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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (01): 145-152.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.007

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Geological Structure and Rock Deformation Characteristics and Their Geohazard-Controlling Mechanism in Yajiang Area, West Sichuan

XIONG Xiaohui1,2(), BAI Yongjian1(), TIE Yongbo1   

  1. 1. Chengdu Center, China Geological Survey, Chengdu, Sichuan 610081, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Sedimentary Basin and Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chengdu, Sichuan 610081, China
  • Received:2020-08-09 Revised:2020-12-08 Online:2021-02-12 Published:2021-03-12
  • Contact: BAI Yongjian

Abstract:

Structural patterns of compound anticlines and synclines with faults superimposed are widely developed in Yajiang area, west Sichuan. Due to intensive tectonic reworking, at least seven rock deformation types present in the study area, including flexible slippage, bedding shear, brittle bending, unloading along structural planes, large-scale dislocation, fault fracture and fold cleavage. Structural-lithologic assemblage has shaped the distribution of Yalong river and valley evolution. Meanwhile, the development and distribution of geohazards, e.g., landslides and collapses, and their stability and risk are controlled by valley evolution and tectonic reworking. The different of geohazard types are controlled by various rock deformation types, and the lithologic association has constrained their size. Interbedded sand-slate controlled by brittle bending has often experienced toppling-drawing breakage-slippage-unstable failure-river blockage, and the multistage slope evolution represents the main geohazard model in Yajiang area.

Key words: Yajiang area, geological structure, rock deformation, geohazard distribution, geohazard-controlling mechanism

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