The Chinese mainland is divided into some tectonic blocks by nearly NE- and EW-orientated faults. Meanwhile strong earthquakes in the Chinese mainland usually cluster in time and space. We call earthquakes in groups. ...The Chinese mainland is divided into some tectonic blocks by nearly NE- and EW-orientated faults. Meanwhile strong earthquakes in the Chinese mainland usually cluster in time and space. We call earthquakes in groups. Tectonic blocks separated by faults and earthquakes in groups are prominent features of the tectonics of the Chi-nese mainland. Correlation between movement of tectonic blocks and groups of earthquakes is discussed in this paper. The results show that earthquakes in groups often occurred at one or several block boundary faults. The released elastic strain energy is built up in the same periods and around blocks. It means that strong earthquakes in groups are mainly caused by movement of blocks. Four types of block movement are identified based ongroup earthquakes: movement along a single boundary of a block (or a combined blocks), movement of a single block, movement of multi-blocks, and movement in block interiors. If we consider distribution of all strong earthquakes occurred in the Chinese mainland, the movement along a single boundary of a block is more popular one inducing strong earthquakes. But if we only consider earthquakes in groups rather than single earthquakesthe movement of a block dominates among four modes. Statistics with respect to group earthquakes show that the Taihangshan mountain and the North China block are much active in the eastern part of Chinese mainland, and in western part of Chinese mainland the active blocks are Sichuan-Yunnan and the Kunlun-Songpan ones.展开更多
Deterministic, probabilistic and composite-grading methods are used to get the possible locations of strong earth-quakes in the future in Norwest Beijing and its vicinity based on the quantitative data and their accur...Deterministic, probabilistic and composite-grading methods are used to get the possible locations of strong earth-quakes in the future in Norwest Beijing and its vicinity based on the quantitative data and their accuracy about active tectonics in the research area and by ordering, some questions in the results are also discussed. It shows that the most dangerous fault segments for strong earthquakes in the future include: segments B and A of the southern boundary fault of the Yangyuan basin, the southern boundary fault of the Xuanhua basin, the east segment of the southern Huaian fault and the east segment of the northern YanggaoTianzhen fault. The most dangerous area is YangyuanShenjing basin, the second one is TianzhenHuaianXuanhua basin and the third dangerous areas are WanquanZhangjiakou and northeast of Yuxian to southwest of Fanshan.展开更多
The Altun faulted Zone has been focused by lots of geologists for many years because it lies in a boundary area of several main tectonic units in the western China and is a geographically northern boundary line of Tib...The Altun faulted Zone has been focused by lots of geologists for many years because it lies in a boundary area of several main tectonic units in the western China and is a geographically northern boundary line of Tibet plateau.The latest achievements show that the Altun faulted zone is not only a Cenozoic strike\|slip faulted system but also an orogenic zone which underwent mutually subduction\|collision among paleo\|plates (or terrains) in its early stage and consists of geological bodies of different ages and tectonic environments. Based on the results of geological characteristics,petrology, geochemistry and isotopic dating, the Altun Orogenic Zone can be divided into four tectonic units and is considered to have undergone five stages during its tectonic evolution.The four tectonics units are :(1) Abei metamorphic block, which consists of Archean metamorphic complex of granulite facies;.(2) Hongliugou—Lapeiquan tectonic melange belt, which is composed of ophiolite blocks(belt), OIB blocks, pelagic silicalite, shallow\|bathyal sedimentary rock blocks and high\|pressure metamorphi c rock blocks. (3) Milanhe—Jinyanshan island\|arc block, which consists of mid\|uplifting belt and the south and north active margins. The uplifting belt is composed of metasandstone, marble, overlying thick stromatolite (Jinyanshan Group of Jixian System). Metamorphic rocks of 450Ma occur in both south and north hactive margin. Post\|collision bimodal volcanic rocks and A\|type granite occur in the middle and the north side.(4) Apa—Mangya tectonic melange belt, which consists of ophiolite(including ultramafic rocks, gabbro, plagiogranite and basalt) and flysch and eclogite of late Ordovician.展开更多
A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples w...A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples were analysed in 40 Ar/ 39 Ar isotopic dating laboratory of Salzburg University in Austria. The results of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating include: (1) The Jinshuikou Group shows hornblende age of 388 5Ma, muscovite at 233～227Ma, and biotite ages between 232 2 and 208 2Ma. These are interpreted to result from amphibolite\|grade Caledonian orogenic diastrophism and low\|grade metamorphic Indosinian overprint. (2) The Xiaomiao Group is characterized by a 40 Ar/ 39 Ar muscovite age of 413 8Ma. (3) The Wanbaogou Group gives out a muscovite age of ca. 160Ma to the S of the Central Kunlun fault. (4) The Nachitai Group revealed a biotite age of ca. 110Ma that was overprinted by a very\|low\|grade event at 60～40 Ma. (5) The Kuhai basement to the S of the Central Kunlun fault is again characterized by a Caledonian age without detectable late overprint: Hornblende: ca. 405Ma, muscovite 376～357Ma, biotite: ca. 360Ma. The new ages constrain that the Kunlun basement essentially formed during Caledonian tectonic events. The basement was locally overprinted by Indosinian tecto\|thermal event in the north of the Central Kunlun fault, and by Jurassic and Paleogene tecto\|thermal events in the south of the Central Kunlun fault.展开更多
In NW Himalayas, the suture zone between the collided Indian and the Karakoram plates is occupied by crust of the Cretaceous Kohistan Island\|Arc Terrane [1] . Late Cretaceous (about 90Ma) accretion with the southern ...In NW Himalayas, the suture zone between the collided Indian and the Karakoram plates is occupied by crust of the Cretaceous Kohistan Island\|Arc Terrane [1] . Late Cretaceous (about 90Ma) accretion with the southern margin of the Karakoram Plate at the site of the Shyok Suture Zone turned Kohistan to become an Andean\|type margin. The Neotethys was completely subducted at the southern margin of Kohistan by Early Tertiary, leading to collision between Kohistan and continental crust of the Indian plate at the site of the Main mantle thrust.More than 80% of the Kohistan terrane comprises plutonic rocks of (1) ultramafic to gabbroic composition forming the basal crust of the intra\|oceanic stage of the island arc, and (2) tonalite\|granodiorite\|granite composition belong to the Kohistan Batholith occupying much of the intermediate to shallow crust of the terrane mostly intruded in the Andean\|type margin stage [2] . Both these stages of subduction\|related magmatism were associated with volcanic and sedimentary rocks formed in Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary basins. This study addresses tectonic configuration of Early Tertiary Drosh basin exposed in NW parts of the Kohistan terrane, immediately to the south of the Shyok Suture Zone.展开更多
