前陆背景下的两种正断裂现象及其相互作用模式

许多前陆盆地同时存在着下部的裂陷正断裂和上部的造山期的挠曲正断裂。作用在均质不分层和非均质分层板块中的挠曲正断裂具有不同的外观形态和形变的空间协调机制，前者断面陡直、贯穿深远；后者则呈坡坪式形态。裂陷正断裂和挠曲正断裂具有3种相互作用方式、差异甚殊的断裂总体形态和中性面分布位置不同的应力体制。Ⅰ类，挠曲正断裂局限在陆缘期或坳陷期层序中；Ⅱ类，裂陷期正断裂断至断陷期层序，且以裂陷正断裂为基础而存在，二者构成完整而独特的断裂组合；Ⅲ类，挠曲正断裂亦断穿至断陷期层序，但和裂陷正断裂并不存在直接关系。这三类关系对孔隙—裂缝网络体具有不同的影响，并和应力体制一道，对流体尤其是烃类的作用过程有差异很大的影响。地层在跨越同生正断裂和挠曲正断裂时所发生的厚度的变化，起因于二者在物源方向上的完全不同。     

Sedimentary record of Late Paleozoic rift and break-up in Northern Gondwana: a case history from the Thini Chu Group and Tamba-Kurkur Formation (Dolpo Tethys Himalaya,Nepal)

The Gottero unit of the Northern Apennines, Italy, is representative of the sedimentary cover of the Ligure-Piemontese oceanic lithosphere. This unit consists of a thick sedimentary sequence that includes Valanginian-Santonian pelagic deposits and Campanian-early Paleocene turbiditic deposits. The latter are overlain by early Paleocene trench deposits related to frontal tectonic erosion of the accretionary wedge slope. This sequence is interpreted as recording trenchward motion of the oceanic lithosphere.

The Gottero unit records a pre-Late Oligocene, complex deformation history related to subduction and accretion events. This deformation history has developed through underthrusting (D1a), underplating (D1b and D1c) and later exhumation (D2a and D2b) episodes. The folding phase related to the main underplating sub-phase (D1b) is predated by a sub-phase (D1a) connected to rapid fluid escape and followed by a sub-phase dominated by the development of shear zones (D1c). The D1b sub-phase is characterized by similar folds and a slaty cleavage developed under P/T conditions of 0.4GPa/210°-270 °C. The D1c sub-phase, characterized by west-verging thrusts, is particularly signficative in understanding the dynamics of the Ligure-Piemontese accretionary wedge because it testifies active shortening of the Gottero unit also after its transfer to the prism. In addition, sub-phase D1c represents the transition from the sub-phases connected to accretion and the tectonics dominated by extension, characterized by parallel folds and low-to high-angle normal faults. The gravity driven extension is represented by the D2a and D2b sub-phases and can be interpreted as the result of the thicknening of the Ligure-Piemontese accretionary wedge, produced by continuous underplating at its base but also by shortening of the previously underplated units. These final tectonic events resulted in the exhumation of the Gottero unit to the surface during the Early Oligocene, when this Unit became one of the source areas of the conglomerates deposited in the Tertiary Piedmont basin.

This deformation history suggests the occurrence of a complex sequence of deformations during the transition from accretion to exhumation, even in the intermediate levels of the accretionary wedge.     

The geochemistry,geochronology and paleomagnetism of dikes and sills associated with the Mesoproterozoic Midcontinent Rift near Thunder Bay,Ontario, Canada

The Midcontinent Rift (MCR) of North America comprises a series of basaltic sheets, flows and intrusive rocks emplaced in the Lake Superior region during the Mesoproterozoic. The mafic rocks preserved on the northern flank of Lake Superior represent the older portions of the rift sequence and offer insights into the early development of the rift. New geochronological, geochemical and paleomagnetic data are presented for the dikes and sills located in and south of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Three sill suites are recognized within the study area; an earlier, spatially restricted ultramafic unit termed the Riverdale sill, the predominant Logan sills and Nipigon sills in the north of the study area. In addition three dike sets are recognized, the north-east trending Pigeon River swarm, the north-west trending Cloud River dikes and the Mt. Mollie dike. The geochemical data demonstrate that the majority of sills south of Thunder Bay are of Logan affinity and distinct from those of broadly similar age in the Nipigon Embayment to the north. The Pigeon River dikes that intrude the sills are geochemically coherent but distinct from the Logan sills and could not be feeders to the sills. The new age of 1109.2 ± 4.2 Ma for the Cloud River dike and its R polarity are consistent with published magnetostratigraphy. The Mt. Mollie dike age (1109.3 ± 6.3 Ma) indicates that it is not coeval with the spatially associated Crystal Lake gabbro as previously thought. The complexity of the dike and sill suites on the northern flank of suggests that the early phases of rifting occurred in distinct and changing stress fields prior to the main extensional rifting preserved in younger rocks to the south. The geochemistry and geochronology of the intrusions suggest a long-lived and complex magmatic history for the Midcontinent Rift.     

