西秦岭北缘断层的多期变形演化及其构造动力学意义

西秦岭北缘断层是青藏高原东北缘新生代盆地与西秦岭地块之间的边界断层,其构造变形的几何学-运动学特征和变形历史等研究对于重建青藏高原东北缘新生代以来的构造变形时空动力学过程,限定新生代盆地构造属性,揭示印度板块-欧亚板块碰撞汇聚的远程构造响应和青藏高原东北缘隆升等重大科学问题具有重要地质约束。本文通过对西秦岭北缘新生代盆地南边界F1断层的断层岩类型及分带、构造要素的几何学-运动学特征等较详细的构造解析,辨认出F1断层6期构造变形：第一期为北西西走向、向北倾斜的韧性-韧脆性伸展正断层作用;第二期为北西西走向、向北陡倾或近直立的高角度逆冲断层作用,指示近南北向挤压缩短作用;第三期为走向近南北、向东或向西陡倾的对冲断层作用,指示了近东西向的挤压缩短作用;第四期为北东向右旋和北西向左旋的走滑共轭断层系统,指示了近东西向的挤压作用;第五期为断层面近直立的北东向左旋、北西向右旋的共轭破裂系统,指示了近南北向挤压作用;第六期为断层面近直立的近东西向左旋和近南北向右旋走滑断层构成了几何学-运动学协调的共轭破裂系统,指示了北东向挤压作用。结合西秦岭北缘渐新世-中新世沉积盆地具有断陷盆地沉积序列特征和上新世具有类磨拉石的冲洪积扇粗砾岩特征以及F1断层多期变形对新生代盆地沉积地层的控制和改造作用分析,认为F1断层第一期韧性-脆韧性伸展正断作用始于渐新世,控制了渐新世-中新世伸展断陷盆地沉积;F1断层第二期高角度逆冲缩短变形使得渐新世-中新世断陷盆地封闭、靠近F1断层的底部砾岩层卷入了挤压逆冲断层作用,断层拖曳使地层产状翘起变陡,这期变形持续到上新世冲洪积扇粗砾岩出现;F1断层第三期与第四期虽然都为近东西向挤压,但第三期为东西向对冲挤出,而第四期为北东向和北西向斜向走滑挤出,其动力学机制是否与青藏高原东北缘西部地壳增厚隆升诱发的中-下地壳向东流动拖曳导致的上地壳东西向挤压缩短尚待证实,由于第三和第四期变形的构造形迹在上新统韩家沟砾岩不存在,因此,这两期变形的时代只能是发生在中新世末期或上新世早期;第五期北东和北西向共轭破裂系统和第六期南北向和东西向共轭破裂系统在渐新统-中新统沉积地层和上新统粗砾岩地层中都存在,其时代无疑是上新世末期或第四纪以来的构造变形,但第五期共轭断层指示的最大主压应力为近南北向,而第六期最大主压应力为北东-南西向,两者夹角约30°,指示两期变形最大主应力方向发生了30°的顺时针旋转,这可能与青藏高原东北缘变形重组过程中块体旋转有关。上述F1断层丰富且复杂的构造变形形迹揭示的断层变形方式和历史演变对于澄清青藏高原东北缘新生代红层盆地构造属性认识上的分歧和高原变形是均匀增厚变形和块体沿断层挤出滑移地壳变形机制的争论等提供了重要的构造依据。     

Complex geometry and segmentation of the surface rupture associated with the 14 November 2001 great Kunlun earthquake, northern Tibet, China

The 14 November 2001 Kunlun, China, earthquake with a moment magnitude (M_w) 7.8 occurred along the Kusai Lake–Kunlun Pass fault of the Kunlun fault system. We document the spatial distribution and geometry of surface rupture zone produced by this earthquake, based on high-resolution satellite (Landsat ETM, ASTER, SPOT and IKONOS) images combined with field measurements. Our results show that the surface rupture zone can be divided into five segments according to the geometry of surface rupture, including the Sun Lake, Buka Daban–Hongshui River, Kusai Lake, Hubei Peak and Kunlun Pass segments from west to east. These segments, each 55 to 130 km long, are separated by step-overs. The Sun Lake segment extends about 65 km with a strike of N45° 75°W (between 90°05′E 90°50′E) along the previously unrecognized West Sun Lake fault. A gap of about 30 km long exists between the Sun Lake and Buka Daban Peak where no obvious surface ruptures can be observed either from the satellite images or field observations. The Buka Daban–Hongshui River, Kusai Lake, Hubei Peak and Kunlun Pass segments run about 365 km striking N75° 85°W along the southern slope of the Kunlun Mountains (between 91°07′E 94°58′E). This segmentation of the surface rupture is well correlated with the pattern of slip distribution measured in the field. Detailed mapping suggest that these five first-order segments can be further separated into over 20 second-order segments with a length of 10–30 km, linked by smaller scale step-overs or bends.Our result also shows that the total coseismic surface rupture length produced by the 2001 Kunlun earthquake is about 430 km (excluding the 30-km-long gap), which is the longest coseismic surface rupture for an intracontinental earthquake ever recorded.Finally, we suggest a multiple bilateral rupture propagation model that shows the rupture process of the 2001 M_w 7.8 earthquake is complex. It consists of westward and eastward rupture propagations and interaction of these bilateral rupture processes.     