The Late Cenozoic fold\|and\|thrust zone along the northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin and the adjacent Tian Shan of Central Asia is an actively deforming part of the India\|Asia collision system. This deformation ...The Late Cenozoic fold\|and\|thrust zone along the northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin and the adjacent Tian Shan of Central Asia is an actively deforming part of the India\|Asia collision system. This deformation zone has two remarkable oppositely vergence arcuate fold\|and\|thrust systems (Kepingtage and Kashi\|Atushi fold\|and\|thrust belts) reaching from east of Keping to west of Kashi. This shape is manifested by structure, topography and seismicity. From north to south, this deformation zone is characterized by four main kinematic elements: (1) a hanging\|wall block (Maidan fault and Tuotegongbaizi\|Muziduke thrust system) that represents the Cenozoic reactivation of a late Paleozoic thrust system; (2) an imbricated thrust stack (Kepingtage\|Tashipeshake thrust system) where slices of Tarim platform sediments are thrust south toward the basin; (3) the Kashi\|Atushi fold\|and\|thrust system where thrusting and folding verge toward the Tian Shan; (4) a foot\|wall block (Tarim craton) that dips gently northwest below the sediment\|filled southern Tian Shan basin and generally has little internal deformation.展开更多
Qilian orogenic belt is a typical orogenic belt formed by polycyclic collisions between the North China plate and Qaidam microplate. Qilian ocean originated from the rift of the late Proterozoic Rodinia continent(Pang...Qilian orogenic belt is a typical orogenic belt formed by polycyclic collisions between the North China plate and Qaidam microplate. Qilian ocean originated from the rift of the late Proterozoic Rodinia continent(Pangea\|850), evolved through rift basin and became an archipelagic ocean in the Caledonian stage. The Lower Proterozoic strata in Qilian area are mid\|high\|rank metamorphic rocks that constitute the metamorphic basement of the area. The “Huangyuan Movement" (in South Qilian and Central Qilian) and "Alashan Movement" (in North Qilian) in the latest Late Proterozoic formed a regional unconformity. The middle Proterozoic in the area are mudstones and carbonate rocks with stromatolites and ooids. The Qingbaikou System of the upper Proterozoic in the North Qilian and Corridor region is also mudstone and carbonate rock with stromatolites. The Qingbaikou System in Central Qilian is sandstones and mudstones. There are alkaline and tholeiite in the Sinian System in North Qilian and Corridor. The contact between Qingbaikou System and Sinian System is a regional unconformity (Quanji Movement). Qilian ocean began to rift away in Caledonian tectonic stage on the Pre\|Sinian basement.展开更多
Distinguishing geochemical anomalies from background is a basic task in exploratory geochemistry. The derivation of geochemical anomalies from stream sediment geochemical data and the decomposition of these anomalies ...Distinguishing geochemical anomalies from background is a basic task in exploratory geochemistry. The derivation of geochemical anomalies from stream sediment geochemical data and the decomposition of these anomalies into their component patterns were described. A set of stream sediment geochemical data was obtained for 1 880 km 2 of the Pangxidong area, which is in the southern part of the recently recognized Qinzhou-Hangzhou joint tectonic belt. This belt crosses southern China and tends to the northwest (NE) direction. The total number of collected samples was 7 236, and the concentrations of Ag, Au, Cu, As, Pb and Zn were measured for each sample. The spatial combination distribution law of geochemical elements and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to construct combination models for the identification of combinations of geochemical anomalies. Spectrum-area (S-A) fractal modeling was used to strengthen weak anomalies and separate them from the background. Composite anomaly modeling was combined with fractal filtering techniques to process and analyze the geochemical data. The raster maps of Au, Ag, Cu, As, Pb and Zn were obtained by the multifractal inverse distance weighted (MIDW) method. PCA was used to combine the Au, Ag, Cu, As, Pb, and Zn concentration values. The S-A fractal method was used to decompose the first component pattern achieved by the PCA. The results show that combination anomalies from a combination of variables coincide with the known mineralization of the study area. Although the combination anomalies cannot reflect local anomalies closely enough, high-anomaly areas indicate good sites for further exploration for unknown deposits. On this basis, anomaly and background separation from combination anomalies using fractal filtering techniques can provide guidance for later work.展开更多
In accordance with the studies concerning the tectonics of Nei Monggolmade by Huang Jiqing and others, two tectonic units occur in this area:Sino-Korean Platform to the south and Nei Monggol-Greater Khingan Mtsfold sy...In accordance with the studies concerning the tectonics of Nei Monggolmade by Huang Jiqing and others, two tectonic units occur in this area:Sino-Korean Platform to the south and Nei Monggol-Greater Khingan Mtsfold system to the north. The dividing line between the two units lies fromBaiyun’ebo on the west to Chifeng on the east. Geophysical studies demonst-rate that there are two gravity gradient zones trending ENE in the northernmargin of the North China Platform. The northern zone is a linear anomalyzone of--50 to--45 mGal extending from Baiyun’ebo in the west to theeast of Chifeng. The southern zone, 60--70km wide, lies from Guyang throughJining to Longhua in the east and its amplitude of gravity gradient amountsto 60 mGal. Field geological survey indicates that there are two main faultedzones. Our recent investigations suggests that there are two Proterozoic riftsof E-W trend in the northern margin of the North China Platform.展开更多
The geological, geographic and seismicity data indicate that three arc tectonic belt developed on the northeast Pamir, which was the south Pamir arc, the north Pamir arc and the external Pamir arc from south to north....The geological, geographic and seismicity data indicate that three arc tectonic belt developed on the northeast Pamir, which was the south Pamir arc, the north Pamir arc and the external Pamir arc from south to north. In addition to these three belts, there are two nascent arc tectonic belts developed in its fore\|deep depression, the Kashi depression in the northwest Tarim basin, which is the northward propagation of the arc tectonics of northeast Pamir.The south Pamir is an ancient folded belt, composed of the Proterozoic metamorphic layers and igneous complex. It was pushed northward since the collision between the India and Asia, and uplifted since the end of the early Tertiary. The elevation of the Plateau is 4800～5300m, and several intermontane basins distributed in the plateau. At its northeast boundary is the Kalakorum right lateral strike slip fault. Strong strike slip earthquakes occurred along this fault. In the hinterland of the plateau, several normal faulting earthquakes occurred,which are consistent with the extensional dynamic environment of the south Pamir. Deep earthquakes occurred under the 70km depth crust of south Pamir. The N—S cross section of the focal depth show that the earthquake occurred within the south Pamir crust are lower than 70km, and the deep earthquakes with depth of 100～200km occurred in the crystal basement of Tarim basin which are under\|thrusting southward into the root of the south Pamir.展开更多
