Collision orogeny at arc-arc junctions in the Japanese Islands

Abstract In the Japanese Islands, collision tectonics are operating at arc-arc junctions in three regions: Hokkaido, Central Japan and Kyushu. Hokkaido is situated at the junction of the Kuril and Northeast Japan Arcs. The Kuril fore arc sliver collides with the Northeast Japan Arc, and the lower crust of the Kuril Arc thrusts upon the fore arc of the Northeast Japan Arc in Hokkaido. Outcrops of the lower crust are observed in the Hidaka Mountains in the fore arc of the junction area. Central Japan is in the juncture area among the Northeast Japan, Izu-Bonin, and Southwest Japan Arcs. The Izu-Bonin arc is colliding against the Honshu mainland, which has been bent by the collision. Kyushu is a juvenile collision area between the Southwest Japan and Ryukyu Arcs. The fore arc of the Southwest Japan Arc is starting to underthrust beneath the Kyushu islands along the Bungo Strait, where shallow seismicity within the crust is active in terms of the collision. Collision tectonics are observed at most of the arc-arc junctions in the circum-Pacific orogenic belts and may be an important process contributing to the relatively rapid growth of new continental crust in subduction zones.     

新亚欧大陆桥的走向及相关问题探讨

第二亚欧大陆桥已成为国际社会关注的焦点之一，但各国对其走向有着不同的见解和主张。本文概述了第二亚欧大陆桥各种走向的有关问题，并强调对其沿线环境灾害必须重视加以治理。     

地球自转引起大陆板块向赤道漂移的动力

本文从力学原理出发，讨论了由于地球自转，大陆板块受到一个沿纬圈指向东的主矩和指向赤道的主矢作用，致使板块向赤道作俯冲运动。     

大陆岩石圈流变学研究

简单介绍了流变学的概念和两种基本研究方法,基于大陆岩石圈较大洋岩石圈有更为复杂的流变特征客观事实,指出研究大陆岩石圈流变学的重要性,并提出几个主要的研究方向和领域。     

中国东南沿海及邻近海区一种独特的大陆增生方式——转换断层向俯冲体系的转变

闽东沿海构造带—东海陆架西缘断裂、钓鱼岛隆起带(台湾—宍道褶皱带)以及帛琉—九州洋脊在中生代期间先后经历了自转换断层向俯冲系统的转变,这种转变构成了中国东南及毗邻海区独特的大陆增生方式,它表明特提斯和古太平洋的演化对这一地区的中、新生代构造格局起着重要的制约作用。     

Tectono-Sedimentary History of Southeastern Coast Region,China:a Synthesis

According to the ideas and concepts of systems dynamic of continent structure, using previous information related to the study area, combining analyses on orogenic belt, basin and magmatic rock, the present paper synthesizes the tectono-sedimentary development of southeastern coast region, China, with special emphasis on the mountain making, basining and magmafc activity. The tectonic evolution after Late Caledonian orogeny was dominated by alternating rifting and converging, subsiding and uplifting, mountain making and basining in central and southern parts of southeastern China and the adjacent regions to the east and west. Seventeen geologic events, nine events of plate or terrain convergence , and continental crust accretion, as well as eight events of intracontinental rifting and basin faulting , are closely related to the tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the study area. The accompanied intense and frequent sedimentation , folding , faulting , magmatism and ore-forming process allowed huge coal     

Element Abundances of China‘s Continental Crust and Its Sedimentary Layer and Upper Continental Crust

China’s continental crust (CCC) has an average thickness of 47km, with the upper continental crust (CUCC) being 31 km and the sedimentary layer(CSL) 5 km in thickness. The CCC, CUCC and CSL measure 12.437 × 10⁻¹⁷, 8.005 × 10⁻¹⁷ and 1.146 × 10¹⁷ metric tons in mass, respectively. The mass ratio of the upper continental crust to the lower one is 1.8:1. The element abundances were calculated for the CCC, CUCC and CSL respectively in terms of the chemical compositions of 2246 samples of various types and some complementary trace element data. The total abundance of 13 major elements accounts for 99.6% of the CCC mass while the other minor elements only account for 0.4%. REE characteristics, the abundance ratios of element pairs and the amounts of ore-forming elements are also discussed in the present paper.     

金沙江中段元古宙变质岩的Sm-Nd同位素年龄报道

金沙江中段的古老变质岩由多期变质的元古宙变质岩石单元组成。利用Sm-Nd同位素方法获得了雄松群二云母片岩全岩同位素等时线年龄1594Ma和1723Ma、2011Ma两组模式年龄。前者代表了成岩年龄,后者代表金沙江中段地层的基底年龄,这与金沙江流域乃至整个华南地壳最初形成的年龄十分相似。表明,川西、藏东地区雄松群变质岩可能属于华南地壳的组成部分。其形成时间应在早元古代或更早的时期内。