摘要
Thepre-EocenehistoryoftheregionaroundthepresentSouthChinaSeaisnotwellknown.Newmulti-channelseismicprofilesprovidevaluableinsightsintotheprobableMesozoichistoryofthisregion.Detailedstructuralandstratigraphicinterpretationsofthemulti-channelseismicprofiles,calibratedwithrelevantdrillinganddredgingdata,showmajorMesozoicstructuralfeatures.AstructuralrestorationwasdonetoremovetheCenozoictectonicinfluenceandcalculatetheMesozoictectoniccompressionratios.Theresultsindicatethattwogroupsofcompressivestresswithdiametricallyoppositeorientations,S(S)E–N(N)WandN(N)W–S(S)E,wereactiveduringtheMesozoic.Thecompressionratiovaluesgraduallydecreasefromnorthtosouthandfromwesttoeastineachstressorientation.Thephenomenamayberelatedtotheopeningoftheproto-SouthChinaSea(thenlocatedinsouthoftheNanshablock)andtherateatwhichtheNanshablockdriftednorthwardinthelateJurassictolateCretaceous.TheNanshablockdriftednorthwarduntilitcollidedandsuturedwiththesouthernChinamargin.TheopeningofthepresentSouthChinaSeamayberelatedtothissuturezone,whichwasatectoniczoneofweakness.
出版日期
2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)