Multi-layer Tectonic Model for Intraplate Deformation and Plastic-Flow Network in the Asian Continental Lithosphere

In a large area of the east—central Asian continent there is a unified seismic network system composed of two families of large—seismic belts that intersect conjugately. Such a seismic network in the middle—upper crust is actually a response to the plastic flow network in the lower lithosphere including the lower crust and lithospheric mantle. The existence of the unified plastic flow system confirms that the driving force for intraplate tectonic deformation results mainly from the compression of the India plate, while the long-range transmission of the force is carried out chiefly by means of plastic flow. The plastic flow network has a control over the intraplate tectonic deformation.

FORMATION OF THE CRUSTAL MELTING LAYER AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE DEFORMATION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST:AN EXAMPLEFROM SOUTHEAST CHINA

Unlike the magma intrusion model,the in- situ melting hypothesis advanced in the lastdecade regards the upper crustas a closed system,and granite as the resultof the materialswithin system changing from order (protolith) to disorder (melts) and to new order(granite) with the variations of entropy of the system.The various geological and geochemi-cal data from the Mesozoic granitesof southeast China are explained logically and systemical-ly by the hypothesis,concluding that they should be originated from the melting of pro-toliths.According to the hypothesis,melts generated from in- situ melting are of layer- likewithin the crustand batholithsare the protruding parts of the uppersurface of the layer (de-fined as the Melting Interface,MI for short) .On the basis the author tries to discuss thesource of heatfor the Mesozoic crustal melting in southeast China.

Intra-continental back-arc basin inversion and Late Carboniferous magmatism in Eastern Tianshan,NW China:Constraints from the Shaquanzi magmatic suite

The Yamansu belt,an important tectonic component of Eastern Tianshan Mountains,of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt,NW China hosts many Fe-(Cu)deposit.In this study,we present new zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemical data of the volcanic rocks of Shaquanzi Formation and diorite intrusions in the Yamansu belt.The Shaquanzi Formation comprises mainly basalt,andesite/andesitic tuff,rhyolite and sub-volcanic diabase with local diorite intrusions.The volcanic rocks and diorites contain ca.315-305 Ma and ca.298 Ma zircons respectively.These rocks show calc-alkaline affinity with enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements(LILEs),light rare-earth elements(LREEs),and depletion in high field strength elements(HFSEs)in primitive mantle normalized multi-element diagrams,which resemble typical back-arc basin rocks.They show depleted mantle signature with ε_(Nd)(t)ranging from+3.1 to +5.6 for basalt;+2.1 to+4.7 for andesite;-0.2 to+1.5 for rhyolite and the ε_(Hf)(t)ranges from-0.1 to +13.0 for andesites;+5.8 to +10.7 for andesitic tuffs.We suggest that the Shaquanzi Formation basalt might have originated from a depleted,metasomatized lithospheric mantle source mixed with minor(3-5%)subduction-derived materials,whereas the andesite and rhyolite could be fractional crystallization products of the basaltic magma.The Shaquanzi Formation volcanic rocks could have formed in an intracontinental back-arc basin setting,probably via the southward subduction of the Kangguer Ocean beneath the Middle Tianshan Massif.The Yamansu mineralization belt might have undergone a continental arc to back-arc basin transition during the Late Carboniferous and the intra-continental back-arc basin might have closed in the Early Permian,marked by the emplacement of dioritic magma in the Shaquanzi belt.

