Numerical simulation of the recent crust movement and the fault activities in Tibetan Plateau

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-162

  Zhang, Dong Ning ^a   Yuan, Song Yong ^a   Shen, Zheng Kang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Faults; Numerical simulation; Tectonic movement; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DRAG; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; HEAT FLOW; PLATE MOTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34250784019     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Molnar P, Tapponnier P. Cenozoic tectonics of Asia: Effects of a continental collision. Science, 1975, 189:419-426
2. Tapponnier P, Peltzer G, Le Dain A Y, et al. Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insight from simple experiments with plasticine. Geology, 1982, 10: 1339-1384
3. Armijo R P, Tapponnier P, Han Tonglin. Late Cenozoic right-lateral strike-slip faulting in southern Tibet. J. Geophys. Res., 1989, 94: 2787-2838
4. Avouac J P, Tapponnier P. Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 1993, 20:895-898
5. Ding G Y. Lithosphere Dynamics of China, Explanatory Notes for the Atlas of Lithosphere Dynamics of China (in Chinese). Beijing: Seismological Press, 1991. 123-141
6. Kidd W S F, Molnar P. Quaternary and active faulting observed on the 1985 Academia Sinica-Royal Society of Geotraverse of Tibet. In: The Team of 1985 Chinese-British Tibetan Plateau Geotraverse eds. The Geological Evolution of Tibetan Plateau (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press, 1990. 348-372
7. Deng Q D, Zhang P Z, Ran Y K, et al. Active tectonics and earthquake activities in China. Earth Science, Frontiers, 2003, 10 (A): 66-73
8. Molnar P, England P, Martinod J. Mantle dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian Monsoon. Rev. Geophys., 1993, 31: 357-396
9. Tapponnier P, Xu Z, Roger E, et al. Oblique stepwise rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau. Science, 2001, 294: 1671-1677
10. England P, Houseman G A. Finite strain calculations of continental deformation 2. Comparison with the India-Asia collision. J. Geophys. Res., 1986, 91:3664-3667
11. Holt W E, Chamot-Rooke N, Le Pichon X, et al. Velocity field in Asia inferred from Quaternary fault slip rates and Global Positioning System observations. J. Geophys. Res., 2000, 105:19185-19209
12. Zhang P Z, Shen Z K, Wang M, et al. Kinematics of present-day tectonic deformation of the Tibetan Plateau and its vicinities. Seismology and Geology, 2004, 26(3):367-376
13. Wang Q, Zhang P, Freymueller T J, et al. Present-day crustal deformation in China constrained by Global Positioning System measurement. Science, 2001, 294: 574-677
14. Shen Z K, Zhao C, Yin A, et al. Contemporary crustal deformation in eastern Asia constrained by Global Positioning System measurement. J. Geophys. Res., 2000, 105(B): 5721-5734
15. Shen Z K, Wang M, Li Y, et al. Crustal deformation associated with the Altyn Tagh fault system, western China, from GPS. J. Geophys. Res., 2001, 106(B): 30607-30621
16. Kong X H, Bird P. Neotectonics of Asia: thin-shell finite-element models with faults. In: An Yin, Harrision T Mark eds. The Tectonics of Asia. Cambridge University Press, 1996. 18-34
17. Wang Y P, Shen J, Wang Q, et al. On the lateral extrusion of Sichuan-Yunnan blocks (Chuandian block). Earth Science Frontiers (in Chinese), 2003, 10(A):188-192
18. Bird P. Thin-plate and thin-shell finite element programs for forward dynamic modeling of plate deformation and faulting. Computers & Geosciences, 1999, 25(4):383-394
19. Zhu J S, Cao J M, Cai X L, et al. The structure of lithosphere in Eurasia and west Pacific. Advance in Earth Sciences (in Chinese), 2004, 19(3):387-392
20. Replumaz A, Tapponnier P. Reconstruction of the deformed collision zone between India and Asia by backward motion of lithosphere blocks. J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108(B6): 2285, doi:10.1029/2001JB000661, 2003.
