阿拉善地块东缘新生代中新世挤压变形及动力学背景

赵衡; 张进; 曲军峰; 张北航; 牛鹏飞; 惠洁; 云龙; 李岩峰; 王艳楠; 张义平

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Zhao Heng, Zhang Jin, Qu Junfeng, Zhang Beihang, Niu Pengfei, Hui Jie, Yun Long, Li Yanfeng, Wang Yannan, Zhang Yiping, 2020. Characteristics and Dynamic Background of Cenozoic Compressive Structures in Eastern Margin of Alxa Block. Earth Science, 45(4): 1337-1361. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.126

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Zhao Heng, Zhang Jin, Qu Junfeng, Zhang Beihang, Niu Pengfei, Hui Jie, Yun Long, Li Yanfeng, Wang Yannan, Zhang Yiping, 2020. Characteristics and Dynamic Background of Cenozoic Compressive Structures in Eastern Margin of Alxa Block. Earth Science, 45(4): 1337-1361. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.126

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Zhao Heng, Zhang Jin, Qu Junfeng, Zhang Beihang, Niu Pengfei, Hui Jie, Yun Long, Li Yanfeng, Wang Yannan, Zhang Yiping, 2020. Characteristics and Dynamic Background of Cenozoic Compressive Structures in Eastern Margin of Alxa Block. Earth Science, 45(4): 1337-1361. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.126

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Characteristics and Dynamic Background of Cenozoic Compressive Structures in Eastern Margin of Alxa Block

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.126

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Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing 100029, China
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National Earthquake Response Support Service, Beijing 100049, China
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School of Earth Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056000, China
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Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China

Received Date: 2019-05-26
Publish Date: 2020-04-15

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A Cenozoic compressive belt, which is manifested by near SN or NE-SW trending thrust faults or folds, was observed in the eastern margin of the Alxa block. The compressive belt is vital to the understanding of the deformation pattern of the Alxa block as well as its relationship with the propagation of the northeast Tibetan plateau. To better understand how these compressive structures were controlled by the growth of Tibetan plateau, field mapping and regional comparison along the eastern margin of the Alxa block were carried out. By analyzing the geometric and kinematic characteristics of these structures in the Cenozoic strata, the paleo-stress field which shows that these structures were governed by the NW-SE or near EW compression regime was rebuilt by us. Together with seismic profile and the strata involved in the compressive zone, it tentatively interprets the formation of the compressive belt was formed in the Middle-Late Miocene. The dynamics of this event could be attributed to the eastward extrusion of the Alxa block caused by the intense push from the Tibetan plateau during Miocene, which indicates the northeastward Tibetan plateau growth. Meanwhile, dextral slip faults are accommodation faults developed on the pre-existing basement foliations, together with the eastern compressive belt, to adjust the eastward movement of the Alxa block. During the Middle to Late Miocene, the northeastern plateau was subjected to intense NE-oriented compression, after which the maximum principal stress demonstrated a clockwise rotation. The compressive structures along the eastern margin of Alxa were replaced by later structures.
- Alxa block,
- Miocene,
- intraplate deformation,
- India-Eurasia collision,
- Qinghai-Tibetan plateau,
- tectonics

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