Evolution of the deformation and stress patterns of the East Asia continent under multi-driving force

The India plates continuous motion to the north, the convective removal to the thickening lithosphere caused by small-scale mantle convection and the effect of denudation on the uplifted plateau are regarded as main driving forces that make the patterns of stress field of East Asia continent at present time. The method of numerical simulation is used to study the deformation and the stress field of East Asia continent under different boundary conditions, different denudation coefficients and different rock mechanics parameters within a trapezoid geological frame. Comparing with the results obtained by modern space geodetic technique (such as GPS) the results derived from seismological data show that the predicted data by our model can fit them very well. The degree of the fitness in the west is better than that in the east. These results imply that the main driving force of the deformation and the stress patterns of the west part of East Asia continent may come from the collision and compression between the India and the Eurasia plates. The interaction to the Pacific and the Philippines plates in the east part need to be considered. It also shows that the convective removal to the thickening lithosphere caused by small-scale mantle convection and the effect of denudation cannot be negligible in the evolution of the stress patterns.

Ultra-hot Mesoproterozoic evolution of intracontinental central Australia

The Musgrave Province developed at the nexus of the North, West and South Australian cratons and its Mesoproterozoic evolution incorporates a 100 Ma period of ultra-high temperature （UHT） meta- morphism from ca. 1220 to ca. 1120 Ma. This was accompanied by high-temperature A-type granitic magmatism over an 80 Ma period, sourced in part from mantle-derived components and emplaced as a series of pulsed events that also coincide with peaks in UHT metamorphism. The tectonic setting for this thermal event （the Musgrave Orogeny） is thought to have been intracontinental and the lithospheric architecture of the region is suggested to have had a major influence on the thermal evolution. We use a series of two dimensional, fully coupled thermo-mechanical-petrological numerical models to investi- gate the plausibility of initiating and prolonging UHT conditions under model setup conditions appro- priate to the inferred tectonic setting and lithospheric architecture of the Musgrave Province. The results support the inferred tectonic framework for the Musgrave Orogeny, predicting periods of UHT meta- morphism of up to 70 Ma, accompanied by thin crust and extensive magmatism derived from both crustal and mantle sources. The results also appear to be critically dependent upon the specific location of the Mus^rave Province. constrained between thicker cratonic masses.

Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic Tectonic Evolution of the South China Craton： New Insights from the Polyphase Deformation in the Southwestern Jiangnan Orogen

A 〉1500–km–long northeast–southwest trending Neoproterozoic metamorphic belt in the South China Craton（SCC） consists of subduction mélange and extensional basin deposits. This belt is present under an unconformity of Devonian–Carboniferous sediments. Tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic rocks is crucial to determining the geology of the SCC and further influences the reconstruction of the Rodinia supercontinent. A subduction mélange unit enclosed ca.1000–850–Ma mafic blocks, which defined a Neoproterozoic ocean that existed within the SCC, is exposed at the bottom of the Jiangnan Orogen（JO） and experienced at least two phases deformation. Combined with new（detrital） zircon U–Pb ages from metasandstones, as well as igneous rocks within the metamorphic belt, we restrict the strongly deformed subduction mélange as younger than the minimum detrital age ca. 835 Ma and older than the ca. 815 Ma intruded granite. Unconformably overlying the subduction mélange and the intruded granite, an intra–continental rift basin developed 〈800 Ma that involved abundant mantle inputs, such as mafic dikes. This stratum only experienced one main phase deformation. According to our white mica ^40Ar/^（30）Ar data and previously documented thermochronology, both the Neoproterozoic mélange and younger strata were exhumed by a 490–400–Ma crustal–scale positive flower structure. This orogenic event probably induced the thick–skinned structures and was accompanied by crustal thickening, metamorphism and magmatism and led to the closure of the pre–existing rift basin. Integrating previously published data and our new results, we agree that the SCC was located on the periphery of the Rodinia supercontinent from the Neoproterozic until the Ordovician. Furthermore, we prefer that the convergence and dispersal of the SCC were primarily controlled by oceanic subduction forces that occurred within or periphery of the SCC.