The Covered Karst, which formed in subsoil environment and distributed in the Tibet Plateau and its eastern district, denuded on the ground surface in different degrees (forming stone pinnacles), but they had the good...The Covered Karst, which formed in subsoil environment and distributed in the Tibet Plateau and its eastern district, denuded on the ground surface in different degrees (forming stone pinnacles), but they had the good consistency in their characteristics. First, some kind of landform, such as stone pinnacles, rock well etc, kept the slippery rock surface. It was believed that they were resulted from the process in soil. Nearer the foot of rock the site was; more clear and integrated the form was. Second, the covered karst often associated with red weathering crust. Based on the character of the red weathering crust of the summit plane of Anduo Mountain, its forming environment was relatively humid and hot. Third, the best geomorphologic position, where the karst was bare, was not on the summit plane but on the slope.The baring degrees and later reworked characteristics of the covered karst made up of an integrated series. They could be divided into three kinds of districts according to their response to the Plateau uplift. (1) The western district, where the uplift was intensive, was mainly Tibet Plateau. For example, in Anduo Mountain, the covered karst was entirely denuded on the ground surface, and the rock surface was turned into mottled rock well because the frost weathering intensively reworked it. The red weathering crust was only kept in the bottom of rock, most of which was observed in the crack of limestone. The present karst process on the ground surface stopped. (2) The middle district, where the uplift degree was moderate, was mainly Yungui Plateau. The covered karst was partly denuded to form the stone pinnacles. Its part, which is baring, is changed to be aciculate and sharp\|pointed, and is active now. (3) The eastern district, where the uplift was weak, was mainly the northern part of Guangxi Province and the southern part of Hunan Province. The covered karst was entirely covered by soil and only observed in the section, which was excavated by human. The form of the covered karst generally had the typical character of the process below the soil.展开更多
Pakistan has fascinating geology.It exposes Ophiolites in the north and west and sedimentary strata in the south.It preserves lithological and tectonic features of ancient island arc type Himalayan orogeny in the nort...Pakistan has fascinating geology.It exposes Ophiolites in the north and west and sedimentary strata in the south.It preserves lithological and tectonic features of ancient island arc type Himalayan orogeny in the north and Andean type active orogeny in the south.The Main Karakrum Thrust,Kohistan -Ladakh Island arc,Main Mantle Thrust,Main Boundary Thrust and Main Frontal Thrust are展开更多
The Himalaya, a fold\|and\|thrust belt in the northern margin of the Indian continent, is characterized by thrust tectoncis (Schelling and Arita, 1991). It consists mainly of three thrust\|bounded lithotectonic units:...The Himalaya, a fold\|and\|thrust belt in the northern margin of the Indian continent, is characterized by thrust tectoncis (Schelling and Arita, 1991). It consists mainly of three thrust\|bounded lithotectonic units: from south to north the Sub\|Himalayan imbricate zone, the Lesser Himalayan thrust package (LH) and the Higher Himalayan thrust sheet (HH) with the overlying Tethys Himalayan sequence. These units are separated by a series of propagated thrusts, i.e. from south to north the Himalayan Frontal Fault (HFF), Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Main Central Thrust (MCT). These thrusts are splays off of an underlying mid\|crustal subhorizontal d$B;D(Jollement (Main Detachmen Trust or Main Himalayan Thrust), and were propagated southward with time. Among these thrusts the MCT is most important intracrustal thrust in considering the geological evolution of the Himalaya, and is controversial regarding its location and nature. In western and eastern Nepal the Higher Himalayan Crystalline sheet is thrust over the Lesser Himalayan rocks along the MCT. In the Kathmandu area of central Nepal also the high\|grade rocks of the HH with the overlying Tethyan sediments covers southward the Lesser Himalayan rocks, and form the Kathmandu nappe. In the north of the Kathmandu nappe the Higher Himalayan crystallines are skirted by the Main Central Thrust zone (MCT zone) which consists of green and black phyllites with sporadic garnet snow\|ball garnet and calcareous schist associated with characteristic mylonitic augen gneiss. The southern margin of the nappe is bounded by the Mahabharat Thrust (MT: Stoecklin, 1990) with a narrow zone of the LH which is cut by the MBT. But the relationship of the MCT in the north and the MT in the south is disputable and important (Arita et al., 1997: Rai et al., 1998: Upreti and Le Fort, 1999), and in the margin of the Kathmandu nappe the MCT zone has not been confirmed.展开更多
Granitoids,volcanic rocks and cherts,mainly of early Paleozoic,in northern Altyn Tagh(Fig.1) are analyzed here for the purpose of the determination of the tectonic environments and their development since Early Paleoz...Granitoids,volcanic rocks and cherts,mainly of early Paleozoic,in northern Altyn Tagh(Fig.1) are analyzed here for the purpose of the determination of the tectonic environments and their development since Early Paleozoic.(1) Granitoids\ The collection of 128 main\|element petrochemical data from North Altyn Tagh area shows that most of the granitoids here are granites and granodiorites of calc\|alkaline series.They consist mainly of metaluminous and peraluminous in Shand’s index,and only one of them,which belongs to Mesozoic,is peralkaline.Most of the granitoids plot in the IAG+CAG+CCG fields in the Maniar and Piccoli’s diagrams (1989) for tectonic discrimination of granitoids.IAG (Island arc granitoids)and CAG (Continental arc granitoids) can be distinguished for Early and Late Paleozoic granitoids,and maybe some CCG (Continental collision granitoids) for Early Paleozoic.Granitoids of Mesozoic and Cenozoic inherited the characteristics of those of Paleozoic.Destructive active plate margin (pre\|plate collision)and Anatectic magmatism(syn\|orogenic,S\|type granites)are distinguished (Fig.2)for Paleozoic granitoids using de la Roche R 1\| R 2 multicationic diagram (Batchelor and Bowden,1985).Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitoids inherited the characteristics of Anatectic magmatism (syn\|orogenic)of these early ones,and post\|orogenic(A\|type)granites occurred in Mesozoic.The mechanism for magma formation is mainly partial melting.展开更多
