A Preliminary Analysis of Relations Between Tectonic Deformation of Sedimentary Cover and Basement in Kuqa Depression

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摘要 StudyofseismicactivityintheKuqaareaenablesustoinfersomepossibleactivefaultsinbasementfromtheePicentraldistributionondifferentprofiles.Therelationsbetweenactivefaultsinthebasementandsurfacestructuresareanalyzedandthedifferencebetweensedimentarycoverandbasementintheirdeformationcharacteristicsandthegenesisarediscussed.Thefollowingconclusionshavebeendrawn:(1)theepicentraldistributionindicatesthat,theeastQiulitagandsouthandnorthQiulitagdeepfaultsinthebasementcorrespondtotheeastandwestQiulitaganticlines,respectively.Moreover,deepfaultsalsoexistbeneaththeYiqiklikandYakenanticlines.Itindicatesthattheformationofsurfacestructuresiscontrolledbydeepstructures;(2)ANE-trendingstrike-slipfaultdevelopsalongthelinefromthewesternterminationofYiqiklikstructuretoDongqiuWell5andaNW-trendingactivefaultonthewesternsideofBaicheng.ThetwoactivefaultsacrossthetectonicstrikearethemaincausesfortectonicsegmentationoftheKuqadepressionandpossiblythecauseforthemiddlesegment(Kuqa-Baicheng)ofthedepressiontobemoreshortenedthanbothitseasternandwesternterminations;(3)Thedifferencebetweenthesedimentarycoverandbasementintheirdeformationcharacteristicsdependsmainlyonthedifferentpropertiesofmediabetweenthem.Thelithosphericstrengthofthebasementinthebasinisfairlyhigh,whichdeterminesthebasementdeformationtobemainlyofbrittlefractureseismicactivity.Whilethestrengthofsedimentarycoverislow,wherethereexistweakthinlayers,suchascoalandgyps.Undertheeffectofstrongtectoniccompression,thesedimentaryrocksmayundergostrongviscousorplasticflowdeformation;meanwhile,anaseismicdetachmentmaytakeplacealongtheweaklayers.
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出版日期 2004年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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