21. Wang Y. An analysis for the continental heat flow in China[Ph. D. thesis]. Beijing: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999
22. Wang Y, Deng J F, Wang J Y, et al. Terrestrial heat flow pattern and thermo-tectonic domains in the continental area of China. Journal of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Science (in Chinese), 2001, 18(1):51-58
23. Pollack H N, Hunter S J, Johnson J R. Heat flow from the Earth's interior: Analysis of the global data set. Rev. Geophys., 1993, 31: 267-280
24. Wang M, Shen Z K, Niu Z J, et al. Contemporary crustal deformation of the Chinese continent and tectonic block model. Science in China (D), 2003, 46(Suppl.):21-32
25. Zoback M L. First and second-order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: The World Stress Map project. J. Geophys. Res., 1992, 97: 11703-11728
26. Bird P, Li Y. Interpolation of principal stress directions by non-parametric statistics: Global maps with confidence limits. J. Geophys. Res., 1996, 101(B3): 5435-5443
27. Zhang P Z, Wang M, Gan W J, et al. Slip rates along major active faults from GPS measurments and constrains on contemperatory continental tectonics. Earth Science Frontiers (in Chinese), 2003, 10 (A):81-92
28. Vigny C, Socquet A, Rangin C, et al. Present-day crustal deformation around Sagaing fault, Myanmar. J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108(B11): 2533, doi:10.1029/2002JB001999
29. Bird P, Kong X. Computer simulations of California tectonics confirm very low strength of major faults. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 1994, 106:159-174
30. Kusznir N J, Bott M H P. Stress concentration in the upper lithosphere caused by underlying visco-elastic creep. Tectonophysics, 1977, 43:247-256
31. Post R L Jr. High temperature creep of Mt. Brunett dunite. Tectonophysics, 1977, 42(2-4): 75-110
32. Shelton G, Tullis J. Experimental flow laws for crustal rocks. EOS, 1981, 62:396
33. Kusznir N J, Park R G. Continental lithosphere strength: the critical role of lower crustal deformation. In: Dawson Carswell J B, Hall J D A, Wedepohl K H eds. The Nature of the Lower Continental Crust. Geological Society Special Publication, 1986, 24:79-93
34. Zhao W J, Liu K, Jiang Z X, et al. Bangong Co-Nujiang suture zone, Tibet - a suggestion given by deep geophysical structure. Geological Bulletin of China (in Chinese), 2004, 23(7):623-635
35. Bird P. An updated digital model of plate boundaries, geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems. An Electronic Journal of the Earth Sciences, 2003, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252,
36. Byerlee J. Friction of rocks. Pageoph., 1978, 116: 615-626
37. Sella G F. REVEL: A model for recent plate velocities from space geodesy. J. Geophys. Res., 2002, 107 (B4): 10.1029/2000JB000033
38. Xiong X. Relationship between eastward mass flow of Tibetan Plateau and lithosphere strength structure. In: Ma Z J, Wang Y P, Zhang Y P eds. Study of the Recent Deformation and Dynamics of the Lithosphere in Qinghai - Xizang Plateau (in Chinese). Beijing: Seismological Press, 2001. 177-184
39. Bird P. Testing hypotheses on plate-driving mechanisms with global lithosphere models including topography, thermal structure, and faults. J. Geophys. Res., 1998, 103(B5): 10115-10129
40. Zhou J, Huang X W. The gravitational plastic flow of crustal material in southwest China. Seismology and Geology (in Chinese), 1980, 2 (4):1-10
41. Zhang D N, Gao L S. Three dimensional numerical simulation of Eastern Asian stress field. Earthquake Research in China (in Chinese), 1989, 5(4):24-32
42. Zhang D N, Xu Z H. Annual changing rate of the crustal strain-energy density and activity of strong earthquakes in China's continent. Earthquake (in Chinese), 1999, 19(1): 26-32