There has been a long\|term debate about the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean in South China continent. Based on the geological and geochemical studies, it is suggested that there exist two tectonic belts in SE Yunnan, SW China c...There has been a long\|term debate about the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean in South China continent. Based on the geological and geochemical studies, it is suggested that there exist two tectonic belts in SE Yunnan, SW China called Ailao Shan zone and Shizong—Mile zone, which separate Yangtze Block, Cathysian Block and Indo\|China Block from each other. The evolutionary history and its geodynamics of these suture zones are correlated with the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean. Both of the zones are keys to understanding whether the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean extended from Western Yunnan area to east of the South China continent. The Ailao Shan belt consists of Red River fault, Ailao Shan fault, Shuanggou fault and Huashan—Yayi fault, which are the boundaries of the Ailao Shan basement metamorphic belt, ophiolitic melange belt and Island\|arc volcanic\|sediments belt, respectively.The ophiolitic melange belt is characterized by the existence of the ophiolite in Shuanggou area, which represents the relicts of the oceanic crust of the Ailao Shan Ocean. In addition, there exist volcanic rocks in west of the ophiolitic melange belt in Jingdong area. The geochemical characteristics of basalts in Jingdong are similar to that of the E\|MORB. Synthesized studies on geochemistry and tectonics suggest that the basalts in Jingdong area were formed in an extensional rift setting in Devonian.展开更多
The Median Tectonic Line(MTL)is the largest active fault system on the Japan Islands and underlies many densely populated areas.To understand the seismotectonics and to reduce seismic hazard in the MTL region,we deter...The Median Tectonic Line(MTL)is the largest active fault system on the Japan Islands and underlies many densely populated areas.To understand the seismotectonics and to reduce seismic hazard in the MTL region,we determined a detailed 3-D crustal structure under the region using a large number of arrival times of the first P-waves and Moho-reflected waves(PmP).Results of detailed resolution tests show that the addition of PmP data can significantly improve the resolution of the lower crustal structure and the entire crustal structure can be imaged better than that by using P-wave data alone.The展开更多
Specialists think tectonic mixtite zone in Lancang River, which lies in southern and eastern fringe of Qingzang plateau, is the suture line (or contact strip) between Gondwana Land and Yangtz block (Fan Chengjun, 1982...Specialists think tectonic mixtite zone in Lancang River, which lies in southern and eastern fringe of Qingzang plateau, is the suture line (or contact strip) between Gondwana Land and Yangtz block (Fan Chengjun, 1982; Liu Zhengqian, etc, 1991; Fang Runsen,1993).By regional geological study (Legend:1∶50000) in Tu’e, western Yunnan, the author think major fracture zone about 6\|8km from western Lancang River is fragile\|ductile shear zone between batholithic granite of Biluo snow mountain and Jurassic\|Cretaceous slight curdle strata. The zone is a very complicated tectonic mixtite zone (width:0.7\|6km; strike: SN\|direction). Study based on geometric structure, constitution, metamorphism, deformation and kinematic characteristics, the author sum up the following features about the complex deformation zone.(1) Tectonic mixtite zone is a very complicate blocks made up of curdle blocks and residual blocks of granite. Its’ geometric structure is a net\|shape structure composed of matrixes and chaotic blocks in plane and have two kinds of structure types (obduction schists in early diagenesis and heteroploytypes in late diagenesis) in section.展开更多
Kekexili basin, located in Northern Qinghai—Xizang plateau, has an area of over 4000km\+2 and is the largest Paleogene land facies basin in the plateau. With NWW\|SEE trend, Kekexili basin extends along the north sid...Kekexili basin, located in Northern Qinghai—Xizang plateau, has an area of over 4000km\+2 and is the largest Paleogene land facies basin in the plateau. With NWW\|SEE trend, Kekexili basin extends along the north side of the Jinshajiang suture. Its sediments, Fenghuoshan group, formed in E 1—E 3, show a shape of wedge with big thickness in south and small thickness in north. There are four sedimentary facies; fan\|delta and alluvial facies that occur in south, lake and lake\|delta facies, which do in north, in this basin. The north\|dipping Jinshajiang normal faults on the south margin of the basin have controlled the developments of the basin. The S—N compression at the end of E3 strongly folded the basin strata and transformed Jinshajiang normal faults into thrusts. In N1, widespread denudation occurred in the whole plateau. During N 2—Q, Kekexili area uplifted along with the whole plateau, besides, the thrusts in the basin showed coherent activity. We propose a geodynamical model for explaining the basin development. In early E,India plate, due to its colliding Eurasia plate, stopped its ocean crust subduction northward, then the subducted ocean lithosphere breaking away made the south margin area, most possibly to the south of Jinshajiang suture, of Eurasia plate isostatically uplift, so the north\|dipping Jinshajiang suture acted as normal faults and controled the north basin development. In late E, the isostatic uplift finished, the basin also gradually terminated its development .At the end of E, Jinshajiang normal faults became thrusts and the basin strata were folded under the northward compression of India plate. In the N1, India plate started incontinental subduction, the lower crust and lower mantle lithosphere of Qinghai—Xizang area underwent more intensive compression and deformation than its upper crust, and the induced transversal expansion in the lower lithosphere uplifted the upper crust and decreased its horizontal stress, which conduced the upper crust undergo denudation. During N 2—Q, convective removal of the lower mantle lithosphere of Qinghai\|Xizang area led to rapid uplift of this area.展开更多
The relation and unity of the tectonic process and sedimentation is being paid a good deal of attention. It is very obvious that the sedimentary process of the terrestrial basin is controlled by tectogenesis. The sedi...The relation and unity of the tectonic process and sedimentation is being paid a good deal of attention. It is very obvious that the sedimentary process of the terrestrial basin is controlled by tectogenesis. The sedimentary evolution of the basin is the reflection of the tectonic evolution . The sedimentary process of the terrestrial basin has unique characteristics.(1) The scope of the terrestrial basin is mainly controlled by the fault zones.(2) The regional tectonic cycle obviously controls the sedimentary sequence boundary of the terrestrial basin. The periodicity of tectogenesis causes the periodic change of the sedimentary sequence.(3) The sedimentary model of the terrestrial basin is obviously controlled by the tectonic framework.(4) There are many surprise sedimentary events in sedimentary formation of the terrestrial basin.(5) Owing to the influence of the tectonization, the deformation frequently occurs in the sedimentary deposit.(6) Because the sediments of the terrestrial basin have the short\|distance transport, the sediments have the low mature index.(7) There are more sedimentary centres, more matter\|sources, narrow sedimentary facies\|zone and the quick facies change in the terrestrial basin.According to the background of the tectonic dynamics, the terrestrial basin can be divided into the extension basin, the compression basin and the shear basin. The three basins differ greatly in the sedimentary characteristics. The extension basin is usually directed at rift basin. The border of the extension basin is mainly the normal fault or growth fault. The plane shape of the extension is zone\|shape. The sedimentary deposit of the extension basin has not strong deformation. The thickness of the sediment on the downthrow wall is greater than that the sediment on the upcast wall. The periodic change of the tectogenesis causes the enlarging or the contract of the extension basin.展开更多
基金Foundation item: State Key Basic Research Planning Project (G199804070401).
