Deformation characteristics of the dextral Dashankou ductile shear zone , parallel to the Tongbo-Dabie Orogenic Belt and regional stretching lineation patterns within the blueschist belt in Northern Hubei , China , ar...Deformation characteristics of the dextral Dashankou ductile shear zone , parallel to the Tongbo-Dabie Orogenic Belt and regional stretching lineation patterns within the blueschist belt in Northern Hubei , China , are examined at various scales , respectively . The new data , combined with those obtained in the Wudangshan area , indicate a transpressive deformation involving a WNW directed nearly horizontal shearing accompanied by shortening across the orogenic belt . A kinematic model is proposed for development of the deformation within the Tongboshan segment . Based on these findings it can be seen that the convergence and collision between the North China Craton and the Yangtze Craton may locally be oblique during the Proterozoic Jinningian Orogeny . This oblique collision is probably related to a certain extent to the shapes of the older craton margins .展开更多
The Longxinggou Nappe which is located in Guangshui county, north of Hubei province, has been first identified by our detail mapping. It is composed of lowgrade metamorphosed rocks of middle Proterozoic Shuixian group...The Longxinggou Nappe which is located in Guangshui county, north of Hubei province, has been first identified by our detail mapping. It is composed of lowgrade metamorphosed rocks of middle Proterozoic Shuixian group, late Proterozoic Yaolinghe group, Sinian Liantuo,Doushantuo and Dengying formations. It is quite different from the lower beds, middle.Proterozoic Hong’an epidote-amphibole facies metamorphose metapelite and metagranite. They are different not only in composition, metamorphic degree, but also in deformation forms. The Longxinggou nappe has characteristics both of ductile thrusting and ductile dextral strike-sliping, illustrating a transpressive deformation regime of middle crustal in the orogenic belt due to the oblique collision, between the Shuiying terrain and the Tongbai terrain during Caledonian period.展开更多
Transpressional deformation has played an important role in the late Neoproterozoic evolution of the ArabianNubian Shield including the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt.The Ghadir Shear Belt is a 35 km-long,NW-oriented...Transpressional deformation has played an important role in the late Neoproterozoic evolution of the ArabianNubian Shield including the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt.The Ghadir Shear Belt is a 35 km-long,NW-oriented brittleductile shear zone that underwent overall sinistral transpression during the Late Neoproterozoic.Within this shear belt,strain is highly partitioned into shortening,oblique,extensional and strike-slip structures at multiple scales.Moreover,strain partitioning is heterogeneous along-strike giving rise to three distinct structural domains.In the East Ghadir and Ambaut shear belts,the strain is pure-shear dominated whereas the narrow sectors parallel to the shear walls in the West Ghadir Shear Zone are simple-shear dominated.These domains are comparable to splay-dominated and thrust-dominated strike-slip shear zones.The kinematic transition along the Ghadir shear belt is consistent with separate strike-slip and thrustsense shear zones.The earlier fabric(S1),is locally recognized in low strain areas and SW-ward thrusts.S2 is associated with a shallowly plunging stretching lineation(L2),and defines^NW-SE major upright macroscopic folds in the East Ghadir shear belt.F2 folds are superimposed by^NNW–SSE tight-minor and major F3 folds that are kinematically compatible with sinistral transpressional deformation along the West Ghadir Shear Zone and may represent strain partitioning during deformation.F2 and F3 folds are superimposed by ENE–WSW gentle F4 folds in the Ambaut shear belt.The sub-parallelism of F3 and F4 fold axes with the shear zones may have resulted from strain partitioning associated with simple shear deformation along narrow mylonite zones and pure shear-dominant deformation in fold zones.Dextral ENEstriking shear zones were subsequently active at ca.595 Ma,coeval with sinistral shearing along NW-to NNW-striking shear zones.The occurrence of upright folds and folds with vertical axes suggests that transpression plays a significant role in the tectonic evolution of the Ghadir shear belt.Oblique convergence may have been provoked by the buckling of the Hafafit gneiss-cored domes and relative rotations between its segments.Upright folds,fold with vertical axes and sinistral strike-slip shear zones developed in response to strain partitioning.The West Ghadir Shear Zone contains thrusts and strikeslip shear zones that resulted from lateral escape tectonics associated with lateral imbrication and transpression in response to oblique squeezing of the Arabian-Nubian Shield during agglutination of East and West Gondwana.展开更多
The calc-alkaline volcanic formations in the western part of the Kedougou-Kenieba inlier crop out in three complexes: the Foulde in the North and the areas of Mako and Baniomba in the South. These complexes which eith...The calc-alkaline volcanic formations in the western part of the Kedougou-Kenieba inlier crop out in three complexes: the Foulde in the North and the areas of Mako and Baniomba in the South. These complexes which either combine with the tholeiites or cut across the sedimentary formations are composed of thin veins and massive lava flows. They have many petrographic similarities and show chemical characteristics that resemble those of island-arc rocks. At the tectonic level, the D1 deformation phase preceding the formation of the basins and the transpressive tectonics including an oblique convergence may account for the structural evolution of the Mako volcanic belt. Its occurrence in different basins may be evidenced by the composition of some lithophilic components like the Sr, Ba, U, Rb and the composition of clinopyroxenes enriched in TiO2, FeO, Na2O in the Foulde calc-alkaline volcanic rocks that developed in a sedimentary environment.展开更多
