帕米尔东北缘-西昆仑的构造地貌及其构造意义

帕米尔东北缘-西昆仑位于青藏高原西北部,受三条大型断裂:康西瓦断裂、主帕米尔-铁克里克断裂和公格尔断裂的制约.通过野外考察、卫星遥感图像解译、ASTER GDEM高程数据的分析,对上述三条断裂及整个区域进行构造地貌研究,并探讨其构造意义.结果表明:康西瓦断裂为左行走滑断裂;主帕米尔-铁克里克断裂为逆冲断裂;公格尔断裂和塔什库尔干断裂分别为右行、左行走滑正断层,连接两者的是塔合曼正断裂.通过ASTER GDEM高程数据的高程分布、局部高程差和坡度分析,表明帕米尔东北缘-西昆仑至塔里木盆地存在三级特征地貌(塔里木盆地、塔里木盆地南缘山前褶皱逆冲带和帕米尔东北缘-西昆仑);西昆仑地区受印度/亚洲板块碰撞而产生垂向物质运动,由于三条大型断裂控制在西侧断裂附近存在水平方向的物质运动,垂直和水平两种运动的存在促使靠近康西瓦和公格尔断裂形成高山地貌.     

The Pinjaur dun (intermontane longitudinal valley) and associated active mountain fronts, NW Himalaya: Tectonic geomorphology and morphotectonic evolution

The Himalayan orogenic belt, formed as a result of collision tectonic processes, shows abundant evidence of neotectonic activity, active tectonics, and the occurrence of historical earthquakes. Its frontal deformation zone is characterized, in some segments, by intermontane longitudinal valleys (duns). Such frontal segments of the Himalaya are marked by the occurrence of multiple mountain fronts.In one such segment of the foothills of the NW Himalaya, the Pinjaur dun is developed and marked by three mountain fronts: MF1A and MF1B associated with the southernmost Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT), MF2 associated with the Sirsa fault, and MF3 associated with the Barsar thrust along the southern margin of the relatively higher main part of the sub-Himalaya. Geomorphic responses to the tectonic activity of these and related structural features have been analyzed through the use of geomorphic indices, drainage density, stream longitudinal profiles, drainage anomalies, and hypsometric analysis. Also, fault and fold growth and their expression on landform development was studied using a combination of surface profiles and field observations.The values of valley floor width to height ratio (V_f) for valleys associated with MF1 ranged between 0.07 and 0.74, and for valleys associated with MF2 ranged from 1.02–5.12. V_f for the four major valleys associated with MF1B ranged from 1.1–1.7. The asymmetry factor for 26 drainage basins related to MF1A indicate these have developed under the influence of a transverse structure. These results taken together with those obtained from the Hack profiles and SL index values, hypsometry, drainage density, and drainage anomalies suggest that the faults associated with the mountain fronts and related structures are active.Active tectonics and neotectonic activity have led to the formation of four surfaces in the Pinjaur dun. In addition, an important drainage divide separating the Sirsa and Jhajara drainage networks also developed in the intermontane valley. Surface profile analysis helped in deciphering the growth history of the fault bend fold structures of the outermost Siwalik hills. The effects of tectonic activity on the proximal part of the Indo-Gangetic plains are interpreted from the remarkable river deflections that are aligned linearly over tens of kilometers in a zone about 10 km south of the HFT.Based on these integrated structural and tectonic geomorphological approaches, a morphotectonic evolutionary model of the dun has been proposed. This model highlights the role of uplift and growth history of the fault bend fold structures of the outermost Siwalik hills on (i) the depositional landforms and drainage development of the Pinjaur dun, and (ii) valley development of the outermost Siwalik hills.Importantly, this study postulates the formation of an incipient mountain front that is evolving ahead of the HFT and the outermost Siwalik hills in the Indo-Gangetic plains.     

Archaeological and historiographical implications of recent uplift of the Peloro Peninsula, NE Sicily

In ancient times, the name “Peloro” was used to indicate an anthropic area that gradually developed around the first known human settlement on the Sicilian shore near the Straits of Messina. Since the 5th century BC, historians have documented that numerous naval armadas landed for long periods at Peloro. However, the present-day morphology of the Peloro Cape Peninsula does not have any protected inlet that would offer a location to repair hundreds of ships, as has been documented by historical sources. To address this discrepancy, geomorphologic data were collected and analyzed to verify whether historical documents were consistent with the palaeotopography of the area. This approach is based on the analysis of the morphotectonic evolution of the coastal lowland that resulted from regional uplift over the Quaternary and Holocene. The results indicate that the harbour was located in the basin of the Pantano Piccolo salt marsh, and was large and deep enough to have sheltered up to 320 ships.     

“豫灵人”发现区及其南部小秦岭构造地貌研究

本文主要运用构造力学机制分析方法,对区内构造地貌的形成发展作了较详细的分析研究,基本结论是:顺时针扭动的南北向挤压应力场控制着本区的宏观构造地貌格局。