Mesozoic Deformation and Its Geological Significance in the Southern Margin of the South China Sea

The pre-Eocene history of the region around the present South China Sea is not well known. New multi-channel seismic profiles provide valuable insights into the probable Mesozoic history of this region. Detailed structural and stratigraphic interpretations of the multi-channel seismic profiles, calibrated with relevant drilling and dredging data, show major Mesozoic structural features. A structural restoration was done to remove the Cenozoic tectonic influence and calculate the Mesozoic tectonic compression ratios. The results indicate that two groups of compressive stress with diametrically opposite orientations, S(S)E– N(N)W and N(N)W–S(S)E, were active during the Mesozoic. The compression ratio values gradually decrease from north to south and from west to east in each stress orientation. The phenomena may be related to the opening of the proto-South China Sea(then located in south of the Nansha block) and the rate at which the Nansha block drifted northward in the late Jurassic to late Cretaceous. The Nansha block drifted northward until it collided and sutured with the southern China margin. The opening of the present South China Sea may be related to this suture zone, which was a tectonic zone of weakness.

华南晚中生代大陆变形、深部过程及动力学

受控古太平洋板块俯冲及后撤作用,华南晚中生代经历了强烈大陆再造,并伴随幕式岩浆活动,是研究活动大陆边缘构造-岩浆作用、壳幔过程和板块俯冲动力学的天然实验室。本文系统综述了近年来发表的构造变形、岩浆作用和深部结构等多学科成果,以构造解析为主线,深-浅结合,在华南识别出与古太平洋板块俯冲相关的中晚侏罗世弧背缩短和白垩纪弧后伸展系统,厘定了二者的时空格架和叠加改造关系。弧背缩短系统以扬子中部的隔档-隔槽式褶皱、深部多层滑脱和双重逆冲推覆构造为特征,具SE向NW的逆冲扩展变形规律,与古太平洋板块的前进式俯冲有关。白垩纪主体以大陆伸展为主,经历了伸展和挤压变形交替,并伴随着岩浆活动的爆发、迁移和停止,其可能与板片俯冲动力学变化有关。在此基础上,我们分析了白垩纪岩石圈长距离伸展的深部过程及浅表响应,提出了岩石圈随深度变化的分层差异伸展模式。自下而上,从岩石圈地幔到上地壳,应变近一致地表现为(W)NW-(E)SE伸展,反映了垂向变形一致性。可能的垂向应力传播过程:板片后撤诱发长距离地幔流,其在岩石圈底部形成剪切牵引应力,促进下岩石圈地幔被动拉伸;上岩石圈地幔局部发育强应变剪切带,作为应力传播构造,其可有效加强壳-幔间剪切,促进下地壳韧性拉伸,将下地壳和岩石圈地幔的变形关联。我们认为岩石圈伸展、板片后撤和地幔流形成了三位一体的动力学耦合系统,将华南岩石圈长距离伸展的驱动力归结为:(1)古太平洋俯冲带海沟后撤和板片回卷诱发的远程效应,和(2)地幔流在岩石圈底部施加的剪切牵引应力。

甘肃北山地区晚三叠世煌斑岩地球化学特征及构造意义

甘肃北山地区位于中亚造山带南缘,是研究中亚造山带构造演化的关键区域。煌斑岩多为岩石圈地幔在伸展背景下低程度部分熔融形成的碱性岩石,确定其形成时代和岩石成因可为区域构造演化提供新的依据。笔者对北山地区柳园南煌斑岩进行了系统的岩石学、地球化学和锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素研究。柳园南煌斑岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(228.2±1.1)Ma(晚三叠世)。煌斑岩中富含金云母和角闪石等富挥发性组分的矿物。岩石地球化学分析表明:柳园南煌斑岩属于超钾质煌斑岩,母岩浆为碱性岩浆系列;全岩微量元素具有明显的Nb-Ta和Zr-Hf负异常,锆石εHf(t)值为0.5~4.9,平均值为+2.8,具俯冲洋壳板片流体交代特征。柳园南煌斑岩中橄榄石Mn/Fe与Ca/Fe值对比表明,柳园南煌斑岩源区为富金云母的方辉橄榄岩地幔;微量元素模拟计算表明,地幔源区具有富集的特征。因此,柳园煌斑岩岩浆源区为被俯冲板片流体交代的岩石圈地幔。结合前人对中亚造山带南缘构造演化的研究,北山南部地区在晚三叠世时已进入陆内伸展阶段,减压作用促使被俯冲流体交代的岩石圈地幔发生低程度部分熔融,形成柳园煌斑岩脉。