We present in this paper some new evidence for the change during the Quaternary in kinematics of faults cutting the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. It shows that significant shortening deformation occurred duri...We present in this paper some new evidence for the change during the Quaternary in kinematics of faults cutting the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. It shows that significant shortening deformation occurred during the Early Pleistocene, evidenced by eastward thrusting of Mesozoic carbonates on the Pliocene lacustrine deposits along the Minjiang upstream fault zone and by development of the transpressional ridges of basement rocks along the Anninghe river valley. The Middle Pleistocene seems to be a relaxant stage with local development of the intra-mountain basins particularly prominent along the Minjiang Upstream and along the southern segment of the Anninghe River Valley. This relaxation may have been duo to a local collapse of the thickened crust attained during the late Neogene to early Pleistocene across this marginal zone. Fault kinematics has been changed since the late Pleistocene, and was predominated by reverse sinistral strike-slip along the Minshan Uplift, reverse dextral strike-slip on the Longmenshan fault zone and pure sinistral strike-slip on the Anninghe fault. This change in fault kinematics during the Quaternary allows a better understanding of the mechanism by which the marginal ranges of the plateau has been built through episodic activities.展开更多
Radiolarites have an important role in the reconstruction of the paleogeography, bathymetry and their coexistence with ophiolites gives an opportunity to determine the tectonic his- tory of collisional zones. The radi...Radiolarites have an important role in the reconstruction of the paleogeography, bathymetry and their coexistence with ophiolites gives an opportunity to determine the tectonic his- tory of collisional zones. The radiolarite units of the southwestern Neyriz are part of the Zagros ac- cretionary prism and positioned beneath the thick bedded carbonate sediments of Tarbur Forma- tion. The existing various structural elements within this unit give a unique fortunate for investiga- tion on the deformation history and studying of the kinematics of the Zagros collision zone. The nu- merous evidence show that this unit has experienced different deformation conditions during ongo- ing evolution, including ductile, brittle-ductile and brittle deformation conditions. The main strike of E-W for axial planes of folds, eastward trend and plunge of fold axes, boudins＇ neck axes and Type III of the fold interference patterns are indicators of formation and evolution of folds during tran- spressional deformation. Structural evolution of the study area has been affected by an NE-dipping subduction zone of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere below the Iranian microcontinents. These structural elements suggest that high mechanical anisotropy and two successive generations of fold- ing simultaneously with thrusting and extrusion of this unit had led to formation and evolution of this highly asymmetrical folded unit on top of the subducted oceanic crust.展开更多
The East Kunlun terrain is located on the northern Qinghai—Tibet plateau, composed of the East Kunlun Mountain and the Qaidam Basin and bounded by the Qilian terrain on the north and Bayanhar—Songpan Ganze terrain o...The East Kunlun terrain is located on the northern Qinghai—Tibet plateau, composed of the East Kunlun Mountain and the Qaidam Basin and bounded by the Qilian terrain on the north and Bayanhar—Songpan Ganze terrain on the south. It is regarded as a composite orogenic belt characterized by having developed superimposed ductile tectonic regimes reflecting the collision orogeny during Early Paleozoic and Triassic periods. It has also experienced transformation from ductile to brittle deformation caused by the post orogeny, since Jurassic after the formation of the East Kunlun Mountain and the Qaidam Basin. A Paleozoic subduction complex zone was recently recognized along the north border of the East Kunlun terrain from Da Qaidam to Dulan (Xu,et al, 1 999). It is composed of ophiolite (of Early Paleozoic age?), tectonic melange and very high\|pressure metamorphic rocks with eclogite (\%p\%=2 2GPa, \%t\%=720℃) (Yang,et al.,1998) and garnet\|peridotite (\%p\%=2 5GPa, t =837℃). The Anyemaqin Triassic subduction complex zone trending in NWW\|SEE was developed along the eastern segment of the south border of the East Kunlun terrain. It is mainly composed of ultramafic and mafic rocks, pillow basalt, radiolaria\|bearing clastic rocks, tectonic melange and mylonite. The subduction complex zone contains a series of the southward overthrusting imbricated slices. Instead of this subduction complex zone, a 2 km\|wide sinistral strike\|slip ductile shear zone trending in E\|W was developed along the western segment. On the basis of macroscopic and microscopic studies on a series of structural sections, we divide the East Kunlun Mountain into four tectonic units as follows: (1) North Proterozoic Metamorphic Basement Zone; (2) South Early Paleozoic—Triassic Superimposed Fold Zone; (3) South Triassic Transpression Zone; (4) Anyemaqin Back\|Arc Decollement\|Thrust Zone.展开更多
