南海东北部陆缘三维磁性结构研究(英文)

The 3D magnetic structure beneath the continental margin of the northeastern South China Sea

南海东北部陆缘是研究南海深部结构、构造演化与动力学机制的关键区域。鉴于该区磁测数据受低磁纬度斜磁化和剩磁影响,本文采用等效源技术与磁异常模量反演相结合的策略,基于实测磁异常进行三维磁性结构反演。反演结果显示,区内具有显著的南北分块,东西分带的构造分区特点,磁性体的延展方向表现为东西向、北东向和北西向三组,与区内的主要构造方向一致。陆缘区高值磁异常带与其南侧的磁静区磁性反演特征存在明显差异,前者表现为沿北东向延伸的强磁性体,其平面展布范围约500km*60km,深度超过25km,结合最新的地球物理研究成果,认为可能与板块俯冲有关的地壳深部岩浆底侵活动密切相关。后者表现为浅部呈东西条带状展布的弱磁性体,而其深部下地壳及上地幔顶部为宽缓的磁性层,显示出类似于洋壳的磁性结构,推测可能与古洋壳有关。

Understanding the continental margin of the Northeastern South China Sea is critical to the study of deep structures, tectonic evolution, and dynamics of the region. One set of important data for this endeavor is the total-field magnetic data. Given the challenges associated with the magnetic data at low latitudes and with remanent magnetism in this area, we combine the equivalent-source technique and magnetic amplitude inversion to recover 3D subsurface magnetic structures. The inversion results show that this area is characterized by a north-south block division and east-west zonation. Magnetic regions strike in EW, NE and NW direction and are consistent with major tectonic trends in the region. The highly magnetic zone recovered from inversion in the continental margin differs visibly from that of the magnetically quiet zones to the south. The magnetic anomaly zone strikes in NE direction, covering an area of about 500 km × 60 km, and extending downward to a depth of 25 km or more. In combination with other geophysical data, we suggest that this strongly magnetic zone was produced by deep underplating of magma associated with plate subduction in Mesozoic period. The magnetically quiet zone in the south is an EW trending unit underlain by broad and gentle magnetic layers of lower crust. Its magnetic structure bears a clear resemblance to oceanic crust, assumed to be related to the presence of ancient oceanic crust there.