The Sierras de Cordoba are the easternmost uplifted ranges of the Sierras Pampeanas geological province of Argentina. They are composed of a Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic basement arranged in north-south aligned mountain r...The Sierras de Cordoba are the easternmost uplifted ranges of the Sierras Pampeanas geological province of Argentina. They are composed of a Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic basement arranged in north-south aligned mountain ranges, limited by west-vergent reverse faults, reactivated or formed by compressive tectonics during the Andean orogeny. The ranges are also affected by oblique subvertical lineaments,probably related to pan-Gondwanan structures. The recorded seismicity shows anomalously deep earthquakes（up to 80 km depth） concentrated in the northwestern area. We attribute this seismicity to the current tectonic activity of the Ojo de Agua Lineament. This lineament is a N13°-135° strike, 70°-80° NE dip,macrostructure with more than 80 km depth and 160 km length. A sinistral transcompressional kinematics（convergent oblique shear） is deduced by the focal mechanism of a deep earthquake, together with hydrological and geomorphological features strongly modified. The continental lithosphere under the Sierras de Cordoba would be colder and more rigid than in a normal subduction area, due to the retraction of the asthenospheric wedge to the foreland, causing seismicity to depths greater than 40 km, below the Mohorovicic discontinuity. Neogene volcanism would be closely related to this lineament, allowing the rapid ascent of melts from the mantle.展开更多
It is difficult to date a brittle fault because of the absence of effective dating methods.Recently,calcite U-Pb dating has drawn the attention of many researchers and has been successfully applied to constrain the ag...It is difficult to date a brittle fault because of the absence of effective dating methods.Recently,calcite U-Pb dating has drawn the attention of many researchers and has been successfully applied to constrain the age of brittle deformation.The South China Block(SCB)has experienced multiphase deformations characterized by widespread brittle faults and folds,which has led to significant debate on the Mesozoic dynamic mechanism and deformational phases.A syn-faulting calcite vein that occurred in the Permian limestones of the Ningzhen Mountain region was analyzed using U-Pb dating and geochemistry techniques in this paper.The U-Pb dating results display multiphase activities with two mixed ages of 109.9±5.8 Ma(MSWD=46,n=231)and 117.2±2.4 Ma(MSWD=3.6,n=150).The age of 117.2±2.4 Ma likely represents the timing of the brittle faults.Trace elements and rare earth elements data indicate that these fault-related calcites are mainly derived from host limestones and unrelated to Cretaceous magmatic activity.These faults formed in a tectonic reactive period and dormant time of the adakitic magma in the Lower Yangtze region.展开更多
基金The CONICET(PIP 00628,PUE 2016-CICTERRA)FONCyT(PID-00013)+1 种基金SECyT-UNC(05/1641)Institute of Aging are thanked for supporting our research
文摘The Sierras de Cordoba are the easternmost uplifted ranges of the Sierras Pampeanas geological province of Argentina. They are composed of a Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic basement arranged in north-south aligned mountain ranges, limited by west-vergent reverse faults, reactivated or formed by compressive tectonics during the Andean orogeny. The ranges are also affected by oblique subvertical lineaments,probably related to pan-Gondwanan structures. The recorded seismicity shows anomalously deep earthquakes（up to 80 km depth） concentrated in the northwestern area. We attribute this seismicity to the current tectonic activity of the Ojo de Agua Lineament. This lineament is a N13°-135° strike, 70°-80° NE dip,macrostructure with more than 80 km depth and 160 km length. A sinistral transcompressional kinematics（convergent oblique shear） is deduced by the focal mechanism of a deep earthquake, together with hydrological and geomorphological features strongly modified. The continental lithosphere under the Sierras de Cordoba would be colder and more rigid than in a normal subduction area, due to the retraction of the asthenospheric wedge to the foreland, causing seismicity to depths greater than 40 km, below the Mohorovicic discontinuity. Neogene volcanism would be closely related to this lineament, allowing the rapid ascent of melts from the mantle.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41872074)the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central UniversitiesChina(No.2013B200202021)。
文摘It is difficult to date a brittle fault because of the absence of effective dating methods.Recently,calcite U-Pb dating has drawn the attention of many researchers and has been successfully applied to constrain the age of brittle deformation.The South China Block(SCB)has experienced multiphase deformations characterized by widespread brittle faults and folds,which has led to significant debate on the Mesozoic dynamic mechanism and deformational phases.A syn-faulting calcite vein that occurred in the Permian limestones of the Ningzhen Mountain region was analyzed using U-Pb dating and geochemistry techniques in this paper.The U-Pb dating results display multiphase activities with two mixed ages of 109.9±5.8 Ma(MSWD=46,n=231)and 117.2±2.4 Ma(MSWD=3.6,n=150).The age of 117.2±2.4 Ma likely represents the timing of the brittle faults.Trace elements and rare earth elements data indicate that these fault-related calcites are mainly derived from host limestones and unrelated to Cretaceous magmatic activity.These faults formed in a tectonic reactive period and dormant time of the adakitic magma in the Lower Yangtze region.
