄂尔多斯地块地壳相对要薄,但整体而言,鄂尔多斯地块地壳呈现南北薄（约45 km）、中央厚（约50 km）的形态特征.此外,在六盘山断裂带台站下方观测到复杂的SsPmp震相,推测为双Moho界面结构.结合其他地球物理学证据,我们认为青藏高原东北缘地区地壳增厚方式以均匀缩短增厚为主,且高原向北东扩展的前缘已越过祁连山北缘断裂,进入阿拉善块体南缘地区.     

Upper crustal deformation characteristics in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent areas revealed by GNSS and anisotropy data

The northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau is a region where different tectonic blocks collide and intersect, and large earthquakes are frequent. Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS) observations show that tectonic deformation in this region is strong and manifests as non-uniform deformation associated with tectonic features. S-wave splitting studies of near-field seismic data show that seismic anisotropy parameters can also reveal the upper crustal medium deformation beneath the reporting...     

中国及邻区现代构造形变特征

本文根据大量浅源地震机制解, 地面地震地质调查、资源卫星影像判读和其它地球物理资料、讨论了我国及其邻区现代构造形变的区域特征.它具体反映在我国东部地区, 现代构造形变是以剪切破裂为主, 断层活动多为北北东—北东向的右旋走滑性质, 也有与之共轭的北西西—北西向的左旋走滑性质的断层活动.西部地区则以压缩形变为特征, 主要表现在以青藏高原为主体的凸向东北的四重弧形构造带上, 在第一和第四弧形带的东北部以挤压引起的逆断层活动为主, 第二和第三弧形带是在挤压作用下, 由于物质的横向推移而引起的走滑断层活动.此外现代构造形变的区域特征还反映在地壳厚度的分布轮廓上.造成我国及邻区这样一种现代构造形变特征的原因是与周围几个板块运动有密切关系的.      

青藏高原岩石圈三维电性结构

本文报道通过综合大地电磁调查数据研究青藏高原岩石圈三维电阻率模型的初步成果.大地电磁法调查区域已经覆盖了高原大部分面积,为全区三维电阻率成像研究打下了可靠的基础.对多个测区大地电磁数据进行精细的同化处理和反演成像,取得了青藏高原可靠的岩石圈三维电阻率结构图像.成像的区域为28°N—35°N,80°E—104°E.三维反演计算时采用的网格尺寸为20km×20km,垂直方向不等间距剖分为26层.结果表明,青藏高原现今岩石圈电阻率扰动主要反映印度克拉通对亚欧大陆板块俯冲引起的热流体运动和大陆碰撞和拆离产生的构造.在岩石圈地幔,察隅地块、喜马拉雅地块和拉萨地块东部联成统一的高电阻率地块,它们反映了向北东俯冲的印度克拉通.雅鲁藏布江、班公—怒江和金沙江缝合带都有明显的低电阻率异常,表明岩石圈深处有热流体活动.雅鲁藏布江、班公—怒江和金沙江缝合带都有明显的低电阻率异常,也表明它们的岩石圈还有流体活动.青藏高原东部的低阻区沿100°E向地幔下方扩大,反映了金沙江断裂带有切穿岩石圈的趋势.地幔电阻率平面扰动的模式显示,青藏高原东西部的地体碰撞拼合形式和方向是不同的.在青藏高原西部,羌塘、拉萨和喜马拉雅等地体从北到南碰撞拼合.在青藏高原东部,羌塘—拉萨、察隅、印支、雅安和扬子等地体多方向拆离拼合,在地壳造成不正交的拆离带和压扭构造系.从高阻-低阻区的分布看,东部的地体拼合有地幔的根源,今后还会进一步发展.察隅地块岩石圈对青藏高原东部的楔入,使其北部和东部地块的岩石圈发生拆离撕裂,也造成热流体上涌的低电阻率异常.     

THE MECHANISMS OF ARCUATE STRUCTURES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ALTYN TAGH FAULT AND THEIR TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS

