Pull-apart Basins and the Total Lateral Displacement Along the Haiyuan Fault Zone in Cenozoic

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2001-04-14
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Pull-apartbasinsofthreescaleswerefoundalongtheHaiyuanfaultzone.Thelargestoneismorethan50kmlong,namedLaolongwanbasindevelopedinMiocene.Amodelwasbuilttocalculatetheamountofpull-apartofanextensionalbasin.Parametersusedincalculationincludethicknessandlengthofdepositionanddepthofdetachment.Theresultsofcalculationshowthattheamountofpull-apartoftheLaolongwanBasinisabout30km.Basedonpreviousstudiesandcalculatingbyusingtheaverageslipratemethod,amountofpull-apartoftheothertwosmallerbasinsare22kmand8km,respectively.Thus,thetotaldisplacementofstrikeslipalongtheHaiynanfaultzoneisabout60kin,whichisclosetotheoffsetoftheYellowRiverfromJingtaitoJingynan.