DEEP TECTONOTHERMAL MECHANISM FOR THE TECTONIC EXTENSION OF THE EASTERN ASIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN

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摘要 ThecontinentalmarginalextensionconceptdevelopedbyChinesegeologistsrecentlymaybeappliedtotheexplanationabouttheCenozoicextensionanddivergentmovementoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.Fromtheviewpointofcontinentalmarginalextension,thispaperdiscussesthedeeptectonothermalmechanismofthetectonicextensionoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.TheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginisanextensionalbeltwithintensivemagmatismandstructuraldeformation,geophysicallycharacterizedbycontinualearthquakesandobviousgeothermalanomaly.SeismictomographicalresultsabouttheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginimplythatthePacificPlateissubductedtowardtheEurasianPlateatalowangleandthedivingPacificPlateliesonthesurfaceofthe670-kmphasetransitionalzone.Weinterpretthisfeaturetoberesultedfromretrogressivesubductionfollowedbycontinentalmarginalextension.Ourthermalmodelingandgeodynamicalcomputationresultssuggestthattheretrogressivesubductionoccurredatabout76Maandthewithdrawalofthetrenchservedtosupplythevolumeforthecontinentalgrowth,whichledtotheformationofthegrowingfrontoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.ThegrowthwidthoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginisabout700km.
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出版日期 2003年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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