Geomorphic expression of neotectonic activity in a low relief area in an Airborne Laser Scanning DTM: A case study of the Little Hungarian Plain (Pannonian Basin)

The NW corner of the Little Hungarian Plain, which lies at the junction of the Eastern Alps, the Pannonian Basin and the Western Carpathians, is a neotectonically active region linking the extrusional tectonics of the Eastern Alps with the partly subsiding Little Hungarian Plain. The on-going deformation is verified by the earthquake activity in the region. An extremely flat part of the area, east of Neusiedlersee, the so-called Seewinkel, has been investigated with Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS, also known as airborne LiDAR) techniques, resulting in a digital terrain model (DTM) with a 1 m grid resolution and vertical precision of better than 10 cm. The DTM has been compared with known and inferred neotectonic features.Potential neotectonic structures of the DTM have been evaluated, together with geological maps, regional tectono-geomorphic studies, geophysical data, earthquake foci, as well as geomorphological features and the Quaternary sediment thickness values of the Seewinkel and the adjacent Parndorfer plateau. A combined evaluation of these data allows several tectonic features with a relief of < 2 m to be recognized in the DTM. The length of these linear geomorphological structures ranges from several hundred meters up to several kilometers. The most prominent feature forms a 15 km long, linear, 2 m high NE–SW trending ridge with gravel occurrences having an average grain size of ca. 5 cm on its top. We conclude this feature to represent the surface expression of the previously recognized Mönchhof Fault. In general, this multi-disciplinary case study shows that ALS DTMs are extremely important for tectono-geomorphic investigations, as they can detect and accurately locate neotectonic structures, especially in low-relief areas.     

Late Cenozoic transpressional ductile deformation north of the Nazca–South America–Antarctica triple junction

The southern Andes plate boundary zone records a protracted history of bulk transpressional deformation during the Cenozoic, which has been causally related to either oblique subduction or ridge collision. However, few structural and chronological studies of regional deformation are available to support one hypothesis or the other. We address along- and across-strike variations in the nature and timing of plate boundary deformation to better understand the Cenozoic tectonics of the southern Andes.Two east–west structural transects were mapped at Puyuhuapi and Aysén, immediately north of the Nazca–South America–Antarctica triple junction. At Puyuhuapi (44°S), north–south striking, high-angle contractional and strike-slip ductile shear zones developed from plutons coexist with moderately dipping dextral-oblique shear zones in the wallrocks. In Aysén (45–46°), top to the southwest, oblique thrusting predominates to the west of the Cenozoic magmatic arc, whereas dextral strike-slip shear zones develop within it.New ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar data from mylonites and undeformed rocks from the two transects suggest that dextral strike-slip, oblique-slip and contractional deformation occurred at nearly the same time but within different structural domains along and across the orogen. Similar ages were obtained on both high strain pelitic schists with dextral strike-slip kinematics (4.4±0.3 Ma, laser on muscovite–biotite aggregates, Aysén transect, 45°S) and on mylonitic plutonic rocks with contractional deformation (3.8±0.2 to 4.2±0.2 Ma, fine-grained, recrystallized biotite, Puyuhuapi transect). Oblique-slip, dextral reverse kinematics of uncertain age is documented at the Canal Costa shear zone (45°S) and at the Queulat shear zone at 44°S. Published dates for the undeformed protholiths suggest both shear zones are likely Late Miocene or Pliocene, coeval with contractional and strike-slip shear zones farther north. Coeval strike-slip, oblique-slip and contractional deformation on ductile shear zones of the southern Andes suggest different degrees of along- and across-strike deformation partitioning of bulk transpressional deformation.The long-term dextral transpressional regime appears to be driven by oblique subduction. The short-term deformation is in turn controlled by ridge collision from 6 Ma to present day. This is indicated by most deformation ages and by a southward increase in the contractional component of deformation. Oblique-slip to contractional shear zones at both western and eastern margins of the Miocene belt of the Patagonian batholith define a large-scale pop-up structure by which deeper levels of the crust have been differentially exhumed since the Pliocene at a rate in excess of 1.7 mm/year.     

GIS支持下地震与活动断裂关系研究--以上海及邻近海域为例

以MAPGIS软件为基础平台 ,利用GIS缓冲区分析和空间叠加分析技术 ,研究上海及邻近海域地震与活动断裂的关系。研究区地震活动断裂的发育程度以继承性NE -NNE向为主 ,但其活动强度不及NW -NNW向及近EW向断裂 ;沿NW -NNW向及近EW向断裂两侧 ,中强地震发生频率明显高于NE -NNE向断裂 ;不同时代活动断裂与中强地震之间存在一定的联系 ,表现为随着断裂活动时代变新 ,断裂周围中强地震发生的频率升高。     