桑托斯盆地盐下孤立碳酸盐台地沉积建造与深水大油田

针对桑托斯被动陆缘盆地深水盐下碳酸盐岩储层分布特征及大油田成藏规律不清的难题,综合利用地质、地震及岩心等数据资料,通过早白垩世原型盆地与岩相古地理恢复重建,提出盐下碳酸盐岩沉积建造受控于坳间断隆型和坳中断凸型两类孤立台地。坳间断隆型孤立台地分布于现今盐下坳间隆起带上,建造于早期陆内和陆间裂谷两个原型阶段继承性发育的单断式和双断式垒式断块上,早白垩世陆内裂谷晚期沉积的ITP组介壳灰岩和陆间裂谷早期沉积的BVE组微生物灰岩为连续建造;坳中断凸型孤立台地分布于现今盐下坳陷带中,建造于早期陆内裂谷原型阶段火山岩建隆所形成的凸起带上,发育BVE组微生物灰岩。两类孤立台地灰岩所形成礁滩体均具有储层厚度大、物性好的特点。结合盐下已发现大油田解剖,发现两类台地均可形成大型构造-岩性复合圈闭,周缘为优质湖相和潟湖相烃源岩环绕,上覆为巨厚的优质蒸发盐岩盖层高效封堵,形成了“下生中储上盖”式最佳生储盖组合关系,油气富集程度高。已发现大油田均为具有统一压力系统的底水块状油田,且均处于充满状态。未来勘探重点目标是西部隆起带和东部隆起带南段上的坳间断隆型孤立台地及中央坳陷带中的坳中断凸型孤立台地。该项研究成果为在桑托斯被动陆缘盆地超前选区选带、新项目评价及中标区块探区勘探部署提供了重要依据,也为今后在全球被动大陆边缘盆地深水勘探战略选区提供借鉴。

中亚成矿域西部早二叠世金、镍重大成矿事件

晚古生代是地球历史上一个重要时期,蕴含着潘吉亚超大陆、规模最大冰期、最严重的生物大灭绝以及巨量矿产资源形成的关键信息。地处欧亚大陆腹地的中亚成矿域是全球最大的显生宙大陆增生区,以晚古生代大规模成矿为显著特色,尤其早二叠世(270~290 Ma)在中亚成矿域西部天山及邻区巨量金、镍爆发性集中成矿作用,造就出世界第二大金成矿省,形成了超过10000 t金,造就出具有世界特色的造山带岩浆型镍矿集区,形成了包括8个大型-超大型矿床在内的东天山、额尔齐斯、北山3个重要镍矿床集中区,镍资源达250万t,是一次全球罕见的金-镍时间耦合重大成矿事件。文章基于最新研究成果,系统论述了中亚成矿域西部早二叠世金、镍大规模成矿的时空分布和基本地质特征,探讨了该重大成矿事件的区域动力学背景和可能成矿机制。研究认为,早二叠世金矿床产于天山古缝合带附近的脆/韧性构造变形带,构成独具特色的大陆变形带金成矿系统,已有成矿理论难以涵盖,含碳碎屑岩系、地块抬升导致的大规模区域变质作用、多来源的流体作用、多期构造活化富集、多种因素耦合叠加等,可能是大规模金成矿的关键条件;早二叠世镍矿床沿天山、北山、阿尔泰地区深大断裂附近的镁铁-超镁铁质岩体线性展布,是全球造山带镍成矿作用最强烈、发现矿床数量最多的地区,俯冲熔/流体的交代岩石圈地幔/软流圈发生高程度部分熔融、区域超壳深断裂为玄武质岩浆提供快速运移的通道、壳源物质加入触发硫化物熔离、硫化物与多幕脉动侵位的岩浆反应是造山带岩浆型镍大规模成矿的关键。整体上,中亚成矿域西部早二叠世金、镍重大成矿事件表现为“时间耦合、西金东镍”的时空格局,但大规模成矿的全球和区域动力学背景、金与镍富集机制及成矿响应机理还是未解之谜。

