Crustal thickening in an active margin setting (Philippines): The whys and the hows

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摘要 Asynthesisofcrustalthicknessestimateswasmaderecentlyutilizingavailablefield,geochemical,seismicity,shearwavevelocityandgravitydatainthePhilippines.TheresultsshowthatasignificantportionofthePhilippinearchipelagoisgenerallycharacterizedbycrustwithathicknessofaround25to30kilometers.However,twozones,whicharemadeupofathickercrust(from30to65km)havealsobeendelineated.TheLuzonCentralCordilleraregionischaracterizedbythickcrust.AnotherbeltofthickenedcrustisobservedintheBicol-Negros-Panay-CentralMindanaoregion.ThispaperexaminestheinterplayoftectonicandmagmaticprocessesandtheirroleinmodifyingPhilippinearccrust.Theprocesses,whichcouldaccountfortheobservedcrustalthicknesses,arepresented.Thecontributionsofmagmaticarcsascomparedtothecontributionoftheemplacementandaccretionofophiolitecomplexestocrustalthicknessarealsodiscussed.
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出处 《地质幕:英文版》 2004年4期
出版日期 2004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)