湖南中生代岩浆活动与晚二叠世煤变质特征

岩体同位素年龄和空间展布分析表明，中生代岩浆活动受多期活动的深大断裂控制且具有多阶段和多期次演化特征。根据Ｘ 射线衍射分析、包体测温、热液矿点的分布以及煤质参数等特征可以证明，除了深成变质作用外，岩浆热变质作用是该区主要的煤变质作用类型。岩浆热变质作用可进一步划分为区域岩浆热变质作用和接触变质作用。通过对湖南的煤类、岩浆活动、构造特征及地球物理特征的比较，可划分出４个煤变质区，其变质程度自北西向南东逐渐增高，这是中、新生代太平洋板块与欧亚板块长期相互作用的结果     

阿尔金造山带中、新生代的演化

塔里木盆地东缘的阿尔金造山带中、新生代经历了一个复杂的大地构造演化历程:中生代早期(T)为隆升夷平,中生代中后期(J-K)为裂陷沉积阶段;自古新世-中新世因塔里木盆地向东挤压使得阿尔金造山带东南缘出现了右行走滑仰冲,柴达木壳体向阿尔金造山带之下俯冲,阿尔金造山带隆起.塔里木盆地相对柴达木盆地向北移动,最大距离可达400~500 km,使得原来统一的塔里木-敦煌-柴达木联合盆地裂解.由于逆冲走滑使阿尔金造山带内部发育了一系列小型的走滑盆地,形成了复杂的盆地沉积建造,并伴有动力变质及火山作用;中新世末,东西向挤压转变为不对称的南北向力隅作用,使得阿尔金造山带发生构造反转,右行转变为左行,统一的塔里木-敦煌盆地裂解.塔里木盆地向南漂移,距离达400多公里.塔里木盆地的向东俯冲使阿尔金造山带急骤隆起,同样,在阿尔金造山带内部发育了一系列小型盆地,形成了相应的复杂沉积建造.     

新生代阿尔金断层中、东段右行走滑特征

从柴达木、准噶尔、塔里木3个地块近4个古地磁样品中得出的古纬度数据表明,新生代阿尔金断层中、东段的右行走滑特征明显。白垩纪以来,新疆板块相对柴达木地块向北移动了0.6°-5.4°。据此将断裂两侧各地块复原到白垩纪末的位置,天山-北山地体与祁连山地体相联,柴达木地体成为塔里木地体的东延部分。     

江西赣州西北部蛤湖地区拆离伸展构造体系

在江西赣州西北部蛤湖地区发现1条韧性拆离断层,宽1～3km,倾向南东。该断层以震旦系砂页岩的构造片岩化和中酸性火山岩的糜棱岩化为特征。其上盘由5～6条铲式正断层组成,正断层的倾向与拆离断层一致,其中最上部的1条正断层控制了箕状断陷盆地的形成和分布;下盘为笔架山穹隆状复式花岗岩杂岩体及其外接触带的震旦系浅变质地层。这些构造构成了一个在成因上与拆离断层形成有关的伸展构造体系。该体系的形成与区域北东向地垒式隆起局部地段的强烈隆升有关,发生于侏罗纪至晚白垩世,其活动对内生成矿起着重要的控制作用。     

The Role of Pre-existing Structures in the Origin, Propagation and Architecture of Faults in the Main Ethiopian Rift

Four major fault systems oriented N–S to NNE–SSW, NE–SW, E–W and NW–SE are identified from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images and a high resolution digital elevation model (DEM) over the Ethiopian Rift Valley and the surrounding plateaus. Most of these faults are the result of Cenozoic - extensional reactivation of pre-existing basement structures. These faults interacted with each other at different geological times under different geodynamic conditions. The Cenozoic interaction under an extensional tectonic regime is the major cause of the actual volcano-tectonic landscape in Ethiopia. The Wonji Fault Belt (WFB), which comprises the N–S to NNE–SSW striking rift floor faults, displays peculiar propagation patterns mainly due to interaction with the other fault systems and the influence of underlying basement structures. The commonly observed patterns are: curvilinear oblique-slip faults forming lip-horsts, sinusoidal faults, intersecting faults and locally splaying faults at their ends. Fault-related open structures such as tail-cracks, releasing bends and extensional relay zones and fault intersections have served as principal eruption sites for monogenetic Plio-Quaternary volcanoes in the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER).     

湖北宜昌石板溪金矿区断层空间结构及其控矿规律研究

断层空间结构包括变形结构和几何结构两部分。本文在解析石板溪金矿区主要断层变形结构和几何结构的基础上，探讨了其空间结构模式和控矿规律。     

边界补给量计算方法在宋桥井田的应用研究

利用宋桥井田奥灰群孔抽水试验资料,根据补（隔）水边界水位曲线的特征,采用半对数直线图解法,将井田F2-9断层定性为补给边界。为了解补给边界的补给量,选用边界补给量计算方法．计算出了边界补给量占孔流量的65％,从而较客观地确定了井田水文地质条件类型。