文摘The Chinese mainland is divided into some tectonic blocks by nearly NE- and EW-orientated faults. Meanwhile strong earthquakes in the Chinese mainland usually cluster in time and space. We call earthquakes in groups. Tectonic blocks separated by faults and earthquakes in groups are prominent features of the tectonics of the Chi-nese mainland. Correlation between movement of tectonic blocks and groups of earthquakes is discussed in this paper. The results show that earthquakes in groups often occurred at one or several block boundary faults. The released elastic strain energy is built up in the same periods and around blocks. It means that strong earthquakes in groups are mainly caused by movement of blocks. Four types of block movement are identified based ongroup earthquakes: movement along a single boundary of a block (or a combined blocks), movement of a single block, movement of multi-blocks, and movement in block interiors. If we consider distribution of all strong earthquakes occurred in the Chinese mainland, the movement along a single boundary of a block is more popular one inducing strong earthquakes. But if we only consider earthquakes in groups rather than single earthquakesthe movement of a block dominates among four modes. Statistics with respect to group earthquakes show that the Taihangshan mountain and the North China block are much active in the eastern part of Chinese mainland, and in western part of Chinese mainland the active blocks are Sichuan-Yunnan and the Kunlun-Songpan ones.
基金National major basic-theory planning project Mechanism and Prediction of Strong Earthquake (95130105) and the Key Project from China Seismological Bureau (95040803).
文摘Deterministic, probabilistic and composite-grading methods are used to get the possible locations of strong earth-quakes in the future in Norwest Beijing and its vicinity based on the quantitative data and their accuracy about active tectonics in the research area and by ordering, some questions in the results are also discussed. It shows that the most dangerous fault segments for strong earthquakes in the future include: segments B and A of the southern boundary fault of the Yangyuan basin, the southern boundary fault of the Xuanhua basin, the east segment of the southern Huaian fault and the east segment of the northern YanggaoTianzhen fault. The most dangerous area is YangyuanShenjing basin, the second one is TianzhenHuaianXuanhua basin and the third dangerous areas are WanquanZhangjiakou and northeast of Yuxian to southwest of Fanshan.
文摘The Altun faulted Zone has been focused by lots of geologists for many years because it lies in a boundary area of several main tectonic units in the western China and is a geographically northern boundary line of Tibet plateau.The latest achievements show that the Altun faulted zone is not only a Cenozoic strike\|slip faulted system but also an orogenic zone which underwent mutually subduction\|collision among paleo\|plates (or terrains) in its early stage and consists of geological bodies of different ages and tectonic environments. Based on the results of geological characteristics,petrology, geochemistry and isotopic dating, the Altun Orogenic Zone can be divided into four tectonic units and is considered to have undergone five stages during its tectonic evolution.The four tectonics units are :(1) Abei metamorphic block, which consists of Archean metamorphic complex of granulite facies;.(2) Hongliugou—Lapeiquan tectonic melange belt, which is composed of ophiolite blocks(belt), OIB blocks, pelagic silicalite, shallow\|bathyal sedimentary rock blocks and high\|pressure metamorphi c rock blocks. (3) Milanhe—Jinyanshan island\|arc block, which consists of mid\|uplifting belt and the south and north active margins. The uplifting belt is composed of metasandstone, marble, overlying thick stromatolite (Jinyanshan Group of Jixian System). Metamorphic rocks of 450Ma occur in both south and north hactive margin. Post\|collision bimodal volcanic rocks and A\|type granite occur in the middle and the north side.(4) Apa—Mangya tectonic melange belt, which consists of ophiolite(including ultramafic rocks, gabbro, plagiogranite and basalt) and flysch and eclogite of late Ordovician.
文摘A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples were analysed in 40 Ar/ 39 Ar isotopic dating laboratory of Salzburg University in Austria. The results of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating include: (1) The Jinshuikou Group shows hornblende age of 388 5Ma, muscovite at 233～227Ma, and biotite ages between 232 2 and 208 2Ma. These are interpreted to result from amphibolite\|grade Caledonian orogenic diastrophism and low\|grade metamorphic Indosinian overprint. (2) The Xiaomiao Group is characterized by a 40 Ar/ 39 Ar muscovite age of 413 8Ma. (3) The Wanbaogou Group gives out a muscovite age of ca. 160Ma to the S of the Central Kunlun fault. (4) The Nachitai Group revealed a biotite age of ca. 110Ma that was overprinted by a very\|low\|grade event at 60～40 Ma. (5) The Kuhai basement to the S of the Central Kunlun fault is again characterized by a Caledonian age without detectable late overprint: Hornblende: ca. 405Ma, muscovite 376～357Ma, biotite: ca. 360Ma. The new ages constrain that the Kunlun basement essentially formed during Caledonian tectonic events. The basement was locally overprinted by Indosinian tecto\|thermal event in the north of the Central Kunlun fault, and by Jurassic and Paleogene tecto\|thermal events in the south of the Central Kunlun fault.
