Geothermic activity and seismotectonics in the altitude of the Tibetan plateau

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2009-06-16
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Inthepresentanalysisontherelationshipsamongthedepthoflithospherebrittlefracture,seismotectonicsandgeothermalanomalousactiveinTibetanplateauwereinvestigatedusingtheseismicdadafromISCandChineseseismicnetandgeothermaldata.Theresultssuggestthattheregionofanomalouslygeothermalactivityalmostcoincideswiththatofthenormalfaultingtypeearthquake.Thegeothermalanomalyactivityregioncoincidesspatiallywiththatoftheeventsdeeperthan60kmaswellas.Thenormalfaultingearthquakesmaybemainlytectonicactivityregimesuntil110kmdeepinthethermalanomalyregion.ThestrikedirectionsofeventsarelikelytheN-Sdirection,coincidingwiththestrikeofthethermalanomalyactivebelts.Theearthquakesalignalongthenormalfaultsandfaulted-depressionzonewiththeN-Sdirection.Thethermalanomalyactivityalsodistributesalongthefaulted-depressionzone.Manyeventsdeeperthan60kmexistintheanomalouslygeothermalactivityregionintheplateau.Eventsextendtobottomofthelithosphereof110kmfromthesurface,likecolumnarseismiccrowd.ThelithosphereextendsalongtheE-WdirectionduetotheE-WextensionalstressinthecentralandsouthernTibetanplateau,altitudeoftheplateau.ThetensionalstressintheE-WresultsinthelithospherefracturesandthenormalfaultsstrikingN-Sdirection,grabensandfaulted-depressionzones.Thermalmaterialfromtheasthenospherewellsupwardtothesurfacealongdeepseismicfracturesandfaultsthroughthethickcrust.TheanomalouslythermalactivitiesareattributabletotheupwellingthermalmaterialfromthemantleinthealtitudeofTibetanplateau.