In the present study the long period surface wave records of 238 wave-paths from 79 earthquakes within China and its adjacent
regions received by 30 seismic network stations are measured by using the improved match-filtering frequency-time analysis
technique and the grid dispersion inversion method to obtain the rayleigh pure-path dispersion values for 147 slant grids
of 4° × 4° in this area, then a three-dimensional shear wave velocity model of the crust and upper mantle beneath south China
area to a depth of 170 km is inversed.
It is found that there are obvious differences among the main structural units, and there are also certain differences among
the subordinate elements even in the individual unit. The crustal thickness of this area is ranging from 30 to 43 km, and
is getting thicker gradually from the east to the west. The average shear velocity of crust is ranging form 3.48 to 3.68 km/s
with the lowest in the northeast part and highest in the west part. No obvious crustal low velocity layer of large scale is
detected. There exist upper mantle low velocity zones in the most of south China area with the starting depth ranging from
75 to 106 km. The lowest shear velocity within the low velocity zones is about 4.28–4.38 km/s. Despite of the existing of
upper mantle low velocity zones beneath the most of south China area, the interfaces between the important layers are quite
clear, the variation of the bedding surfaces is very gentle, and the lateral changes measured in a larger scale of the underground
structure are rather small. It may indicate that the crustal and upper mantle structure of the main part of south China area
belongs to the relatively stable structure of the continental blocks except for the fringe areas such as the fold-faulted
region in the west part and the fault system along the southeastern coast which may belong to the tectonically active area.
The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 159–167, 1993.
This subject is supported by the National Science Foundation of China. 相似文献
Combining Lu–Hf garnet geochronology with in situ trace element analyses in garnet allowed us to gain new insight into the metamorphic evolution of UHP–UHT rocks in the Stary Gierałtów region, in the Polish Sudetes. Prograde garnet growth recorded by Rayleigh-type heavy REE (HREE) zoning in the felsic granulites indicates that the obtained 386.6 ± 4.9 Ma Lu–Hf age represents the time of garnet crystallization on a prograde UHP metamorphic path. The surrounding rocks were metamorphosed at the same time as indicated by 381.2 ± 6.7 Ma Sm–Nd garnet age obtained for the mid-crustal metapelites. The second metamorphic episode, which affected most of the lower crust in the Orlica–Śnieżnik Massif (OSM) occurred at ca. 340 Ma as determined by U–Pb zircon and Sm–Nd garnet dating of granulites in this and previous studies is interpreted as a high temperature event, which took place on a retrograde path.
Trace element distribution in garnets from the layered granulites showed significant differences in distribution of medium and HREE in garnets from mafic and felsic protoliths over the course of the metamorphic evolution. This had strong impact on the isotopic dating results and led to “decoupling” of the Sm–Nd and Lu–Hf clocks, which recorded timing of the two different metamorphic episodes separated by as much as 40 Ma. Moreover, the preservation of the HREE growth zonation profile in garnets from the felsic granulites whose minimum metamorphic temperature was established at 900 °C implies that the Lu–Hf system under relatively dry conditions does not undergo significant diffusional re-equilibration even at such extreme temperatures and therefore it sill provides the age of prograde garnet growth. Under hydrous conditions, at least some resetting will take place, as documented by the partially relaxed HREE zonation profile in the amphibolitised mafic granulite, which yielded a 10 Ma younger age. The HREE distribution study appeared to be a particularly valuable and essential tool, which allowed us to distinguish garnet growth from post-growth complexities and hence, provide improved age interpretation. Medium REE, on the other hand, did not show any obvious correlation with the isotopic signature of garnet.
Two distinct metamorphic episodes recorded in the Stary Gierałtów region show that buoyancy-driven uplift of UHP rocks can be arrested at the base of a continental crust if not supported by any additional force. In our case study, the UHP rocks would have never reached the surface if their uplift had not been resumed after a long pause under a different tectonic regime. The multistage, discontinuous uplift revealed by the UHP rocks of the OSM provides a new scenario for the exhumation of continental crust from mantle depths distinct from the fast-track exhumation histories recognized in UHP terranes elsewhere. 相似文献