扬子陆块西北缘早新元古代俯冲增生过程的岩浆记录

华南早新元古代俯冲相关岩浆作用记录为揭示罗迪尼亚超大陆边缘陆块的聚合及增生过程提供了重要制约。本文聚焦华南扬子陆块西北缘出露的早新元古代岩浆作用记录,总结梳理了其年代学框架、地球化学特征以及同位素特征,查明了其源区性质和岩石学成因、并探讨了不同阶段岩浆记录所对应的构造环境。结果表明,扬子陆块西北缘约1.0~0.9 Ga岩石具有与新生岛弧岩浆类似的微量元素特征,强不相容元素的含量略低于大陆弧,并且具有亏损的Sr-Nd-Hf同位素组成和略低于地幔值的锆石δ~(18)O值,这些特征指示约1.0~0.9 Ga岩浆岩最有可能形成于洋内弧环境。相比之下,约0.9~0.83 Ga岩浆岩具有与平均上地壳类似的微量元素特征,富集强不相容元素和轻稀土元素,亏损高场强元素,并且具有富集的SrNd-Hf同位素组成,锆石δ^(18)O值与地幔值相当或略高,指示其可能形成于大陆弧环境。此外,镁铁质岩石全岩Nd和锆石Hf同位素随年龄的长期变化趋势揭示了地幔源区性质周期性地富集和亏损,这可能是由于俯冲带间歇性地前进和后撤引起的挤压–伸展构造体制的不断交替所致。本文结果为扬子陆块西北缘新元古代早期的构造演化历史和俯冲增生动力学机制提供了制约。

Present-day horizontal deformation status of continental China and its driving mechanism

Based on velocity data of 933 GPS sites and using the methods of Ordinary Kriging interpolation and shape function derivation, this study has obtained the strain rate field of continental China in the spherical coordinates. In comparison with previous research results, it is found that such a strain rate field can be described by both the continuous deformation and block motions in the continent. The Tibetan Plateau and Tianshan region are characterized by continuous deformation which is distributed across the whole area. Within the blocks of South China, Tarim, Ordos, and Northeast China, little crustal deformation and deformation occurs primarily on the faults along their boundaries, which can be explained by the model of block motion. In other regions, such as the Yinshan-Yanshan block, North China block, and East Shandong-Yellow Sea, deformation patterns can be explained by both models. Besides, from southwest to northeast of continental China, there are three remarkable extensional zones of NW trending. These results imply that the NNE directed push of the India plate is the primary driving force accounting for the internal deformation of continental China. It produces the uplift, hori-zontal shortening and vertical thickening of the Tibetan Plateau as well as radiation-like material extru-sion. Of these extruded materials, one part accommodates the eastward "escape" of other blocks, generating convergence and compression of western China and widespread extension and local com-plicated deformation in eastern China under the joint action of the surrounding settings. The other part opens a corridor between the South China block and Tibetan Plateau, flowing toward southeast to the Myanmar range arc and filling the gap there which is produced by back-arc extension due to plate subduction.

Mantle flow beneath the Asian continent and its force to the crust

The mantle unsteady flows, which are in an incompressible and isoviscous spherical shell, are investigated by using algorithms of the parallel Lagrange multiplier dissonant decomposition method (LMDDM) and the parallel Lagrange multiplier discontinuous deformation analyses (LMDDA) in this paper. Some physical fields about mantle flows such as velocity, pressure, temperature, stress and the force to the crust of the Asian continent are calculated on a parallel computer.