北祁连山西段构造单元划分及演化

陶来运动使本区从华北古陆中解体出来，自成独立的构造体系。主裂谷阶段发生于中寒武世，奥陶纪形成沟弧盆体系。之后，早、晚泥盆世的碰撞造山作用使本区进入板内的浅海向陆相沉积盆地转化的阶段。中、新生代为陆内造山阶段。本区划分为３个Ⅲ级构造单元：河西走廊中、新生代断陷，北祁连早古生代弧盆系和北祁连元古代裂谷系；进而划分出１３个Ⅳ级构造单元。     

吉南集安群层序的新认识

作者认为，集安群的层序自下而上应是新开河组，清河组，大东岔组。新开河组原岩为碱质酸－基性双峰式火山岩和镁质碳酸盐岩建造。清河组原岩为火山岩和碳酸盐岩建造。大东岔组原岩为碎屑岩－粘土岩建造，浊流沉积十分典型。集安群主体呈狭长带状分布，厚度巨大，同沉积断裂活动明显，滑移裼皱和滑塌角砾岩分布普遍，柔性变形与浊积岩共生，显示了一个裂谷盆地的基本特征。     

攀西裂谷构造─岩浆活动及其成因探讨

本文主要讨论弯窿一火山型攀西裂谷的成因，岩浆深成作用与火山作用过程;弩窿梅 造的发生、发展的演化历史，岩浆分异趋势及双峰式岩浆演化系列及其成因。 攀西裂谷曾经历了岩石圈弯窿一除壳弯窿一次火山弯窿三个发展演化阶段。碱性岩浆作用与 地壳隆开、地慢去气、热流汇聚作用有着密切的成因联系，成弯作用最盛，岩浆碱度最高。随着 陆壳破裂、开放、挥发分散逸，岩浆性质从强碱质一弱碱质一碱酸性转化。 弯窿构造的发展演化阶段有机地控制了岩浆源和二次岩浆房的深度和岩浆演化特点，随着弯 窿构造的发展演化，岩浆活动由深成慢源→中浅成慢源加嵌轻微混染→超浅成壳慢混合源逐渐 演化，因而可以认为:弯窿一火山型裂谷发育的各个阶段，存在有低位→中位→高位的二次岩浆 房. 攀西裂谷属不发育的夭折裂谷，以演化时间长为特点，有利于岩浆深源(二次岩浆房内)结 晶分异、液体不混容性分离作用和陆壳的同化混染作用等得以彻底进行，最终形成“双峰式”岩 浆组合。     

攀西裂谷构造—岩浆活动及其成因探讨

本文主要讨论穹窿-火山型攀西裂谷的成因,岩浆深成作用与火山作用过程;穹窿构造的发生、发展的演化历史;岩浆分异趋势及双峰式岩浆演化系列及其成因。 攀西裂谷曾经历了岩石圈穹窿—陆壳穹窿一次火山穹窿三个发展演化阶段。碱性岩浆作用与地壳隆升、地幔去气、热流汇聚作用有着密切的成因联系,成穹作用最盛,岩浆碱度最高。随着陆壳破裂、开放、挥发分散逸,岩浆性质从强碱质—弱碱质—碱酸性转化。 穹窿构造的发展演化阶段有机地控制了岩浆源和二次岩浆房的深度和岩浆演化特点,随着穹窿构造的发展演化,岩浆活动由深成幔源→中浅成幔源加陆壳轻微混染→超浅成壳幔混合源逐渐演化,因而可以认为:穹窿-火山型裂谷发育的各个阶段,存在有低位→中位→高位的二次岩浆房。 攀西裂谷属不发育的夭折裂谷,以演化时间长为特点,有利于岩浆深源(二次岩浆房内)结晶分异、液体不混容性分离作用和陆壳的同化混染作用等得以彻底进行,最终形成“双峰式”岩浆组合。     

