摘要
酒泉早白垩世半地堑断陷呈南北向或北东向展布,进一步分为多米诺骨牌式、对倾式和背倾式三种。其充填物明显地受近南北向或北东向正断裂控制,其中的火山岩均为碱性玄武岩,可能由地幔熔融形成。初步认为,酒泉半地堑断陷是早白垩世陆内地幔热隆诱发的近南北向伸展构造。在新生代,由于印度板块的挤压作用,北祁连山前展式北向推覆作用可能使早白垩世半地堑断陷的南部地区转换成山脉,现今的半地堑南部边界被掩伏于北祁连山之下;同时,印度板块的挤压作用使控制半地堑沉积体系的近南北向或北东向正断裂转换为逆冲断裂,发生反转。
The Early Cretaceous halfgraben fault depressions in Jiuquan are aligned along the NS or NE directions, and classified into three types: Domino, opposite dip and trailing dip types. The filling material is obviously constrained by the NS or NEtrending normal faults. The volcanic rocks are composed, without exception, of alkaline basalts that may be of mantlemelted origin. The half graben fault depressions in Jiuquan are interpreted to be built up of nearly NStrending extensional structures triggered by the intracontinental mantle thermal upwelling during the Early Cretaceous. Till the Cenozoic, the compressional processes of the Indian plate and the northward thrusting of the North Qilian Mountains may give rise to the transition of the southern parts of these Early Cretaceous halfgraben fault depressions into mountain ranges. The presentday southern boundaries of the halfgraben fault depressions have been overlain by the North Qilian Mountains. Furthermore, the compression of the Indian plate caused the NS or NEtrending normal faults to be overturned to form the thrusts.
出处
《沉积与特提斯地质》
CAS
CSCD
2003年第2期35-42,共8页
Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology
关键词
南北向构造
半地堑
早白垩世
中国西北部
酒泉
甘肃
NS-trending structures
half-graben
Early Cretaceous
northwestern China
Jiuquan
Gansu