塞内加尔盆地演化过程与岩性油气藏勘探前景

被动大陆边缘盆地勘探程度低、潜力大,塞内加尔盆地是近年来被动陆缘勘探的热点地区之一。基于板块学说,利用地震、地质等资料,恢复了塞内加尔盆地的演化过程,并展望了其岩性油气藏勘探前景。研究结果表明:①塞内加尔盆地可划分为3个演化阶段,中三叠世裂陷期陆内裂谷盆地、晚三叠世—早侏罗世过渡期陆间裂谷盆地、中侏罗世至今漂移期被动陆缘盆地。受古构造和古气候的控制,裂谷层系较薄,且埋藏深,以陆相红色地层为主;陆间裂谷期广泛发育蒸发岩相;漂移期坳陷层序沉积厚度大,深水沉积体系是目前已发现油气田的重要储集层。②中部次盆深水区主要发育下白垩统阿尔布阶三角洲砂体,油气侧向或垂向运移形成下白垩统断层-岩性复合油气藏;超深水区发育上白垩统塞诺曼阶-马斯特里赫特阶浊积扇砂体,下部油气向上运移形成上白垩统海底扇岩性油气藏;毛里塔尼亚和卡萨芒斯盐盆主要发育中新统浊积扇砂体,盐底辟对油气运移和封闭具有重要影响,可形成与盐构造相关的油气藏。③通过已发现油气藏的成藏规律可预测尚未钻井的毛里塔尼亚、卡萨芒斯次盆可能也发育上白垩统海底扇岩性油气藏,且整个盆地陆架碳酸盐岩台地存在礁滩体油气藏,为下一步重点勘探领域。

论鄂尔多斯盆地及其周缘侏罗纪变形

侏罗纪是东亚大地构造发展的重要转折时期,在鄂尔多斯盆地及其周缘可划分为两个性质不同的构造变形阶段。早中侏罗世,盆地处于弱引张应力环境,引张方向近N-S至NNE-SSW向,伸展变形主要发生在盆地周边地带,其发生与晚三叠世华南-华北地块沿秦岭造山带碰撞后的陆内应力场调整作用有关。中晚侏罗世,盆地遭受多向挤压应力作用,挤压方向近W-E、NW-SE和NE-SW,在盆地周缘形成展布方向不一、构造样式不同的边界挤压构造带,盆地轮廓基本定型。西缘近N-S向逆冲-推覆构造带的形成与阿拉善地块和陇西地块向东挤出作用有关;东缘及东南缘总体呈“S”形展布的挤压边界带表现为反向逆冲断裂及其相关褶皱,推测发生在山西台褶带深部滑脱系统的前锋上盘断坡。盆地北侧大青山地区近东西向大型推覆构造和早中侏罗世伸展断陷盆地构造挤压反转,表明阴山造山带在中晚侏罗世时期强烈的N-S向缩短变形和再生造山。鄂尔多斯盆地周缘边界构造带记录了中晚侏罗世强烈的陆内多向内挤压作用和大陆地壳增厚过程,其发生的动力学背景与周邻不同板块(古太平洋、西伯利亚、特提斯)同时向东亚大陆汇聚产生的远程效应有关。中晚侏罗世多向挤压变形加速了鄂尔多斯盆地生烃过程,对多种能源矿产富集和成藏定位产生重要影响。

