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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (03): 755-769.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.142

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Deformation Characteristics and Evolution of the Eastern Xiangfan-Guangji Fault Zone

ZHU Qingbo1(), CHENG Wanqiang2, ZHOU Quan3   

  1. 1. Nanjing Geological Survey Center, China Geological Survey, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China
    2. Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, China Power Construction Group, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311122, China
    3. CNOOC Oilfield Services Corporation Limited, Sanhe, Hebei 065201, China
  • Received:2021-08-27 Revised:2021-10-06 Online:2022-06-10 Published:2022-07-19

Abstract:

The Xiangfan-Guangji fault zone(XGF) is a boundary fault separating the Dabie orogen and the foreland fold-thrust belt on the northern Yangtze cratonic margin. Its geometry, kinematics and structural evolution characteristics have recorded the collision, assembly and interaction between two tectonic units in the north and south. Based on field investigation, structural and geochronological analyses, and combined with published regional geological and geophysical data, we considered that the eastern XGF is characterized by a “crocodile mouth” offset structure of deep south-directed thrust and shallow north-directed thrust, which differs significantly from the structural deformation style and sequence of the western XGF. The eastern part of the middle Yang-tze block is controlled by the N-S-directed tectonic system. Subduction of the northern Yangtze cratonic margin beneath Dabie oregen may have extruded the orogen from north to south. The nappe structure may have affected the Ruichang area, and the shallow thrust nappe from south to north may have affected the vicinity of Meichuan. The two structures are likely connected in the Qichun-Wuxue-Xishui area in the eastern XGF. The XGF has undergone various structural deformation stages, including the N-S-directed thrust nappe ductile shearing (end T2), Early-Middle Yanshanian shallow bipolar offset detachment (J1-3), Late Yanshanian normal faulting (K1-2), and minor early Xishanian thrusting (E1) from north to south.

Key words: Xiangfan-Guangji fault, Qizhou, middle Yangtze block, Dabie orogenic belt, Jiangnan uplift belt

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