The early Jurassic soft-sediment deformation occurring within lacustrine sandstone is distributed mainly in the Wuqia region of SW Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, western China. Triggered by earthquakes, such deformatio...The early Jurassic soft-sediment deformation occurring within lacustrine sandstone is distributed mainly in the Wuqia region of SW Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, western China. Triggered by earthquakes, such deformation was found to occur in three beds overlying the lower Jurassic Kangsu Formation. The main styles of deformation structures comprise load cast, ball-and- pillow, droplet, cusps, homogeneous layer, and liquefied unconformity. The deformation layers reflect a series of three strong earthquakes at the end of early Jurassic in the Wuqia region. The differences of deformation mechanisms undergone might represent the varying magnitudes of the earthquake events. During the early Jurassic, the Wuqia region was located in a pull-apart basin controlled by the significant Talas-Ferghana strike-slip fault in central Asia, which initiated the soft-sediment deformation induced by earthquakes. Our research suggests that the paleoseismic magnitudes could have ranged from Ms 6.5 to 7.展开更多
The Talas-Fergana Fault, the largest strike-slip structure in Central Asia, forms an obliquely orien- ted boundary between the northeastern and southwestern parts of the Tianshan mountain belt. The fault under- went a...The Talas-Fergana Fault, the largest strike-slip structure in Central Asia, forms an obliquely orien- ted boundary between the northeastern and southwestern parts of the Tianshan mountain belt. The fault under- went active right-lateral strike-slip during the Paleozoic, with right-lateral movements being rejuvenated in the Late Cenozoic. Tectonic movements along the intracontinental strike-slip faults contribute to absorb part of the regional crustal shortening linked to the India-Eurasia collision; knowledge of strike-slip motions along the Ta- las-Fergana Fault are necessary for a complete assessment of the active deformation of the Tianshan orogen. To improve our understanding of the intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan mountain belt and the occurrence of strong earthquakes along the whole length of the Talas-Fergana Fault, we identify features of relief arising during strong paleoearthquakes along the Talas-Fergana Fault, fault segmentation, the length of seismogenic ruptures, and the energy and age of ancient catastrophes. We show that during neotectonic time the fault devel- oped as a dextral strike-slip fault, with possible dextral displacements spreading to secondary fault planes north of the main fault trace. We determine rates of Holocene and Late Pleistocene dextral movements, and our radi- ocarbon dating indicates tens of strong earthquakes occurring along the fault zone during and interval of 15800 years. The reoccurrence of strong earthquakes along the Talas-Fergana Fault zone during the second half of the Holocene is about 300 years. The next strong earthquake along the fault will most probably occur along its southeastern chain during the next several decades. Seismotectonic deformation parameters indicate that M〉7 earthquakes with oscillation intensity I〉IX have occurred.展开更多
The Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault,is a major tectonic boundary separating the Kazakh-Turan domain to the west from the Tian Shan domain to the east.During the Jurassic,movements along the fault led to the opening of sev...The Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault,is a major tectonic boundary separating the Kazakh-Turan domain to the west from the Tian Shan domain to the east.During the Jurassic,movements along the fault led to the opening of several basins.Still,the Mesozoic kinematics of the fault and the geodynamic mechanism that led to the opening of these basins are largely unconstrained.Located at its southwestern termination,the Yarkand-Fergana Basin is certainly the best exposed and however still poorly understood.In this study,we provide new sedimentological description of the Jurassic series from the northern part of the Yarkand-Fergana Basin as well as new palynological data.Following a Middle-Late Triassic period dominated by regional erosion,the onset of sedimentation in the Yarkand-Fergana Basin occurred during the Sinemurian(?)-Pliensbachian.The basin opened as a half graben controlled by the Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault and separated from the Fergana Basin by basement highs.Extension persisted during the late Pliensbachian-Middle Jurassic,leading to a general widening of the YarkandFergana Basin.Finally,Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous renewed tectonic activity in the area led to the inversion of the north Yarkand-Fergana Basin.The Early to Middle Jurassic timing of development of the Yarkand-Fergana Basin suggests that the coeval movements along the Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault are not associated to the collision of the Qiangtang block along the southern margin of Eurasia.We favor the hypothesis of an opening controlled by transtension related to far field effects of back-arc extension along the Neo-Tethys subduction zone to the west.展开更多
文摘The early Jurassic soft-sediment deformation occurring within lacustrine sandstone is distributed mainly in the Wuqia region of SW Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, western China. Triggered by earthquakes, such deformation was found to occur in three beds overlying the lower Jurassic Kangsu Formation. The main styles of deformation structures comprise load cast, ball-and- pillow, droplet, cusps, homogeneous layer, and liquefied unconformity. The deformation layers reflect a series of three strong earthquakes at the end of early Jurassic in the Wuqia region. The differences of deformation mechanisms undergone might represent the varying magnitudes of the earthquake events. During the early Jurassic, the Wuqia region was located in a pull-apart basin controlled by the significant Talas-Ferghana strike-slip fault in central Asia, which initiated the soft-sediment deformation induced by earthquakes. Our research suggests that the paleoseismic magnitudes could have ranged from Ms 6.5 to 7.
