プレート全体のストレス緩和は,ヨーロッパのパレオセーン盆地逆転を説明しています
Søren B Nielsen1, Erik Thomsen, David L Hansen
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, Finlandsgade 8, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. sbn@geo.au.dk
Nature
|May 13, 2005
まとめ
欧州の盆地逆転は,クレタセオ後期と中期パラオセオの間,異なる段階で行われた. これらの段階は,異なる構造的ストレスによって引き起こされ,大陸の変形に関する新しい洞察を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
- 構造地質学 構造地質学
- ジオダイナミクスは地力学です.
背景:
- ヨーロッパにおけるパレオゾーイク・メソゾーイク盆地では,クレタセオ後期とケノゾーイク時代に逆転 (縮小) を経験した.
- 以前の説明では,これらの逆転相はアルプス山脈のオロゲンからの圧縮力に起因していた.
研究 の 目的:
- ヨーロッパにおける白亜紀後期と中古亜紀中期の盆地逆転相の構造的スタイルと原因を区別する.
- 二次逆転イベントにおける構造的ストレス緩和の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 断層活性化および上昇パターンを含め,構造的なスタイルを分析し,異なる逆転段階を分析する.
- 1次逆転から2次逆転への移行を説明するために,単純な屈折モデルを適用する.
- 逆転タイミングとプレート全体の張力変化の相関.
主要な成果:
- クレタ紀の逆転段階は,狭い上昇ゾーン,逆断層,地殻の縮小,非対称な限界の低谷が特徴でした.
- 中パレオセンの段階では,断層の移動が最小限にされ,より遠く,浅い限界の谷が広がり,ドームのような上昇を示した.
- 屈折モデルでは,ストレスの解消時に発生する主,収束に関連する逆転に続く二次的ドーム逆転をうまく説明できます.
結論:
- ヨーロッパにおける2つの主要な逆転段階には,異なる構造的スタイルと因果的なメカニズムがあった.
- 二次逆転は,折りたたみプロセスによって引き起こされる,一次逆転の緩和の予測可能な結果です.
- アイスランド・プームやアフリカ・ヨーロッパ・コンバージェンス・レートと関連している可能性のあるプレート全体のストレス変化が,リラクゼーションの逆転の発生を誘発した可能性が高い.
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