文摘In NW Himalayas, the suture zone between the collided Indian and the Karakoram plates is occupied by crust of the Cretaceous Kohistan Island\|Arc Terrane [1] . Late Cretaceous (about 90Ma) accretion with the southern margin of the Karakoram Plate at the site of the Shyok Suture Zone turned Kohistan to become an Andean\|type margin. The Neotethys was completely subducted at the southern margin of Kohistan by Early Tertiary, leading to collision between Kohistan and continental crust of the Indian plate at the site of the Main mantle thrust.More than 80% of the Kohistan terrane comprises plutonic rocks of (1) ultramafic to gabbroic composition forming the basal crust of the intra\|oceanic stage of the island arc, and (2) tonalite\|granodiorite\|granite composition belong to the Kohistan Batholith occupying much of the intermediate to shallow crust of the terrane mostly intruded in the Andean\|type margin stage [2] . Both these stages of subduction\|related magmatism were associated with volcanic and sedimentary rocks formed in Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary basins. This study addresses tectonic configuration of Early Tertiary Drosh basin exposed in NW parts of the Kohistan terrane, immediately to the south of the Shyok Suture Zone.
文摘The Late Cenozoic fold\|and\|thrust zone along the northwestern margin of the Tarim Basin and the adjacent Tian Shan of Central Asia is an actively deforming part of the India\|Asia collision system. This deformation zone has two remarkable oppositely vergence arcuate fold\|and\|thrust systems (Kepingtage and Kashi\|Atushi fold\|and\|thrust belts) reaching from east of Keping to west of Kashi. This shape is manifested by structure, topography and seismicity. From north to south, this deformation zone is characterized by four main kinematic elements: (1) a hanging\|wall block (Maidan fault and Tuotegongbaizi\|Muziduke thrust system) that represents the Cenozoic reactivation of a late Paleozoic thrust system; (2) an imbricated thrust stack (Kepingtage\|Tashipeshake thrust system) where slices of Tarim platform sediments are thrust south toward the basin; (3) the Kashi\|Atushi fold\|and\|thrust system where thrusting and folding verge toward the Tian Shan; (4) a foot\|wall block (Tarim craton) that dips gently northwest below the sediment\|filled southern Tian Shan basin and generally has little internal deformation.
文摘Qilian orogenic belt is a typical orogenic belt formed by polycyclic collisions between the North China plate and Qaidam microplate. Qilian ocean originated from the rift of the late Proterozoic Rodinia continent(Pangea\|850), evolved through rift basin and became an archipelagic ocean in the Caledonian stage. The Lower Proterozoic strata in Qilian area are mid\|high\|rank metamorphic rocks that constitute the metamorphic basement of the area. The “Huangyuan Movement" (in South Qilian and Central Qilian) and "Alashan Movement" (in North Qilian) in the latest Late Proterozoic formed a regional unconformity. The middle Proterozoic in the area are mudstones and carbonate rocks with stromatolites and ooids. The Qingbaikou System of the upper Proterozoic in the North Qilian and Corridor region is also mudstone and carbonate rock with stromatolites. The Qingbaikou System in Central Qilian is sandstones and mudstones. There are alkaline and tholeiite in the Sinian System in North Qilian and Corridor. The contact between Qingbaikou System and Sinian System is a regional unconformity (Quanji Movement). Qilian ocean began to rift away in Caledonian tectonic stage on the Pre\|Sinian basement.
基金Project(1212010071012) supported by Guangdong Pangxidong Mineral Prospect Investigation, ChinaProject(41004051) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject ([2007]038-01-18) supported by Nationwide Mineral Resource Potential Evaluation Projects of Ministry of Land and Resources, China
文摘Distinguishing geochemical anomalies from background is a basic task in exploratory geochemistry. The derivation of geochemical anomalies from stream sediment geochemical data and the decomposition of these anomalies into their component patterns were described. A set of stream sediment geochemical data was obtained for 1 880 km 2 of the Pangxidong area, which is in the southern part of the recently recognized Qinzhou-Hangzhou joint tectonic belt. This belt crosses southern China and tends to the northwest (NE) direction. The total number of collected samples was 7 236, and the concentrations of Ag, Au, Cu, As, Pb and Zn were measured for each sample. The spatial combination distribution law of geochemical elements and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to construct combination models for the identification of combinations of geochemical anomalies. Spectrum-area (S-A) fractal modeling was used to strengthen weak anomalies and separate them from the background. Composite anomaly modeling was combined with fractal filtering techniques to process and analyze the geochemical data. The raster maps of Au, Ag, Cu, As, Pb and Zn were obtained by the multifractal inverse distance weighted (MIDW) method. PCA was used to combine the Au, Ag, Cu, As, Pb, and Zn concentration values. The S-A fractal method was used to decompose the first component pattern achieved by the PCA. The results show that combination anomalies from a combination of variables coincide with the known mineralization of the study area. Although the combination anomalies cannot reflect local anomalies closely enough, high-anomaly areas indicate good sites for further exploration for unknown deposits. On this basis, anomaly and background separation from combination anomalies using fractal filtering techniques can provide guidance for later work.
文摘In accordance with the studies concerning the tectonics of Nei Monggolmade by Huang Jiqing and others, two tectonic units occur in this area:Sino-Korean Platform to the south and Nei Monggol-Greater Khingan Mtsfold system to the north. The dividing line between the two units lies fromBaiyun’ebo on the west to Chifeng on the east. Geophysical studies demonst-rate that there are two gravity gradient zones trending ENE in the northernmargin of the North China Platform. The northern zone is a linear anomalyzone of--50 to--45 mGal extending from Baiyun’ebo in the west to theeast of Chifeng. The southern zone, 60--70km wide, lies from Guyang throughJining to Longhua in the east and its amplitude of gravity gradient amountsto 60 mGal. Field geological survey indicates that there are two main faultedzones. Our recent investigations suggests that there are two Proterozoic riftsof E-W trend in the northern margin of the North China Platform.
