龙门山地震带的地质背景与汶川地震的地表破裂

龙门山位于青藏高原与扬子地台之间,系由一系列大致平行的叠瓦状冲断带构成,自西向东发育汶川—茂汶断裂、映秀—北川断裂和彭县—灌县断裂,并将龙门山划分为3个构造地层带,分别为变形变质构造地层带(主要由志留系—泥盆系浅变质岩和前寒武系杂岩构成)、变形变位构造地层带(主要由上古生界—三叠系沉积岩构成)、变形构造地层带(主要由侏罗系至第三系红层和第四纪松散堆积构成)。龙门山断裂带属地震危险区,3条主干断裂皆具备发生7级左右地震的能力,其中映秀—北川断裂是引发地震的最主要断层,据对彭县—灌县断裂青石坪探槽场地的研究结果表明,在该断裂带上最晚的一次强震发生在930±40a.B.P.左右,据此,可以初步判定,这3条主干断裂的单条断裂上的强震复发间隔至少应在1000a左右,表明龙门山构造带及其内部断裂属于地震活动频度低但具有发生超强地震的潜在危险的特殊断裂,以逆冲-右行走滑为其主要运动方式。汶川地震属于逆冲—走滑型的地震,地表破裂分布于映秀—北川断裂带和彭县—灌县断裂带上。根据近南北向的断裂(小鱼洞断层、擂鼓断层和邓家坝断层)和地表断距可将映秀—北川断层的地表破裂带划分为两个高值区和两个低值区,两个高值区分别位于南段的映秀-虹口一带和位于中北段的擂鼓—北川县城—邓家坝一带;两个低值区分别位于中南段的白水河—茶坪一带和北段的北川黄家坝至平武石坎子一带,两个高值区分别与小鱼洞断层和擂鼓断层相关。根据保存于破裂面上的擦痕,可将该地震破裂过程划分为两个阶段,早期为逆冲作用,晚期为斜向走滑作用,其与地壳增厚构造模式和侧向挤出摸式在青藏高原东缘的推论具有不吻合性。鉴于龙门山的表层运动速率与深部构造运动速率具有不一致性,初步探讨了龙门山地区的地表过程与下地壳流之间的地质动力模型,认为下地壳物质在龙门山近垂向挤出和垂向运动,从而造成导致龙门山向东的逆冲运动、龙门山构造带抬升和汶川特大地震。在此基础上,根据汶川地震所引发的地质灾害,对地震灾后重建提出了的几点建议。

映秀-北川断裂的地表破裂与变形特征

2008年5月12日在龙门山映秀-北川断裂带发生的8.0级特大地震,属于逆冲—走滑型地震。本文以地表破裂为切入点,在映秀-北川断裂的关键部位开展了详细的野外地貌测量,标定了映秀-北川断裂带的垂向断距和水平断距,结果表明映秀-北川断裂的地表破裂带从映秀向北东延伸达180～190km,走向介于NE30°～50°之间,倾向北西,地表平均垂向断距为2.9m,平均水平断距为3.1m;地表最大错动量的地点位于北川县擂鼓镇,垂直断错为6.2±0.1m,水平断错为6.8±0.2m,逆冲分量与右行走滑分量的比值为3∶1～1∶1,表明该断裂以逆冲—右行走滑为特点,逆冲运动分量略大于或等于右行走滑运动分量。根据近南北向的分段断裂可将映秀-北川断层的地表破裂带划分为两个高值区和两个低值区,其中两个高值区分别位于南段的映秀—虹口一带和中北段的擂鼓—北川县城—邓家坝一带。基于保存于破裂面上的擦痕,我们将该地震破裂过程划分为两个阶段,早期为逆冲作用,晚期为斜向走滑作用。

Active Tectonics of the Longmen Shan Region on the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

There is a massive amount of geomorphic evidence for active tectonics in the Longmen Shan at the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. We have surveyed some typical geomorphic markers including the Wenchuan-Maowen, Beichuan-Yingxiu and Pengxian-Guanxian faults, terrace offsets, scarps, fault-controlled saddles, dextral shutter ridges, dextral channel offsets, graben, shatter belts, and pull-apart basins. Electron spin resonance （ESR） and thermoluminescence（TL） ages were obtained using silty sand taken from below the surface of the sediments. According to these data, we calculated the rates of thrusting and strike-slip, and the results indicate that Cenozoic tectonic shortening at the plateau margin is minor with the rate of thrusting less than 1.10 mm/a and the rate of strike-slipping less than 1.46 mm/a. The Longmen Shan is a zone of NNE-trending dextral shear with slip-dip ratio of 6：1-1.3：1. From NW to SE, the thrust component becomes smaller, whereas the strike-slip component becomes larger.