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文摘The Talas-Fergana Fault, the largest strike-slip structure in Central Asia, forms an obliquely orien- ted boundary between the northeastern and southwestern parts of the Tianshan mountain belt. The fault under- went active right-lateral strike-slip during the Paleozoic, with right-lateral movements being rejuvenated in the Late Cenozoic. Tectonic movements along the intracontinental strike-slip faults contribute to absorb part of the regional crustal shortening linked to the India-Eurasia collision; knowledge of strike-slip motions along the Ta- las-Fergana Fault are necessary for a complete assessment of the active deformation of the Tianshan orogen. To improve our understanding of the intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan mountain belt and the occurrence of strong earthquakes along the whole length of the Talas-Fergana Fault, we identify features of relief arising during strong paleoearthquakes along the Talas-Fergana Fault, fault segmentation, the length of seismogenic ruptures, and the energy and age of ancient catastrophes. We show that during neotectonic time the fault devel- oped as a dextral strike-slip fault, with possible dextral displacements spreading to secondary fault planes north of the main fault trace. We determine rates of Holocene and Late Pleistocene dextral movements, and our radi- ocarbon dating indicates tens of strong earthquakes occurring along the fault zone during and interval of 15800 years. The reoccurrence of strong earthquakes along the Talas-Fergana Fault zone during the second half of the Holocene is about 300 years. The next strong earthquake along the fault will most probably occur along its southeastern chain during the next several decades. Seismotectonic deformation parameters indicate that M〉7 earthquakes with oscillation intensity I〉IX have occurred.
文摘The Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault,is a major tectonic boundary separating the Kazakh-Turan domain to the west from the Tian Shan domain to the east.During the Jurassic,movements along the fault led to the opening of several basins.Still,the Mesozoic kinematics of the fault and the geodynamic mechanism that led to the opening of these basins are largely unconstrained.Located at its southwestern termination,the Yarkand-Fergana Basin is certainly the best exposed and however still poorly understood.In this study,we provide new sedimentological description of the Jurassic series from the northern part of the Yarkand-Fergana Basin as well as new palynological data.Following a Middle-Late Triassic period dominated by regional erosion,the onset of sedimentation in the Yarkand-Fergana Basin occurred during the Sinemurian(?)-Pliensbachian.The basin opened as a half graben controlled by the Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault and separated from the Fergana Basin by basement highs.Extension persisted during the late Pliensbachian-Middle Jurassic,leading to a general widening of the YarkandFergana Basin.Finally,Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous renewed tectonic activity in the area led to the inversion of the north Yarkand-Fergana Basin.The Early to Middle Jurassic timing of development of the Yarkand-Fergana Basin suggests that the coeval movements along the Talas Fergana/Karatau Fault are not associated to the collision of the Qiangtang block along the southern margin of Eurasia.We favor the hypothesis of an opening controlled by transtension related to far field effects of back-arc extension along the Neo-Tethys subduction zone to the west.
