秦岭造山带核部杂岩向西的侧向运移

秦岭造山带核部杂岩即秦岭杂岩南北两侧商丹、朱夏边界剪切带逆-左行和逆(正)-右行相配套的剪切、杂岩内部广泛发育的东倾的A型构造、变质作用的近等温降压以及花岗岩体侵位中心的向东偏移的特点揭示,该杂岩相对两侧古生代地层发生过(晚加里东-早海西期)向西的平行造山带的侧向运移、抬升;水平相对位移量约32-86km:垂向相对抬升量约为15-40km:其动力学背景是杂岩两侧盆地由东向西剪刀状双向俯冲闭合造成的侧向挤出。     

The structure and timing of lateral escape during the Scandian Orogeny: A combined strain and geochronological investigation in Finnmark, Arctic Norwegian Caledonides

Determining the timing, duration and mechanism of tectonic events within an orogenic cycle, such as ocean subduction, continent–continent collision or gravitational collapse, is challenging, especially in ancient orogenic belts. Variations in the tectonic transport direction, however, can be used as a guide to these stages of orogeny. While thrust sheets within the Caledonian allochthon in north Norway were emplaced broadly eastwards perpendicular to the trend of the orogen, many features indicate material transport in other orientations. One dominant feature of the Magerøy Nappe, sitting above and infolded with the Kalak Nappe Complex, is the development of a strong N–S lineation orthogonal to the main transport direction. Strain measurements, in part determined by a new method, are used, in the context of the regional structural data to identify the critical stage in orogeny when compressional forces are balanced by orogen-parallel lateral escape. Quantitative 3-D strain estimation in the Magerøy Nappe indicates prolate deformation with c. 50% horizontal shortening parallel to the thrusting direction (E–W) and c. 200% extension along the orogenic strike (N–S) with c. 30% vertical shortening. Temporal constraint on this fabric is provided by Ar–Ar isotopic analysis of undeformed white mica in cross-cutting granitic pegmatites. These data show that prolate deformation occurred before the white mica cooling age of 416 ± 4 Ma, while the previously determined depositional age of the Hellefjord Schist indicates that it occurred after 438 ± 4 Ma. A granitic pegmatite that intruded the Hellefjord Schist after an initial deformation phase but during or prior to a later deformation, has been dated at 431 ± 2 Ma by U–Pb zircon. A previous lower age constraint on this deformation of 428 ± 5 Ma is given by metamorphic zircon overgrowths on fractured grains. These results constrain the continental collision between Baltica and Laurentia in Finnmark to the interval c. 431–428 Ma. Placed in a regional context, these results indicate that lateral escape was orthogonal to the thrusting direction and occurred during the continent–continent collision stage in the Scandian Orogeny before gravitationally driven collapse.     

Sustainable transpression: An examination of strain and kinematics in deforming zones with migrating boundaries

Most orogenic belts owe their development to oblique convergence and commonly have many orogen-parallel transpressional high-strain zones. To constrain the tectonic history of orogenic belts by structural and fabric analysis of rocks, it is desirable to understand quantitatively the relationship between the boundary conditions and the resulting strain distribution and kinematics in these zones. Most current models for transpression assume homogeneous deformation confined by boundaries that are fixed to material planes. This creates a strain compatibility problem at the margins of the active deforming zone and also requires that the strain rate normal to the zone boundaries increase to implausibly high values soon after the onset of oblique convergence (transpressional motion). The latter contradicts with the observation that transpressional motion can be sustained throughout an orogeny. The assumption that zone boundaries are fixed to material planes is unrealistic. The outstanding problems of current transpressional models are resolved in this paper by allowing the zone boundaries to migrate through the rock material. The consequence of zone boundary migration for the strain field and kinematics within a transpressional high-strain zone is investigated mathematically. The implications of the modeling for fabric interpretation are discussed. The modeling makes general predictions consistent with observed planar and linear fabric patterns in natural transpressional high-strain zones. It predicts that foliations in transpressional high-strain zones are subparallel to the zone boundaries regardless of variation in the imposed boundary conditions. Lineations cluster along the great circle girdle subparallel to the average foliation. The spread of the lineations may vary from point maxima to complete girdles.     

中国北部古元古代地壳尺度的伸展拆离和硅铝壳内活动带:北东向线性航磁异常的地质构造解释

早前寒武纪地质构造和分辨率大于120km的长波航磁异常特征表明:塔南—华北—朝鲜北部(狼林地块)具有类似的太古宙结晶基底,它们可能曾经是太古宙统一克拉通的组成部分。20~120km分辨率的中波航磁异常凸现一组北东东—北北东走向、改造太古宙高级变质结晶基底的线性航磁异常,它们分别对应于地壳尺度的长寿断裂。古元古代阶段沿着它们发生了大规模的左行韧性伸展剪切运动,在使塔南、朝鲜北部陆块分别向南西和北东伸展拆离的同时,华北克拉通内部也出现了有限的裂解,并伴随着硅铝壳内活动带的发育。本文将这些古元古代阶段韧性伸展剪切带划分为塔南与华北陆块之间的西部剪切带系统、华北与狼林陆块之间的东部剪切带系统和华北陆块内部的青龙—太行山—中条山等3个独立的剪切带系统。西部韧性剪切系统由阿尔金、大同—环县、以及它们之间的狼山—吉兰泰、雅布赖山等次级剪切带组成,控制古元古代阿拉善群和上集宁群的孔兹岩系为代表的硅铝壳内活动带的沉积—构造演化。东部韧性剪切系统包括沂水和新宾—桦甸等韧性剪切带,相关的古元古代活动带以胶东地区的粉子山群、荆山群和辽吉地区的辽河群为代表。中部韧性剪切带系统以太行山地区阜平群、赞皇群中出现的角闪岩相糜棱片麻岩、眼球状糜棱岩带为代表,发育b-型线理,指示近水平或低角度斜滑性质的左行韧性剪切,相关的古元古代活动带包括双山子—青龙河、五台—滹沱、甘陶河—东焦、吕梁、中条以及济宁等。不同规模的古元古代活动带彼此并不相连,以发育变质沉积—火山岩建造为主体,岩石磁化率明显低于太古宙高级变质结晶基底,与之相关的韧性剪切带则以其透入性矿物线理产生了增强的磁化率各向异性,两者共同构建了地壳尺度北东东—北北东向线性航磁异常带。古元古代末的中条运动使上述硅铝壳内活动带褶皱回返,塔南—华北—朝鲜北部陆块重新焊接,形成近纬向展布逐渐稳定的中轴大陆克拉通,上述地壳尺度的韧性伸展剪切带在中元古代以后的地质历史中,大多被后期不同性质的脆性断裂所追踪。