The western part of the Kedougou Kenieba Inlier is located in the West African Craton. It consists of paleoproterozoic NE-trending elongate belts (subprovinces) of metavolcanic and granitic rocks that alternate with m...The western part of the Kedougou Kenieba Inlier is located in the West African Craton. It consists of paleoproterozoic NE-trending elongate belts (subprovinces) of metavolcanic and granitic rocks that alternate with metasedimentary belts. Major linear fault such as the MTZ which also approximate a north-easterly trend form the eastern boundaries. The field observations and geophysics analyses were completed by a microscopic study. Based on these data we define across this region four lithostructural domains from east to west. The western domain is structurally complex. The rocks of this domain have been subjected to a complex history of polyphase deformation and metamorphism. The structural analyse allow us to distinguished three deformation events. The deformation results in the formation of D1 thrust tectonic and D2 and D3 transcurrent tectonic. The structural evolution of the Mako Belt is characterized by deformation dominated by the intrusion of large TTG batholiths (D1) followed by basins formation and transpression accommodating oblique convergence and collision (D2 and D3). The change from thrusting (D1 deformation to transcurrent motion (D2 and D3) is recorded in the marginal basin of the central domain and in Tinkoto pull apart basin. The timing of these basins indicates a diachronous evolution. Deformation styles within the basin are compatible with a dextral transpression which terminated at ca 2090 Ma. Small extensional basins formed over the rocks of the Mako Belt are filled with continental detrital sedimentary rocks that show weak foliation and active felsic volcanism. We suggest that the sinistral transpressive tectonic associated with oblique subduction may have generated the pull-apart basin and subaqueous volcanism. In part these features are now related to terrain accretion, thrusting and strike slip movement during oblique convergence. The inversion of the large scale structural evolution from thrusting to strike slip is common to modern orogenies.展开更多
Deformation in the Zagros suture zone is a result of the oblique collision of the AfroArabian continent with the Central Iranian microcontinents.Various types of folding and faulting are characteristic features of the...Deformation in the Zagros suture zone is a result of the oblique collision of the AfroArabian continent with the Central Iranian microcontinents.Various types of folding and faulting are characteristic features of the study area and indicate the performance of a high strain tectonic regime in this region.To distinguish deformation geometry during the collisional events,strain measurements have been carried out,using the R_(f)/φ method on deformed radiolarian microfossils,in the Zagros suture zone.Based on the results,the strain ellipsoid shape is in the range of general flattening to plane strain(K=0.16 – 1.12).Measured mean kinematic vorticity number(W_(m)) in the deformed radiolarian rocks ranges between 0.50 and 0.87,which implies that exhumation of the Abade-Tashk area was facilitated by a general shear flow(35%<simple shear<65% and 45%<pure shear<65%).Kinematic vorticity numbers,the amounts of Octahedral shear strain,the ellipsoid eccentricity,and strain ratios systematically increasing towards the thrust fault.The study of deformation in the study area shows that the Zagros suture zone can be considered as a transpressional zone.展开更多
Oblique continent—continent collision between Iranian microcontinent and Arabian plate is the main cause of transpression and transtension regimes in this area. Zagros orogeny in this area resulted in formation of va...Oblique continent—continent collision between Iranian microcontinent and Arabian plate is the main cause of transpression and transtension regimes in this area. Zagros orogeny in this area resulted in formation of various structures including thrust fault-related folds, dextral and sinistral, strike slip faults, normal fault related to dextral strike slip fault. Thrust faults within the area under study are duplex with general trend of NW-SE and dip toward the north-east with right slip component. Strike slip fault regime acts as tear fault and it is active yet. Therefore, simultaneous presence of thrusts and strike slip faults illustrates convergent dextral transpressional tectonic regime while this transpressional regime accompanied with transtension as well;since normal faults are also seen in alluvium around depression of Sirjan which can be as a result of extension stresses due to strike slip faults activity of the district. The results achieved from geometry and kinematic analysis of west of Sirjan structures indicate that structures of the area have characteristics of internal part of Zagros orogeny.展开更多
Recent petro-structural investigations on the Faboula gold deposit located in the Bougouni-Kékoro basin, in southern Mali, north-west of the Leo-Man Shield, have provided new data on the nature and spatial organi...Recent petro-structural investigations on the Faboula gold deposit located in the Bougouni-Kékoro basin, in southern Mali, north-west of the Leo-Man Shield, have provided new data on the nature and spatial organization of the lithostratigraphic units as well as their deformation style. The deposit is covered by a thick lateritic layer and is hosted by a metavolcano-sedimentary sequence of Paleoproterozoic age intersected by intrusive bodies and filled fractures of various shape<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:""> and type<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:"">. The lithostratigraphic units consist of metagreywackes, metasiltstones, meta-argillites, slates and schists. Metagreywackes and metasiltstones are generally feldspathic, both may contain biotite and locally amphibole, just as slates may contain andalusite which is locally stretched. Plutonic units most often occur as stocks or as dikes on the drill core, up to 1 m. The metavolcano-sedimentary rocks are schistose and deformed under greenschist facies conditions, <span style="font-family:"">and <span style="font-family:"">locally they reach the epidote-amphibolite facies. The structural study revealed that the deposit is affected by several stages of deformation evolving from a ductile type to a brittle type via a ductile-brittle type. The dominant ductile and brittle-ductile deformations show a combination of isoclinal folding and strike-slip faults. Both the isoclinal folding and the strike-slip faults whose sigmoidal en-echelon tension gashes indicate a dextral movement in the NNE-SSW direction are the result of the same ENE-WSW regional shortening. Consequently, they highlight a transpressive deformation. This deformation noted here D<sub>2Fb</sub>, could be equivalent to the regional D<sub>2</sub> or D<sub>3</sub> deformations identified at the scale of the Leo-Man Shield if we refer to the style of deformation. There is an abundance of quartz veins networks. Their relation within the structural features indicate<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:""> that the mineralization is structurally controlled during a hydrothermal event linked certainly to the circulations of fluids during the transpressive event D<sub>2Fb</sub>.展开更多