中国大陆现今构造运动的GPS速度场与活动地块

GPS观测结果给出了在欧亚参考框架下周边板块的运动状态 ,印度板块的运动方向约NE2 0° ,速度是 40～ 42mm/a ;北美板块的运动方向约NW 2 80°～ 2 90° ,速度是 2 1～ 2 3mm/a ;菲律宾板块的运动方向是NW 2 90°～ 310° ,速度是 37～ 45mm/a ;哈萨克—西伯利亚地盾的运动方向约NE130° ,速度是 3～ 5mm/a。GPS所揭示的中国大陆现今运动场清晰地表现出了以活动地块为单元的分块运动特征。文中给出了各主要活动地块的运动方向和速度。大部分活动地块内部结构完整 ,以整体性的运动为主 ;个别活动地块内部发生构造变形 ,地块的整体性不好。中国大陆以活动地块为单元的现今构造变形可能与大陆岩石圈的结构和性质有关 ,上地壳以脆性变形为主 ,下地壳和上地幔以粘塑性的流变为特征 ,从底部驱动着上覆脆性地块的整体运动。

南天山晚新生代褶皱冲断带构造特征

南天山晚新生代褶皱冲断带位于南天山南麓,是南天山陆内造山作用过程中,南天山造山楔向塔里木盆地推进的结果。褶皱冲断带的构造变形以挤压冲断构造为主,伴生有挤压走滑构造和盐相关构造。以盖层滑脱冲断为特征,伴生有基底卷入型冲断构造。褶皱冲断带的主滑脱冲断层由造山带向盆地方向逐渐抬升,而且,"厚皮"构造向造山带方向越来越发育,"薄皮"构造向盆地方向越来越发育。整个褶皱冲断带从东到西冲断作用发生的时间基本一致,起始于中新世中-晚期并一直持续到现今;冲断高峰发生于新近纪晚期-第四纪。褶皱冲断带的形成过程为前展式,由南天山向塔里木盆地推进。受地层剖面结构、沉积建造、基底起伏、所处的构造部位等因素控制,南天山褶皱冲断带的构造变形特征沿走向具有明显的分段性,从东到西划分出4个次级褶皱冲断带:库车、乌什、柯坪和喀什北褶皱冲断带。每个次级褶皱冲断带在共性的基础上,都有自己独特的构造变形特点。

大别山侏罗纪变形及其构造意义

大别山造山带作为三叠纪华北与扬子大陆碰撞成因并形成超高压变质岩石已经没有异议。然而,对侏罗纪的变形性质和大地构造背景的认识还未取得一致意见。通过前陆早侏罗世地层褶皱,前陆深部反射地震探测,造山带内 SE 角闪岩相线理变形以及160～120Ma 岩浆岩记录和同位素年代学研究等新的研究成果,证实中侏罗世大别山曾发生强烈的造山运动。这次造山运动相当于“燕山运动”,由于扬子与华北陆块在三叠纪已经拼合成一个大陆,所以侏罗纪变形属于陆内造山性质。将侏罗纪变形事件从大别山碰撞造山过程中分离出来可以合理地解释大别山超高压岩石第二次折返(从壳幔边界到地壳浅部)机理,150Ma 的混合岩化作用和广泛的130～120Ma 花岗岩-火山岩成因,以及大别山前陆 MOHO 错断等现象。

木孜塔格—鲸鱼湖断裂带特征、演化及其意义

通过对东昆仑山木孜塔格—鲸鱼湖断裂在青藏高原北部陆内变形过程中形成的构造形迹、沉积建造、新生代火山活动、地球物理场变化综合研究,以野外第一手资料重建该过程的演化历史,认为木孜塔格—鲸鱼湖断裂是青藏高原北部陆内变形过程遗留的重要地质证据,卫星遥感图像上显示极为明显,它具有重要的区域构造意义。首先,发育大规模由北向南的叠瓦式逆冲推覆构造,新近纪由南向北沿构造带分布着东西向平行排列的"堑垒"相间式断陷盆地;其次还见有大量中性火山岩浆沿该断裂及其次级断裂溢出分布,成因分析表明其来源于陆内俯冲作用;第三,该断裂的走向延伸线上现今还发生较大规模的地震活动。综合分析表明,该断裂作为与柴达木地块南部构造边界断裂彼此平行的南东东向大型走滑断裂带,具有左行走滑构造分量,应是青藏高原北缘亚洲大陆向北东逃逸的主要断裂系统。