Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 598-607.doi: 10.11743/ogg20090510

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Diachronous and progressive deformation during the Indosinian-Yanshanian movements of the Xuefeng Mountain intracontinental composite tectonic system

Jin Chong1,2, Li Sanzhong1,2, Wang Yuejun3, Zhang Guowei4, Liu Liping1,2, Wang Jian1,2   

  1. 1. Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Technique, Ministry of Education, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China;
    2. College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China;
    3. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China;
    4. Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
  • Received:2009-08-21 Online:2009-10-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

The distribution of angular unconformity and included angle between strata above and below the unconformity in the Triassic and Cretaceous in the Xuefeng Mountain intracontinental tectonic system are studied.Based on that,we identify the range of deformation during the Early(T1) and Middle Triassic(T2) and the boundary line between high-angle and low-angle unconformities.It is indicated that the deformation intensity in the study area decreases from east to west during T1-T2.Since the Late Triassic,tectonic movements have been featured by east-to-west diachronous and progressive deformation,which helps to define the boundary lines among each period of deformation.Propagation rates of diachronous deformation in each period are calculated.From these propagation rates,it is concluded that the direct causes for the westward progressive deformation during the Yanshanian period are the thinning of lithosphere and the upsurging of asthenosphere in the cathaysia and other plates,while the indirect cause is the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasia Plate.Moreover,the decollement surfaces also play an important role in tectonic propagation during the Yanshanian period.

Key words: unconformity, diachronously progressive deformation, intracontinental composite tectonic system, Indosinian-Yanshanian period, Xuefeng Mountain

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