Multi-layer Tectonic Model for Intraplate Deformation and Plastic-Flow Network in the Asian Continental Lithosphere

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1993-03-13
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Inalargeareaoftheeast—centralAsiancontinentthereisaunifiedseismicnetworksystemcomposedoftwofamiliesoflarge—seismicbeltsthatintersectconjugately.Suchaseismicnetworkinthemiddle—uppercrustisactuallyaresponsetotheplasticflownetworkinthelowerlithosphereincludingthelowercrustandlithosphericmantle.TheexistenceoftheunifiedplasticflowsystemconfirmsthatthedrivingforceforintraplatetectonicdeformationresultsmainlyfromthecompressionoftheIndiaplate,whilethelong-rangetransmissionoftheforceiscarriedoutchieflybymeansofplasticflow.Theplasticflownetworkhasacontrolovertheintraplatetectonicdeformation.