Dena Fault is one of the fundamental and main structures with more than 130 km. One of the most important structural properties of this fault is changing in its trend so that at least three structural trends are detec...Dena Fault is one of the fundamental and main structures with more than 130 km. One of the most important structural properties of this fault is changing in its trend so that at least three structural trends are detectable along this fault. Some continental transpression evidences along fault Dena are checked. These evidences are: Fold’s axis has configuration step and mutual desire. Fold’s axis average preferred orientation makes angles less than 45 degrees with preferred orientation of the boundary faults. Strike-slip faults are arranged overlapping and territory. P harmonic sections are more than harmonic sections R. In the central and southern parts the type is transpression Trust and in the northern part the type is transpression shear. In the present strike-slip component right lateral of this fault is dominant to its trust component and Fault function in the present era, is right lateral reverse.展开更多
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformational role and dynamic mechanisms in arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts,with a specific focus on their manifestations in regions such as the Mediterrane...This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformational role and dynamic mechanisms in arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts,with a specific focus on their manifestations in regions such as the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.Current research highlights the control exerted by the negative buoyancy of subducting oceanic plates on subduction rates and their role in driving slab rollback.The feedback effects between trench retreat and tectonic transformation are identified as key mechanisms contributing to the curvature of orogenic belts.Simulation results indicate that the timing and distance of back-arc spreading center jumps in curved subduction zones are governed by the ratio of strength between transform faults and the overriding plate.Gravity-driven forces from subducting slabs are the primary drivers of arc curvature,tectonic transformations along subduction zones,the formation of transform faults,slab tearing,and even the rollback-driven invasion of curved subduction zones into Atlantic-type oceans.Geological evidence reveals that the development of transtensional or transpressional deformation in arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts results from the complex interactions between slab-rollbacked subduction and tectonic transformation within the overriding plate.This research not only enhances our understanding of the dynamics of global arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts but also underscores the importance of integrating geological observations with numerical simulations to unveil the complexities of arc-shaped subduction dynamic systems.展开更多
This work deals with the preliminary relationship between strain path and strain partitioning pattern in a sinistral transpressional zone, Lancangjiang shear zone, located to the southeast of Tibet. Various ductile ro...This work deals with the preliminary relationship between strain path and strain partitioning pattern in a sinistral transpressional zone, Lancangjiang shear zone, located to the southeast of Tibet. Various ductile rocks provide an opportunity to investig展开更多
A special extended basin topography is developed in the middle segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault Zone. The ratio of its length to width is over 50. The long boundaries at the two sides of the basin are controlled by the...A special extended basin topography is developed in the middle segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault Zone. The ratio of its length to width is over 50. The long boundaries at the two sides of the basin are controlled by the straight normal faults with strike-slip component. Within the basin, the Cenozoic strata are spread. The Altyn Tagh main fault goes through the basin, and a series of strike-slip topography was formed within the basin. The reverse thrust structures were formed at the two sides of the center of the basin, thus making the geological bodies composed of old metamorphic rocks at the two sides of the basin extrude vertically, and forming the extended massif (mountain) at the sides of the basin and parallel to the basin. This special topography was called the strike-slip fault basin. The giant extended strike-slip fault basin began to form during Pliocene, and its topography was basically formed during the late Pleistocene. It is the special topography formed during the strike-slip deformation展开更多
