摘要
ThecontinentalmarginalextensionconceptdevelopedbyChinesegeologistsrecentlymaybeappliedtotheexplanationabouttheCenozoicextensionanddivergentmovementoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.Fromtheviewpointofcontinentalmarginalextension,thispaperdiscussesthedeeptectonothermalmechanismofthetectonicextensionoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.TheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginisanextensionalbeltwithintensivemagmatismandstructuraldeformation,geophysicallycharacterizedbycontinualearthquakesandobviousgeothermalanomaly.SeismictomographicalresultsabouttheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginimplythatthePacificPlateissubductedtowardtheEurasianPlateatalowangleandthedivingPacificPlateliesonthesurfaceofthe670-kmphasetransitionalzone.Weinterpretthisfeaturetoberesultedfromretrogressivesubductionfollowedbycontinentalmarginalextension.Ourthermalmodelingandgeodynamicalcomputationresultssuggestthattheretrogressivesubductionoccurredatabout76Maandthewithdrawalofthetrenchservedtosupplythevolumeforthecontinentalgrowth,whichledtotheformationofthegrowingfrontoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmargin.ThegrowthwidthoftheEasternAsiancontinentalmarginisabout700km.
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)