东非裂谷系Albert湖盆构造活动对沉积充填的影响

Albert湖盆作为东非裂谷系重要的裂谷盆地,具有巨大的油气资源潜力。但前期资料匮乏,制约着Albert盆地的研究进展,目前仍存在着构造活动背景下沉积物响应特征不明确等亟待解决的问题。通过录井、测井及地震地质资料,结合Google Earth对该区盆地结构、湖盆断裂体系和沉积体系开展研究,并深入探讨构造对沉积物分配的控制作用。研究表明,Albert湖盆发育非对称式地堑结构,盆地两侧以正断层发育为主,西侧陡,东侧缓;主要为三角洲-湖泊沉积体系,其中三角洲包括三角洲平原及前缘亚相,湖泊包括滨浅湖及深湖亚相。不同裂谷演化时期,构造对沉积物分配控制作用明显。低扩张阶段南侧断层活动强烈,沉积物主要从北侧入湖,主要发育河流及正常三角洲;初始断裂阶段西北侧断层活动强烈,沉积物从东南侧入湖,主要发育扇三角洲及辫状河三角洲;第2断裂阶段断裂活动基本终止,沉积物从东南、东北两方向入湖,主要发育扇三角洲、辫状河三角洲及河流相。湖盆内主要发育同向叠置型和相向平行型2类构造调节带,断层组合样式形成的构造低部位,作为沉积物搬运的有利通道,对沉积物的分配起到控制作用。     

Surface stresses associated with arrested dykes in rift zones

Many theoretical models predict that arrested dykes may generate major grabens at rift-zone surfaces. Arrested dyke tips in eroded rift zones, however, are normally not associated with major grabens or normal faults that could be generated by dyke-induced stresses ahead of the tips, and normal faults and grabens tend to be less common in those parts of eroded rift zones where dykes are comparatively abundant. Similarly, there are feeder dykes, as well as dykes arrested a few metres below the surface, that do not generate faults or grabens at the surface. Here I propose that this discrepancy between theoretical models and field observations may be explained by the mechanical layering of the crust. Numerical models presented here show that abrupt changes in Young's moduli, layers with high dyke-normal compressive stresses (stress barriers), and weak, horizontal contacts have large effects on the dyke-induced stress fields. For the models considered, the surface tensile stresses induced by arrested dykes are normally too small to lead to significant fault or graben formation at the rift-zone surface. The only significant dyke-induced surface tensile stresses (2 MPa) in these models are for a dyke tip arrested at 1 km depth below the surface of a rift zone with a weak contact at 400 m depth and subject to extension. That tensile stress, however, peaks above the ends of the weak horizontal contact, which, in the model considered, occur at distances of 4 km to either side of the dyke, and shows no simple relation to the depth to the dyke tip. Thus, for a layered crust with weak contacts, straightforward inversion of surface geodetic data to infer dyke geometries may result in unreliable results.Editorial responsibility: A. Woods     

Dynamic causes for the opening of the Baikal Rift Zone: a numerical modelling approach

Previous dynamic models of the Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) are mostly two-dimensional on vertical plane. In this study, a numerical model of neotectonics in the region on map view was constructed using the adapted PLATES program. The present work is an attempt to test different mechanisms for opening Baikal Rift by comparing the modelled and observed stress and strain rate fields. The following rifting scenarios were tested: (1) pure northwest–southeast extension, (2) pure northeast–southwest compression, (3) oblique rift opening and (4) combined northwest–southeast extension and northeast–southwest compression. The models are calibrated using geologically and GPS-derived strain rates and stress-tensor determinations from fault-slip data and earthquake focal mechanisms. The most successful model requires a combination of NE–SW compression and orthogonal extension. The model results indicate that the present extensional regime in BRZ can be explained by combining the India plate indentation northward into Eurasia, east–west convergence between the North America and Eurasia plates and southeastward extrusion of the Amur plate in northeastern Asia. Predicted fault-slip rates for the best-fit model are consistent with the observed Holocene fault-slip rates in the Lake Baikal region. The generally accepted rotation of the Amur and Mongolia microplates are used as independent constraints for the choice of the best-fit model. These data correlate well with the predicted direction of rotation in our best model.