Transpression occurs in response to oblique convergence across a deformation zone in intraplate regions and plate boundaries.The Korean Peninsula is located at an intraplate region of the eastern Eurasian Plate and ha...Transpression occurs in response to oblique convergence across a deformation zone in intraplate regions and plate boundaries.The Korean Peninsula is located at an intraplate region of the eastern Eurasian Plate and has been deformed under the ENE–WSW maximum horizontal compression since the late Pliocene.In this study,we analyzed short-term instrumental seismic(focal mechanism)and long-term paleoseis-mic(Quaternary fault outcrop)data to decipher the neotectonic crustal deformation pattern in the south-eastern Korean Peninsula.Available(paleo-)seismic data acquired from an NNE–SSW trending deformation zone between the Yangsan and Ulleung fault zones indicate spatial partitioning of crustal deformation by NNW–SSE to NNE–SSW striking reverse faults and NNE–SSW striking strike-slip faults,supporting a strike-slip partitioned transpression model.The instantaneous and finite neotectonic strains,estimated from the focal mechanism and Quaternary outcrop data,respectively,show discrepan-cies in their axes,which can be attributed to the switching between extensional and intermediate axes of finite strain during the accumulation of wrench-dominated transpression.Notably,some major faults,including the Yangsan and Ulsan fault zones,are relatively misoriented to slip under the current stress condition but,paradoxically,have more(paleo-)seismic records indicating their role in accommodating the neotectonic transpressional strain.We propose that fluids,heat flow,and lithospheric structure are potential factors affecting the reactivation of the relatively misoriented major faults.Our findings provide insights into the accommodation pattern of strain associated with the neotectonic crustal extrusion in an intraplate region of the eastern Eurasian Plate in response to the collision of the Indian Plate and the sub-duction of the Pacific/Philippine Sea Plates.展开更多
文摘Deformation characteristics of the dextral Dashankou ductile shear zone , parallel to the Tongbo-Dabie Orogenic Belt and regional stretching lineation patterns within the blueschist belt in Northern Hubei , China , are examined at various scales , respectively . The new data , combined with those obtained in the Wudangshan area , indicate a transpressive deformation involving a WNW directed nearly horizontal shearing accompanied by shortening across the orogenic belt . A kinematic model is proposed for development of the deformation within the Tongboshan segment . Based on these findings it can be seen that the convergence and collision between the North China Craton and the Yangtze Craton may locally be oblique during the Proterozoic Jinningian Orogeny . This oblique collision is probably related to a certain extent to the shapes of the older craton margins .
文摘The Longxinggou Nappe which is located in Guangshui county, north of Hubei province, has been first identified by our detail mapping. It is composed of lowgrade metamorphosed rocks of middle Proterozoic Shuixian group, late Proterozoic Yaolinghe group, Sinian Liantuo,Doushantuo and Dengying formations. It is quite different from the lower beds, middle.Proterozoic Hong’an epidote-amphibole facies metamorphose metapelite and metagranite. They are different not only in composition, metamorphic degree, but also in deformation forms. The Longxinggou nappe has characteristics both of ductile thrusting and ductile dextral strike-sliping, illustrating a transpressive deformation regime of middle crustal in the orogenic belt due to the oblique collision, between the Shuiying terrain and the Tongbai terrain during Caledonian period.
文摘Transpressional deformation has played an important role in the late Neoproterozoic evolution of the ArabianNubian Shield including the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt.The Ghadir Shear Belt is a 35 km-long,NW-oriented brittleductile shear zone that underwent overall sinistral transpression during the Late Neoproterozoic.Within this shear belt,strain is highly partitioned into shortening,oblique,extensional and strike-slip structures at multiple scales.Moreover,strain partitioning is heterogeneous along-strike giving rise to three distinct structural domains.In the East Ghadir and Ambaut shear belts,the strain is pure-shear dominated whereas the narrow sectors parallel to the shear walls in the West Ghadir Shear Zone are simple-shear dominated.These domains are comparable to splay-dominated and thrust-dominated strike-slip shear zones.The kinematic transition along the Ghadir shear belt is consistent with separate strike-slip and thrustsense shear zones.The earlier fabric(S1),is locally recognized in low strain areas and SW-ward thrusts.S2 is associated with a shallowly plunging stretching lineation(L2),and defines^NW-SE major upright macroscopic folds in the East Ghadir shear belt.F2 folds are superimposed by^NNW–SSE tight-minor and major F3 folds that are kinematically compatible with sinistral transpressional deformation along the West Ghadir Shear Zone and may represent strain partitioning during deformation.F2 and F3 folds are superimposed by ENE–WSW gentle F4 folds in the Ambaut shear belt.The sub-parallelism of F3 and F4 fold axes with the shear zones may have resulted from strain partitioning associated with simple shear deformation along narrow mylonite zones and pure shear-dominant deformation in fold zones.Dextral ENEstriking shear zones were subsequently active at ca.595 Ma,coeval with sinistral shearing along NW-to NNW-striking shear zones.The occurrence of upright folds and folds with vertical axes suggests that transpression plays a significant role in the tectonic evolution of the Ghadir shear belt.Oblique convergence may have been provoked by the buckling of the Hafafit gneiss-cored domes and relative rotations between its segments.Upright folds,fold with vertical axes and sinistral strike-slip shear zones developed in response to strain partitioning.The West Ghadir Shear Zone contains thrusts and strikeslip shear zones that resulted from lateral escape tectonics associated with lateral imbrication and transpression in response to oblique squeezing of the Arabian-Nubian Shield during agglutination of East and West Gondwana.