LiDAR-based fluvial remote sensing to assess 50–100-year human-driven channel changes at a regional level: The case of the Piedmont Region,Italy

Remote Sensing (RS) technology has recently offered new and promising opportunities to analyze river systems. In this paper, we present a calibration of characteristic Hydraulic Scaling Law (HSL) using a regional database of river geomorphic features. We consistently linked discharge with channel geometry features for estimated Bankfull Channel Depth (eBCD), Active Channel Width (ACW), and Low Flow water Channel Width (LFCW), which are continuously available from RS data along the river course. We then used historical information and external sources of information on channel reaches that were relatively unaffected by human pressure over periods ranging from a few decades to a century (measured in comparable geographical areas) to infer relatively Unaltered HSLs (rUHSLs). Adopting rUHSL validated with available local historical evidence on channel geometry, we were able to assess historical changes in channel geometry consistently over the entire region and within the studied temporal window. The case study was conducted for the Po basin in the Piedmont Region, north-west Italy. From our analysis, it emerges that regionally 74% of the river network has riverbed incisions exceeding 1 m, while 66% of channels have halved their historical widths with a total of 617 ha of land subtracted from the active channel. LFCW is, on average, wider in Alpine rivers compared with those located in the North Apennines. Although it is currently not possible to measure the accuracy of these estimates, the evidence generated is coherent with available historical information, characteristic hydraulic scaling laws, evidence from relatively unaltered reaches and the available literature on local fluvial systems. This methodology provides robust, novel and quantitative information regarding decadal to secular channel changes that have occurred on a regional scale. This new layer of information enriches our ability to rationally address assessments of large-scale past and future channel trajectories. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Geometry and kinematics of the Mosha Fault, south central Alborz Range, Iran: An example of basement involved thrusting

Field investigation of the western part of the Mosha Fault in several structural sections in the south central Alborz Range showed that the fault has a high angle of dip to the north, and emplaces Precambrian to Cenozoic rocks over the Eocene Karaj Formation. Study of the kinematics of the Mosha Fault in this area, based on S–C fabric and microstructures, demonstrates that it is a deep-seated semi-ductile thrust. Strain analysis on rock samples from different sections across the Mosha Fault shows a flattening pattern of deformation in which the long axis of the strain ellipsoid is aligned in the fault shear sense. The Mosha Fault is associated with a large hanging-wall anticline, cored by Precambrian rocks, and series of footwall synclines, formed of late Tertiary rocks. This geometry, together with several low angle short-cut thrusts in the fault footwall, implies that the Mosha Fault is an inverted normal fault which has been reactivated since the late Tertiary. In the study area, the reverse fault mechanism was associated with the rapid uplift and igneous activity in the central Alborz Range during the late Tertiary, unlike in the eastern portion of the fault, where the fault kinematics was replaced by a strike-slip mechanism in the Late Miocene.     

On geometric design considerations and control methodologies for absorbing wavemakers

This paper investigates the effects that geometry and control have on the absorption characteristics of wavemakers. It presents the hydrodynamic coefficients for piston and bottom hinged flap wavemakers and also for two novel wavemaker profiles. Absorption efficiencies are presented for wavemakers using one, two and three control coefficients for reactive control. This is then used to analyse the absorption efficiency of each of the different wavemakers based upon the geometry and the control strategy used. It is shown that the amount of absorption for a given paddle differs greatly depending on the choice of control coefficients used to implement complex conjugate control. Increased absorption can be achieved over a broader bandwith of frequencies when the geometry of the wavemaker is optimised for one specific frequency.     

Glossary of fault and other fracture networks

Increased interest in the two- and three-dimensional geometries and development of faults and other types of fractures in rock has led to an increasingly bewildering terminology. Here we give definitions for the geometric, topological, kinematic and mechanical relationships between geological faults and other types of fractures, focussing on how they relate to form networks.     

Determination of cave geometry by using a geoelectrical resistivity inverse model

Determination of the geometry and the dimensions of a cave is an important factor considered for planning geotechnical, archeological, speleological studies, and quarrying activities. In recent years, researchers have raised an increasing number of questions related to the shape and size of cavities using 2D geoelectrical resistivity imaging techniques. The inverse model is valuable in detecting the location and extent of subterranean cavities. In this study, a 2D geoelectrical resistivity imaging technique is employed to determine the geometry of a known subterranean cavity. The results provided valuable information and demonstrated the effectiveness of the technique for exploring the size of cavities.     

大别造山带与郯庐断裂带衔接区构造特征分析

大别造山带东部与郯庐断裂带南段的衔接处发育有介于二者之间的转换构造,这些转换构造对于揭示二者之间的转换关系起着非常重要的作用。本文对郯庐断裂带桐城段及其邻区发育的转换构造的构造样式和年代学特征进行了分析,并总结得出该处共出露两种不同尺度的转换构造,分别为较大规模北东向偏转的片麻岩构造带和被北东向糜棱岩带非透入性牵引转换的片麻岩带。发生构造转换的片麻岩、同构造脉体及北东向糜棱岩分别给出锆石U-Pb年龄：812～719 Ma,803～629 Ma、242～208 Ma和176～127 Ma以及735～650 Ma、288～216 Ma。结合前人年代学分析,本文认为片麻岩构造的较大规模北东向偏转活动为郯庐断裂带的初期形成活动,受大别造山活动控制;糜棱岩带的剪切活动的发生始于早侏罗世,主要受太平洋板块向欧亚板块俯冲活动的控制。     

参数法与面束法——两种既对立又统一的方法

数学分析中两种最基本的运算——微分与积分,来自化整为零与积零为整的想法。化整为零的想法,几何中就是参数法。积零为整的想法,在平面几何中,就是线束法;在空间几何中,就是面束法。参数法与面束法是两种既对立又统一的方法。     

用矩阵求解球与圆柱的相贯线

本文利用矩阵求解球和圆柱的轴线处于各种相对位置时,相贯线的矩阵表示。并讨论相贯线在水平(H)面,侧立(W)面,正立(V)面上的投影线。