The giant sinistral Altyn Tagh Fault(ATF)is the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau. It has been playing important role in adjusting the India-Eurasia collision and the tectonic evolution of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Knowledge of the evolution of the ATF can provide comprehensive understanding of the processes and mechanisms of the deformation of the Tibetan Plateau. However, its timing of commencement, amount of displacement and strike-slip rate, as well as the tectonic evolution of the region are still under debate. South of the ATF, there exist a series of oroclinal-like arcuate structures. Knowledge of whether these curved geometries represent original curvatures or the bending of originally straight/aligned geological units has significant tectonic implications for the evolution of the ATF. The Yingxiongling arcuate belt in the western Qaidam Basin and the northern Qaidam marginal thrust belt(NQMTB)north of the Qaidam Basin are the two typical arcuate thrust belts, where the former has a "7-types" structure, and the latter has a reverse "S-type" structure. Successive Cenozoic sediments are well exposed and magnetostratigraphically dated in both belts. Paleomagnetic declination has great advantage to reveal vertical-axis rotations of geological bodies since they become magnetized. Recently conducted paleomagnetic rotation studies in different parts of these two thrust belts revealed detailed Cenozoic rotation patterns and magnitudes of the region. By integrating these paleomagnetic rotation results with regional geometric features and lines of geological evidence, we propose that these two arcuate thrust belts were most likely caused by different rotations in different parts of these curvatures, due to the sinistral strike-slip faulting along the ATF, rather than originally curved ones. The Yingxiongling arcuate belt was shaped by the significant counterclockwise(CCW)rotations of its northwestern half(the Akatengnengshan anticline)near the ATF during~16~11Ma BP, while its southeastern half(the Youshashan anticline)had no significant rotations since at least~20Ma BP. The geometry of the NQMTB was developed firstly by remarkable clockwise rotations of its middle part during~33~14Ma BP, and later possibly CCW rotations of its northwestern part during the Middle to Late Miocene, similar to that of the northwestern part of the Yingxiongling arcuate belt. The characteristics of two-stage strike-slip evolution of the ATF since the Early Oligocene were enriched:1)During the Early Oligocene to mid-Miocene, fast strike-slip faulting along the ATF was proposed to accommodate the eastward extrusion of the northern Tibetan Plateau with its sinistral shear confined to the fault itself. While in the NQMTB and farther east area in the Qilian Shan, its sinistral shear was transferred to the interior of the plateau and was accommodated by deformation of differential crustal shortenings and block rotations in these regions. Thus, the displacement along the ATF west of the NQMTB is larger than that east of the NQMTB. 2)Since the mid-late Miocene, sinistral shear of the ATF was widespread distributed within the northern Tibetan Plateau, instead of concentrated to the fault itself. Its sinistral offsets were partially absorbed by the shortening deformation within the Qaidam Basin and the Qilian Shan, leading the offsets along the ATF decreasing to the east. With the sinistral frictional drag of blocks(the Tarim Basin and the Altyn Tagh Range)on the other side during the second stage evolution of the ATF, a transitional zone south of the ATF was likely developed by remarkable CCW rotations during the Middle to Late Miocene, which is probably confined to east of the Tula syncline. Combining the sinistral offsets along the ATF derived from the paleomagnetic rotations during the Early Oligocene to mid-late Miocene and that by piercing points since the Late Miocene, the post Oligocene strike-slip offsets were constrained as at least~350~430km for the reference in the western Qaidam Basin and~380~460km for the reference in the NQMTB, with an average slip rate of at least~10.6~13.9mm/a. The post Early Oligocene offsets are consistent with the widely accepted offsets of~300~500km obtained by piercing point analyses.     

ESTIMATING THE LOWER CRUSTAL VISCOSITY OF THE WESTERN QINLING-SONGPAN TECTONIC NODE AND ITS ADJACENT AREAS BY USING LANDFORM MORPHOLOGY