文摘The calc-alkaline volcanic formations in the western part of the Kedougou-Kenieba inlier crop out in three complexes: the Foulde in the North and the areas of Mako and Baniomba in the South. These complexes which either combine with the tholeiites or cut across the sedimentary formations are composed of thin veins and massive lava flows. They have many petrographic similarities and show chemical characteristics that resemble those of island-arc rocks. At the tectonic level, the D1 deformation phase preceding the formation of the basins and the transpressive tectonics including an oblique convergence may account for the structural evolution of the Mako volcanic belt. Its occurrence in different basins may be evidenced by the composition of some lithophilic components like the Sr, Ba, U, Rb and the composition of clinopyroxenes enriched in TiO2, FeO, Na2O in the Foulde calc-alkaline volcanic rocks that developed in a sedimentary environment.
基金supported jointly by the China Geological Survey project(grant number:1212011120167,12120114002201)China National Natural Science Foundation(grant number 41472178)
文摘We present in this paper some new evidence for the change during the Quaternary in kinematics of faults cutting the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. It shows that significant shortening deformation occurred during the Early Pleistocene, evidenced by eastward thrusting of Mesozoic carbonates on the Pliocene lacustrine deposits along the Minjiang upstream fault zone and by development of the transpressional ridges of basement rocks along the Anninghe river valley. The Middle Pleistocene seems to be a relaxant stage with local development of the intra-mountain basins particularly prominent along the Minjiang Upstream and along the southern segment of the Anninghe River Valley. This relaxation may have been duo to a local collapse of the thickened crust attained during the late Neogene to early Pleistocene across this marginal zone. Fault kinematics has been changed since the late Pleistocene, and was predominated by reverse sinistral strike-slip along the Minshan Uplift, reverse dextral strike-slip on the Longmenshan fault zone and pure sinistral strike-slip on the Anninghe fault. This change in fault kinematics during the Quaternary allows a better understanding of the mechanism by which the marginal ranges of the plateau has been built through episodic activities.
基金supported by University of Sistan and Baluchestan and the Shiraz University Research Council (SURC)
文摘Radiolarites have an important role in the reconstruction of the paleogeography, bathymetry and their coexistence with ophiolites gives an opportunity to determine the tectonic his- tory of collisional zones. The radiolarite units of the southwestern Neyriz are part of the Zagros ac- cretionary prism and positioned beneath the thick bedded carbonate sediments of Tarbur Forma- tion. The existing various structural elements within this unit give a unique fortunate for investiga- tion on the deformation history and studying of the kinematics of the Zagros collision zone. The nu- merous evidence show that this unit has experienced different deformation conditions during ongo- ing evolution, including ductile, brittle-ductile and brittle deformation conditions. The main strike of E-W for axial planes of folds, eastward trend and plunge of fold axes, boudins＇ neck axes and Type III of the fold interference patterns are indicators of formation and evolution of folds during tran- spressional deformation. Structural evolution of the study area has been affected by an NE-dipping subduction zone of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere below the Iranian microcontinents. These structural elements suggest that high mechanical anisotropy and two successive generations of fold- ing simultaneously with thrusting and extrusion of this unit had led to formation and evolution of this highly asymmetrical folded unit on top of the subducted oceanic crust.
文摘The East Kunlun terrain is located on the northern Qinghai—Tibet plateau, composed of the East Kunlun Mountain and the Qaidam Basin and bounded by the Qilian terrain on the north and Bayanhar—Songpan Ganze terrain on the south. It is regarded as a composite orogenic belt characterized by having developed superimposed ductile tectonic regimes reflecting the collision orogeny during Early Paleozoic and Triassic periods. It has also experienced transformation from ductile to brittle deformation caused by the post orogeny, since Jurassic after the formation of the East Kunlun Mountain and the Qaidam Basin. A Paleozoic subduction complex zone was recently recognized along the north border of the East Kunlun terrain from Da Qaidam to Dulan (Xu,et al, 1 999). It is composed of ophiolite (of Early Paleozoic age?), tectonic melange and very high\|pressure metamorphic rocks with eclogite (\%p\%=2 2GPa, \%t\%=720℃) (Yang,et al.,1998) and garnet\|peridotite (\%p\%=2 5GPa, t =837℃). The Anyemaqin Triassic subduction complex zone trending in NWW\|SEE was developed along the eastern segment of the south border of the East Kunlun terrain. It is mainly composed of ultramafic and mafic rocks, pillow basalt, radiolaria\|bearing clastic rocks, tectonic melange and mylonite. The subduction complex zone contains a series of the southward overthrusting imbricated slices. Instead of this subduction complex zone, a 2 km\|wide sinistral strike\|slip ductile shear zone trending in E\|W was developed along the western segment. On the basis of macroscopic and microscopic studies on a series of structural sections, we divide the East Kunlun Mountain into four tectonic units as follows: (1) North Proterozoic Metamorphic Basement Zone; (2) South Early Paleozoic—Triassic Superimposed Fold Zone; (3) South Triassic Transpression Zone; (4) Anyemaqin Back\|Arc Decollement\|Thrust Zone.
