Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 488-494.doi: 10.11743/ogg20060408

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Deformation characteristics and time of Cenozoic thrust belt in southern margin of Jiuquan basin

Chen Hanlin1, Yang Shufeng1, Xiao Ancheng1, Pan Zhengzhong2, Cheng Xiaogan1, Chen Jianjun3, Fan Mingtao3, Tian Duowen3   

  1. 1. Department of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310027;
    2. Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute, Tarim Oil Filed, PetroChina, Kurele, Xinjiang 84100;
    3. PetroChina Yumen OilFiled Company, Yumen, Gansu 735200
  • Received:2006-04-02 Online:2006-08-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

The multi-layer thrust belt in the southern margin of Jiuquan basin consists of a long distance shallow thrust system,a short distance middle thrust system,and a deep in-situ thrust system.The long distance thrust system is composed of Ordovician and Silurian and some part of it shows as a klippe.The short distance thrust system that hides under the long distance thrust system and locally crops out as a structural window is composed of Paleozoic and Mesozoic and has the deformation style of imbricate structure.The in-situ thrust system,with duplex or stacking structure in its south,a simpler deformation of propagation fold and fault-bend fold in its northeast,and a pop-up in its front,is under the short distance thrust system and the Quaternary.The thrust belt in the southern margin of Jiuquan basin occurs as a thin-skinned thrust system with a large structural shortening of 52.7 km and a shortening rate of 55.1% on the Hanxia section.Deformation of the thrust belt started at about 9 Ma and extended northward progressively,with faulting beginning at 8.3 Ma in the front of thrust belt.

Key words: shortening, shortening rate, deformation time, deformation structure, thrust belt, Cenozoic, southern Jiuquan basin

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