Episodic Orogeny Deduced from Coeval Sedimentary Sequences in the Foreland Basin and Its Implication for Uplift Process of Longmen Mountain,China

Longmen Mountain located at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau,representing the steepest gradient of any edges of the plateau.Three endmember models of uplift process and mechanism have been proposed,including crustal thickening,crustal flow,and crustal isostatic rebound.Here we use coeval sedimentary sequences in the foreland basin to restraint uplift process and mechanism in the Longmen Mountain.The more than 10,000 m thick Late TriassicQuaternary strata filled in this foreland basin and can be divided into six megasequences that are distinguished as two distinct types.The first type is the wedge-shaped megasequences which are sedimentary response of strong active thrust loading events,characterized by a high rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,coarsening-upward succession and a dual-sourced sediment supply.This type includes Late Triassic,Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous to Paleogene megasequences.The second type is the tabular megasequences,characterized by the low rate of subsidence and sediment accumulation,finingupward succession,and a single-sourced sediment supply,which is sedimentary response of isostatic rebound and erosion unloading.This type includes the Early to Middle Jurassic,Middle Cretaceous and Neogene to Quaternary megasequences.Basing on sedimentary,active tectonic,geomorphic evidence,we infer that the direction has been reversed from SSWdirected sinistral strike-slip to NNE-directed dextral strike-slip during 40-3.6 Ma,and since 3.6 Ma,the Longmen Mountain thrust belt belong to times of isostatic rebound and erosional unloading with NNEdirected dextral strike-slip.This suggests that crustal isostatic rebound is a primary driver for uplift and topography of the present Longmen Mountain.The Wenchuan(Ms8.0) earthquake,which ruptured a large thrust fault with NNE-directed dextral strikeslip along the range front,is an active manifestation of this crustal isostatic rebound process with dextral strike-slipping and shortening.This process may be the cause for the Wenchuan Earthquake and the apparent paradox of high relief,little shortening,the relative dearth of historical seismicity in the region.

汶川(M_s8.0)地震的河流地貌响应

2008年5月12日龙门山汶川(M_S8.0)地震导致了北川断裂、彭灌断裂和小鱼洞断裂发生了地表破裂,显示为两条近于平行的北东向逆冲-走滑型断层。同震变形在瞬间就改变了地形坡度,并产生了巨量的滑坡和泥石流,导致河流地貌产生相应的变化和响应。本文在整合汶川地震所导致的地表破裂、地形和水系变化相关数据的基础上,标定了汶川地震驱动的逆冲-走滑型构造作用对河流坡折点、河流转折点、河道走向的控制作用,刻画了平行的走滑-逆冲断层对河流地貌与不规则水系样式的控制作用,讨论了汶川地震驱动的隆升作用对河床梯度剖面的影响,探讨了汶川地震和暴雨驱动滑坡、泥石流和洪水及其剥蚀卸载作用对河道地貌和龙门山地形演化的影响。研究结果表明:1)汶川地震驱动的右行走滑作用导致水平位错和偏转,使水系产生新的河流流向的转折点;2)汶川地震驱动的逆冲作用导致的垂向位错使水系产生新的河流坡折点;3)汶川地震驱动的活动断层走向对河道走向具有控制作用;4)汶川地震驱动抬升作用导致河床梯度平衡剖面和剥蚀基准面的变化;5)汶川地震驱动的滑坡使得该地区剥蚀作用加强,同震滑坡量远大于同震岩石隆升增加的山脉体积,导致了龙门山造山带的物质亏损;6)龙门山地形雨的"雨影区"产生的强降雨带与汶川地震驱动的地表破裂带和滑坡带的空间分布位置一致,暴雨季节来临时容易出现滑坡、泥石流和洪水,这是未来几十年所面临的地质灾害。因此认为,在龙门山地震活动频繁的地区,河流地貌和水系样式主要受地震构造活动控制。