The western Qinling-Songpan tectonic node is located at the intersection of three major tectonic units of Tibetan plateau, the South China Block and the Ordos Block, and is at the forefront of the northeastern margin of Tibetan plateau. It has unique geological and dynamic characteristics from the surface to the deep underground. Based on the model for ductile flow in the lower crust, the geomorphological form is used to estimate the viscosity of the lower crust, and how the rheological process of the deep lithosphere acts on the upper crust deformation and structural geomorphology. And combined with GPS velocity field data, the current crustal deformation is analyzed to further study the regional dispersive deformation process. The results show that the viscosity of the north and northeast of the Zoige-Hongyuan Basin is smaller than that of the east and southeast. Therefore, the lower crust flow has a tendency of flowing to the northeastern low viscosity zone. We believe that when the lower crust flows from the central plain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the rigid Sichuan Basin with a higher viscosity of the lower crust, it cannot flow into the basin, and part of the lower crust flow accumulate here, causing the upper crust to rise, and the uplifting led to the formation of the Longmen Mountains and a series of NNE-striking faults as well. When the lower crust flows to the northeast direction with a low viscosity, the brittle upper crust is driven together. Because of the remote effects from the Ordos Basin and the Longxi Basin, the mountains in this region are built slowly and the stepped arc-shaped topography of the current 3 000-meter contour line and the 2 000-meter contour line are developed. At the same time, a series of NWW-trending left-lateral strike-slip faults are developed. This explains the seismogenic tectonic model of the western Qinling-Songpan tectonic node as from NWW-trending left-lateral strike-slip faulting to the NNE-trending right-lateral strike-slip faulting and both having a thrust component. The current crustal movement direction revealed by the GPS velocity field is consistent with the direction of historical crust evolution of the lower crust revealed by the viscosity, implying that there is a good coupling relationship between the lower crust and upper crust. The results provide a basis for studying the development of fault systems with different strikes and properties, the formation of orogenic belts, the macroscopic geomorphological evolution characteristics, and the rheological and uplift dynamics of the lithosphere in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. In addition, our research differs from the previous studies in the spatial and temporal scale. Previous studies included either the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau or only the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, our analysis on the contours and topographical differences in the topography of the western Qinling-Songpan tectonic knot reveals that the study area is controlled by the lower crust flow. Our results are confirmed by various observations such as seismology, magnetotellurics and geophysical exploration. Moreover, the previous studies did not point out enough that the elevation contours are elliptical, and the elliptical geomorphology further illustrates that the formation and evolution of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has rheological characteristics and also conforms to the continuous deformation mode. Meanwhile, in terms of time scale, the evolution time of the study area is divided into three types of simulation time according to geochronology. And the GPS velocity field is introduced to observe the present-day crustal deformation.     

The 3D magnetic structure beneath the continental margin of the northeastern South China Sea

Understanding the continental margin of the Northeastern South China Sea is critical to the study of deep structures, tectonic evolution, and dynamics of the region. One set of important data for this endeavor is the total-field magnetic data. Given the challenges associated with the magnetic data at low latitudes and with remanent magnetism in this area, we combine the equivalent-source technique and magnetic amplitude inversion to recover 3D subsurface magnetic structures. The inversion results show that this area is characterized by a north-south block division and east-west zonation. Magnetic regions strike in EW, NE and NW direction and are consistent with major tectonic trends in the region. The highly magnetic zone recovered from inversion in the continental margin differs visibly from that of the magnetically quiet zones to the south. The magnetic anomaly zone strikes in NE direction, covering an area of about 500 km × 60 km, and extending downward to a depth of 25 km or more. In combination with other geophysical data, we suggest that this strongly magnetic zone was produced by deep underplating of magma associated with plate subduction in Mesozoic period. The magnetically quiet zone in the south is an EW trending unit underlain by broad and gentle magnetic layers of lower crust. Its magnetic structure bears a clear resemblance to oceanic crust, assumed to be related to the presence of ancient oceanic crust there.     

青藏高原S波和泊松比的层析成像

本研究使用中国数字地震台网（CDSN）（2009—2016）走时数据开展青藏高原地壳地震波速度三维层析成像研究,获得分辨率达到1°×1°×20 km的青藏高原地壳S波三维速度结构和泊松比分布.结果表明,分布在可可西里和羌塘北部的高钾质和钾质火山岩带,其上地壳到下地壳都存在S波波速扰动负异常和高泊松比.说明第三纪青藏高原隆升过程中,由于大陆碰撞使三叠纪的东昆仑缝合带重新破裂,造成大量壳幔混合熔融物质上涌和火山喷发,进而揭示了青藏高原北部新生代火山岩的存在与青藏高原的形成和隆升密切相关;青藏高原新生代裂谷位于中下地壳S波速度扰动负异常带的两侧,裂谷带之下的中下地壳泊松比减小到0.22以下.裂谷带之下中下地壳的S波速异常分布和泊松比值可以推断青藏高原新生代裂谷深达中地壳底部,这个推论与密度扰动三维成像的相关结论一致.青藏高原S波速度和泊松比在下地壳至壳幔边界随深度产生急剧变化,说明地壳内部发生了大规模的层间拆离和水平剪切;青藏高原东构造结之下泊松比高达0.29~0.33,S波速度扰动为负异常,推断东构造结下方地壳主要由坚硬的蛇纹石化橄榄岩组成;青藏高原中下地壳S波速负异常区范围大面积扩大,地壳底部几乎被S波速低值区全部覆盖.下地壳S波异常分布特点可能反映下地壳管道流的影响.     

共和7.0级地震地质背景及地震机制的探讨

通过实地考察及资料分析认为,共和7.0级地震发生于近东西向和近南北向构造带的交汇处。地震活动及震源机制表明:地震的发生与两组断裂共轭错动的力学机制有关。等震线长轴方向及展布状况与盆地形状、沉积物厚度和水文地质状况有关。