文摘The western part of the Kedougou Kenieba Inlier is located in the West African Craton. It consists of paleoproterozoic NE-trending elongate belts (subprovinces) of metavolcanic and granitic rocks that alternate with metasedimentary belts. Major linear fault such as the MTZ which also approximate a north-easterly trend form the eastern boundaries. The field observations and geophysics analyses were completed by a microscopic study. Based on these data we define across this region four lithostructural domains from east to west. The western domain is structurally complex. The rocks of this domain have been subjected to a complex history of polyphase deformation and metamorphism. The structural analyse allow us to distinguished three deformation events. The deformation results in the formation of D1 thrust tectonic and D2 and D3 transcurrent tectonic. The structural evolution of the Mako Belt is characterized by deformation dominated by the intrusion of large TTG batholiths (D1) followed by basins formation and transpression accommodating oblique convergence and collision (D2 and D3). The change from thrusting (D1 deformation to transcurrent motion (D2 and D3) is recorded in the marginal basin of the central domain and in Tinkoto pull apart basin. The timing of these basins indicates a diachronous evolution. Deformation styles within the basin are compatible with a dextral transpression which terminated at ca 2090 Ma. Small extensional basins formed over the rocks of the Mako Belt are filled with continental detrital sedimentary rocks that show weak foliation and active felsic volcanism. We suggest that the sinistral transpressive tectonic associated with oblique subduction may have generated the pull-apart basin and subaqueous volcanism. In part these features are now related to terrain accretion, thrusting and strike slip movement during oblique convergence. The inversion of the large scale structural evolution from thrusting to strike slip is common to modern orogenies.
文摘Deformation in the Zagros suture zone is a result of the oblique collision of the AfroArabian continent with the Central Iranian microcontinents.Various types of folding and faulting are characteristic features of the study area and indicate the performance of a high strain tectonic regime in this region.To distinguish deformation geometry during the collisional events,strain measurements have been carried out,using the R_(f)/φ method on deformed radiolarian microfossils,in the Zagros suture zone.Based on the results,the strain ellipsoid shape is in the range of general flattening to plane strain(K=0.16 – 1.12).Measured mean kinematic vorticity number(W_(m)) in the deformed radiolarian rocks ranges between 0.50 and 0.87,which implies that exhumation of the Abade-Tashk area was facilitated by a general shear flow(35%<simple shear<65% and 45%<pure shear<65%).Kinematic vorticity numbers,the amounts of Octahedral shear strain,the ellipsoid eccentricity,and strain ratios systematically increasing towards the thrust fault.The study of deformation in the study area shows that the Zagros suture zone can be considered as a transpressional zone.
文摘Oblique continent—continent collision between Iranian microcontinent and Arabian plate is the main cause of transpression and transtension regimes in this area. Zagros orogeny in this area resulted in formation of various structures including thrust fault-related folds, dextral and sinistral, strike slip faults, normal fault related to dextral strike slip fault. Thrust faults within the area under study are duplex with general trend of NW-SE and dip toward the north-east with right slip component. Strike slip fault regime acts as tear fault and it is active yet. Therefore, simultaneous presence of thrusts and strike slip faults illustrates convergent dextral transpressional tectonic regime while this transpressional regime accompanied with transtension as well;since normal faults are also seen in alluvium around depression of Sirjan which can be as a result of extension stresses due to strike slip faults activity of the district. The results achieved from geometry and kinematic analysis of west of Sirjan structures indicate that structures of the area have characteristics of internal part of Zagros orogeny.
文摘Recent petro-structural investigations on the Faboula gold deposit located in the Bougouni-Kékoro basin, in southern Mali, north-west of the Leo-Man Shield, have provided new data on the nature and spatial organization of the lithostratigraphic units as well as their deformation style. The deposit is covered by a thick lateritic layer and is hosted by a metavolcano-sedimentary sequence of Paleoproterozoic age intersected by intrusive bodies and filled fractures of various shape<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:""> and type<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:"">. The lithostratigraphic units consist of metagreywackes, metasiltstones, meta-argillites, slates and schists. Metagreywackes and metasiltstones are generally feldspathic, both may contain biotite and locally amphibole, just as slates may contain andalusite which is locally stretched. Plutonic units most often occur as stocks or as dikes on the drill core, up to 1 m. The metavolcano-sedimentary rocks are schistose and deformed under greenschist facies conditions, <span style="font-family:"">and <span style="font-family:"">locally they reach the epidote-amphibolite facies. The structural study revealed that the deposit is affected by several stages of deformation evolving from a ductile type to a brittle type via a ductile-brittle type. The dominant ductile and brittle-ductile deformations show a combination of isoclinal folding and strike-slip faults. Both the isoclinal folding and the strike-slip faults whose sigmoidal en-echelon tension gashes indicate a dextral movement in the NNE-SSW direction are the result of the same ENE-WSW regional shortening. Consequently, they highlight a transpressive deformation. This deformation noted here D<sub>2Fb</sub>, could be equivalent to the regional D<sub>2</sub> or D<sub>3</sub> deformations identified at the scale of the Leo-Man Shield if we refer to the style of deformation. There is an abundance of quartz veins networks. Their relation within the structural features indicate<span style="font-family:"">s<span style="font-family:""> that the mineralization is structurally controlled during a hydrothermal event linked certainly to the circulations of fluids during the transpressive event D<sub>2Fb</sub>.