文摘The geological, geographic and seismicity data indicate that three arc tectonic belt developed on the northeast Pamir, which was the south Pamir arc, the north Pamir arc and the external Pamir arc from south to north. In addition to these three belts, there are two nascent arc tectonic belts developed in its fore\|deep depression, the Kashi depression in the northwest Tarim basin, which is the northward propagation of the arc tectonics of northeast Pamir.The south Pamir is an ancient folded belt, composed of the Proterozoic metamorphic layers and igneous complex. It was pushed northward since the collision between the India and Asia, and uplifted since the end of the early Tertiary. The elevation of the Plateau is 4800～5300m, and several intermontane basins distributed in the plateau. At its northeast boundary is the Kalakorum right lateral strike slip fault. Strong strike slip earthquakes occurred along this fault. In the hinterland of the plateau, several normal faulting earthquakes occurred,which are consistent with the extensional dynamic environment of the south Pamir. Deep earthquakes occurred under the 70km depth crust of south Pamir. The N—S cross section of the focal depth show that the earthquake occurred within the south Pamir crust are lower than 70km, and the deep earthquakes with depth of 100～200km occurred in the crystal basement of Tarim basin which are under\|thrusting southward into the root of the south Pamir.
文摘The Covered Karst, which formed in subsoil environment and distributed in the Tibet Plateau and its eastern district, denuded on the ground surface in different degrees (forming stone pinnacles), but they had the good consistency in their characteristics. First, some kind of landform, such as stone pinnacles, rock well etc, kept the slippery rock surface. It was believed that they were resulted from the process in soil. Nearer the foot of rock the site was; more clear and integrated the form was. Second, the covered karst often associated with red weathering crust. Based on the character of the red weathering crust of the summit plane of Anduo Mountain, its forming environment was relatively humid and hot. Third, the best geomorphologic position, where the karst was bare, was not on the summit plane but on the slope.The baring degrees and later reworked characteristics of the covered karst made up of an integrated series. They could be divided into three kinds of districts according to their response to the Plateau uplift. (1) The western district, where the uplift was intensive, was mainly Tibet Plateau. For example, in Anduo Mountain, the covered karst was entirely denuded on the ground surface, and the rock surface was turned into mottled rock well because the frost weathering intensively reworked it. The red weathering crust was only kept in the bottom of rock, most of which was observed in the crack of limestone. The present karst process on the ground surface stopped. (2) The middle district, where the uplift degree was moderate, was mainly Yungui Plateau. The covered karst was partly denuded to form the stone pinnacles. Its part, which is baring, is changed to be aciculate and sharp\|pointed, and is active now. (3) The eastern district, where the uplift was weak, was mainly the northern part of Guangxi Province and the southern part of Hunan Province. The covered karst was entirely covered by soil and only observed in the section, which was excavated by human. The form of the covered karst generally had the typical character of the process below the soil.
文摘Pakistan has fascinating geology.It exposes Ophiolites in the north and west and sedimentary strata in the south.It preserves lithological and tectonic features of ancient island arc type Himalayan orogeny in the north and Andean type active orogeny in the south.The Main Karakrum Thrust,Kohistan -Ladakh Island arc,Main Mantle Thrust,Main Boundary Thrust and Main Frontal Thrust are
文摘The Himalaya, a fold\|and\|thrust belt in the northern margin of the Indian continent, is characterized by thrust tectoncis (Schelling and Arita, 1991). It consists mainly of three thrust\|bounded lithotectonic units: from south to north the Sub\|Himalayan imbricate zone, the Lesser Himalayan thrust package (LH) and the Higher Himalayan thrust sheet (HH) with the overlying Tethys Himalayan sequence. These units are separated by a series of propagated thrusts, i.e. from south to north the Himalayan Frontal Fault (HFF), Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Main Central Thrust (MCT). These thrusts are splays off of an underlying mid\|crustal subhorizontal d$B;D(Jollement (Main Detachmen Trust or Main Himalayan Thrust), and were propagated southward with time. Among these thrusts the MCT is most important intracrustal thrust in considering the geological evolution of the Himalaya, and is controversial regarding its location and nature. In western and eastern Nepal the Higher Himalayan Crystalline sheet is thrust over the Lesser Himalayan rocks along the MCT. In the Kathmandu area of central Nepal also the high\|grade rocks of the HH with the overlying Tethyan sediments covers southward the Lesser Himalayan rocks, and form the Kathmandu nappe. In the north of the Kathmandu nappe the Higher Himalayan crystallines are skirted by the Main Central Thrust zone (MCT zone) which consists of green and black phyllites with sporadic garnet snow\|ball garnet and calcareous schist associated with characteristic mylonitic augen gneiss. The southern margin of the nappe is bounded by the Mahabharat Thrust (MT: Stoecklin, 1990) with a narrow zone of the LH which is cut by the MBT. But the relationship of the MCT in the north and the MT in the south is disputable and important (Arita et al., 1997: Rai et al., 1998: Upreti and Le Fort, 1999), and in the margin of the Kathmandu nappe the MCT zone has not been confirmed.
文摘Granitoids,volcanic rocks and cherts,mainly of early Paleozoic,in northern Altyn Tagh(Fig.1) are analyzed here for the purpose of the determination of the tectonic environments and their development since Early Paleozoic.(1) Granitoids\ The collection of 128 main\|element petrochemical data from North Altyn Tagh area shows that most of the granitoids here are granites and granodiorites of calc\|alkaline series.They consist mainly of metaluminous and peraluminous in Shand’s index,and only one of them,which belongs to Mesozoic,is peralkaline.Most of the granitoids plot in the IAG+CAG+CCG fields in the Maniar and Piccoli’s diagrams (1989) for tectonic discrimination of granitoids.IAG (Island arc granitoids)and CAG (Continental arc granitoids) can be distinguished for Early and Late Paleozoic granitoids,and maybe some CCG (Continental collision granitoids) for Early Paleozoic.Granitoids of Mesozoic and Cenozoic inherited the characteristics of those of Paleozoic.Destructive active plate margin (pre\|plate collision)and Anatectic magmatism(syn\|orogenic,S\|type granites)are distinguished (Fig.2)for Paleozoic granitoids using de la Roche R 1\| R 2 multicationic diagram (Batchelor and Bowden,1985).Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitoids inherited the characteristics of Anatectic magmatism (syn\|orogenic)of these early ones,and post\|orogenic(A\|type)granites occurred in Mesozoic.The mechanism for magma formation is mainly partial melting.
