期刊
TECTONOPHYSICS
卷 822, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229163
关键词
Bohai Bay Basin; Liaodong Bay Subbasin; Stress field modelling; Extensional fault; Strike-slip fault; Tan-Lu Fault Zone
资金
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M671202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41876047]
This paper presents four best-fit finite element models based on seismic data interpretations to reveal the tectonic development of the Liaodong Bay Subbasin and the Bohai Bay Basin in eastern China. The change in extension directions led to a strike-slip transition of the Tan-Lu Fault Zone from normal to dextral transtensional in the middle-late Eocene, transforming the basins from extensional to dextral transtensional. This transformation was likely triggered by the kinematic adjustment of the Pacific Plate in the middle-late Eocene and maintained by the Indian-Asian collision in the rest of the Cenozoic.
The NE-trending Liaodong Bay Subbasin (LDBS), a subunit of the Bohai Bay Basin (BBB), developed along the Tan-Lu Fault Zone (TLFZ) in eastern China. The LDBS is controlled by both extensional and dextral strike-slip fault systems and has an episodic evolutionary history, leading to a poor understanding of its tectonic origin. In this paper, through interpretations of seismic data and other geological and geophysical data, four best-fit finite element models were generated to reveal the tectonic development of the LDBS and the whole BBB. The deformation features predicted by the modelling results are consistent with the geological evidence. The modelling results revealed that the extension directions of the LDBS changed from WNW-ESE during the Paleocene-early Eocene, to NW-SE during the middle-late Eocene and then to NWN-SES or nearly N-S in the Oligocene and Miocene. The changes in the extension direction resulted in a strike-slip transition of the TLFZ in approximately the middle-late Eocene, from normal to dextral transtensional, and transformed the LDBS and the whole BBB from an extensional basin into a dextral transtensional basin. This transformation was likely triggered by the kinematic adjustment of the Pacific Plate from NNW to WNW in the middle-late Eocene, but was maintained and enhanced by the Indian-Asian collision during the rest of the Cenozoic.
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