文摘Dena Fault is one of the fundamental and main structures with more than 130 km. One of the most important structural properties of this fault is changing in its trend so that at least three structural trends are detectable along this fault. Some continental transpression evidences along fault Dena are checked. These evidences are: Fold’s axis has configuration step and mutual desire. Fold’s axis average preferred orientation makes angles less than 45 degrees with preferred orientation of the boundary faults. Strike-slip faults are arranged overlapping and territory. P harmonic sections are more than harmonic sections R. In the central and southern parts the type is transpression Trust and in the northern part the type is transpression shear. In the present strike-slip component right lateral of this fault is dominant to its trust component and Fault function in the present era, is right lateral reverse.
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文摘This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformational role and dynamic mechanisms in arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts,with a specific focus on their manifestations in regions such as the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.Current research highlights the control exerted by the negative buoyancy of subducting oceanic plates on subduction rates and their role in driving slab rollback.The feedback effects between trench retreat and tectonic transformation are identified as key mechanisms contributing to the curvature of orogenic belts.Simulation results indicate that the timing and distance of back-arc spreading center jumps in curved subduction zones are governed by the ratio of strength between transform faults and the overriding plate.Gravity-driven forces from subducting slabs are the primary drivers of arc curvature,tectonic transformations along subduction zones,the formation of transform faults,slab tearing,and even the rollback-driven invasion of curved subduction zones into Atlantic-type oceans.Geological evidence reveals that the development of transtensional or transpressional deformation in arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts results from the complex interactions between slab-rollbacked subduction and tectonic transformation within the overriding plate.This research not only enhances our understanding of the dynamics of global arc-shaped subduction orogenic belts but also underscores the importance of integrating geological observations with numerical simulations to unveil the complexities of arc-shaped subduction dynamic systems.
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文摘This work deals with the preliminary relationship between strain path and strain partitioning pattern in a sinistral transpressional zone, Lancangjiang shear zone, located to the southeast of Tibet. Various ductile rocks provide an opportunity to investig
基金This work was supported by the State Key Basic Research Development Project (Grant No. G1998040800).
文摘A special extended basin topography is developed in the middle segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault Zone. The ratio of its length to width is over 50. The long boundaries at the two sides of the basin are controlled by the straight normal faults with strike-slip component. Within the basin, the Cenozoic strata are spread. The Altyn Tagh main fault goes through the basin, and a series of strike-slip topography was formed within the basin. The reverse thrust structures were formed at the two sides of the center of the basin, thus making the geological bodies composed of old metamorphic rocks at the two sides of the basin extrude vertically, and forming the extended massif (mountain) at the sides of the basin and parallel to the basin. This special topography was called the strike-slip fault basin. The giant extended strike-slip fault basin began to form during Pliocene, and its topography was basically formed during the late Pleistocene. It is the special topography formed during the strike-slip deformation
基金This research was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP)grant(no.20212010200020)the Energy&Mineral Resources Develop-ment Association of Korea(EMRD)grant(Datascience based oil/gas exploration consortium),funded by the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy(MOTIE)of the Republic of Korea.
文摘Transpression occurs in response to oblique convergence across a deformation zone in intraplate regions and plate boundaries.The Korean Peninsula is located at an intraplate region of the eastern Eurasian Plate and has been deformed under the ENE–WSW maximum horizontal compression since the late Pliocene.In this study,we analyzed short-term instrumental seismic(focal mechanism)and long-term paleoseis-mic(Quaternary fault outcrop)data to decipher the neotectonic crustal deformation pattern in the south-eastern Korean Peninsula.Available(paleo-)seismic data acquired from an NNE–SSW trending deformation zone between the Yangsan and Ulleung fault zones indicate spatial partitioning of crustal deformation by NNW–SSE to NNE–SSW striking reverse faults and NNE–SSW striking strike-slip faults,supporting a strike-slip partitioned transpression model.The instantaneous and finite neotectonic strains,estimated from the focal mechanism and Quaternary outcrop data,respectively,show discrepan-cies in their axes,which can be attributed to the switching between extensional and intermediate axes of finite strain during the accumulation of wrench-dominated transpression.Notably,some major faults,including the Yangsan and Ulsan fault zones,are relatively misoriented to slip under the current stress condition but,paradoxically,have more(paleo-)seismic records indicating their role in accommodating the neotectonic transpressional strain.We propose that fluids,heat flow,and lithospheric structure are potential factors affecting the reactivation of the relatively misoriented major faults.Our findings provide insights into the accommodation pattern of strain associated with the neotectonic crustal extrusion in an intraplate region of the eastern Eurasian Plate in response to the collision of the Indian Plate and the sub-duction of the Pacific/Philippine Sea Plates.