文摘There has been a long\|term debate about the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean in South China continent. Based on the geological and geochemical studies, it is suggested that there exist two tectonic belts in SE Yunnan, SW China called Ailao Shan zone and Shizong—Mile zone, which separate Yangtze Block, Cathysian Block and Indo\|China Block from each other. The evolutionary history and its geodynamics of these suture zones are correlated with the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean. Both of the zones are keys to understanding whether the Paleo\|Tethyan Ocean extended from Western Yunnan area to east of the South China continent. The Ailao Shan belt consists of Red River fault, Ailao Shan fault, Shuanggou fault and Huashan—Yayi fault, which are the boundaries of the Ailao Shan basement metamorphic belt, ophiolitic melange belt and Island\|arc volcanic\|sediments belt, respectively.The ophiolitic melange belt is characterized by the existence of the ophiolite in Shuanggou area, which represents the relicts of the oceanic crust of the Ailao Shan Ocean. In addition, there exist volcanic rocks in west of the ophiolitic melange belt in Jingdong area. The geochemical characteristics of basalts in Jingdong are similar to that of the E\|MORB. Synthesized studies on geochemistry and tectonics suggest that the basalts in Jingdong area were formed in an extensional rift setting in Devonian.
文摘The Median Tectonic Line(MTL)is the largest active fault system on the Japan Islands and underlies many densely populated areas.To understand the seismotectonics and to reduce seismic hazard in the MTL region,we determined a detailed 3-D crustal structure under the region using a large number of arrival times of the first P-waves and Moho-reflected waves(PmP).Results of detailed resolution tests show that the addition of PmP data can significantly improve the resolution of the lower crustal structure and the entire crustal structure can be imaged better than that by using P-wave data alone.The
文摘Specialists think tectonic mixtite zone in Lancang River, which lies in southern and eastern fringe of Qingzang plateau, is the suture line (or contact strip) between Gondwana Land and Yangtz block (Fan Chengjun, 1982; Liu Zhengqian, etc, 1991; Fang Runsen,1993).By regional geological study (Legend:1∶50000) in Tu’e, western Yunnan, the author think major fracture zone about 6\|8km from western Lancang River is fragile\|ductile shear zone between batholithic granite of Biluo snow mountain and Jurassic\|Cretaceous slight curdle strata. The zone is a very complicated tectonic mixtite zone (width:0.7\|6km; strike: SN\|direction). Study based on geometric structure, constitution, metamorphism, deformation and kinematic characteristics, the author sum up the following features about the complex deformation zone.(1) Tectonic mixtite zone is a very complicate blocks made up of curdle blocks and residual blocks of granite. Its’ geometric structure is a net\|shape structure composed of matrixes and chaotic blocks in plane and have two kinds of structure types (obduction schists in early diagenesis and heteroploytypes in late diagenesis) in section.
文摘Kekexili basin, located in Northern Qinghai—Xizang plateau, has an area of over 4000km\+2 and is the largest Paleogene land facies basin in the plateau. With NWW\|SEE trend, Kekexili basin extends along the north side of the Jinshajiang suture. Its sediments, Fenghuoshan group, formed in E 1—E 3, show a shape of wedge with big thickness in south and small thickness in north. There are four sedimentary facies; fan\|delta and alluvial facies that occur in south, lake and lake\|delta facies, which do in north, in this basin. The north\|dipping Jinshajiang normal faults on the south margin of the basin have controlled the developments of the basin. The S—N compression at the end of E3 strongly folded the basin strata and transformed Jinshajiang normal faults into thrusts. In N1, widespread denudation occurred in the whole plateau. During N 2—Q, Kekexili area uplifted along with the whole plateau, besides, the thrusts in the basin showed coherent activity. We propose a geodynamical model for explaining the basin development. In early E,India plate, due to its colliding Eurasia plate, stopped its ocean crust subduction northward, then the subducted ocean lithosphere breaking away made the south margin area, most possibly to the south of Jinshajiang suture, of Eurasia plate isostatically uplift, so the north\|dipping Jinshajiang suture acted as normal faults and controled the north basin development. In late E, the isostatic uplift finished, the basin also gradually terminated its development .At the end of E, Jinshajiang normal faults became thrusts and the basin strata were folded under the northward compression of India plate. In the N1, India plate started incontinental subduction, the lower crust and lower mantle lithosphere of Qinghai—Xizang area underwent more intensive compression and deformation than its upper crust, and the induced transversal expansion in the lower lithosphere uplifted the upper crust and decreased its horizontal stress, which conduced the upper crust undergo denudation. During N 2—Q, convective removal of the lower mantle lithosphere of Qinghai\|Xizang area led to rapid uplift of this area.
文摘The relation and unity of the tectonic process and sedimentation is being paid a good deal of attention. It is very obvious that the sedimentary process of the terrestrial basin is controlled by tectogenesis. The sedimentary evolution of the basin is the reflection of the tectonic evolution . The sedimentary process of the terrestrial basin has unique characteristics.(1) The scope of the terrestrial basin is mainly controlled by the fault zones.(2) The regional tectonic cycle obviously controls the sedimentary sequence boundary of the terrestrial basin. The periodicity of tectogenesis causes the periodic change of the sedimentary sequence.(3) The sedimentary model of the terrestrial basin is obviously controlled by the tectonic framework.(4) There are many surprise sedimentary events in sedimentary formation of the terrestrial basin.(5) Owing to the influence of the tectonization, the deformation frequently occurs in the sedimentary deposit.(6) Because the sediments of the terrestrial basin have the short\|distance transport, the sediments have the low mature index.(7) There are more sedimentary centres, more matter\|sources, narrow sedimentary facies\|zone and the quick facies change in the terrestrial basin.According to the background of the tectonic dynamics, the terrestrial basin can be divided into the extension basin, the compression basin and the shear basin. The three basins differ greatly in the sedimentary characteristics. The extension basin is usually directed at rift basin. The border of the extension basin is mainly the normal fault or growth fault. The plane shape of the extension is zone\|shape. The sedimentary deposit of the extension basin has not strong deformation. The thickness of the sediment on the downthrow wall is greater than that the sediment on the upcast wall. The periodic change of the tectogenesis causes the enlarging or the contract of the extension basin.
