地学前缘 ›› 2022, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 14-27.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.7.13

• 俯冲碰撞与岩浆活动、变质作用与成矿系统 • 上一篇    下一篇

深地震反射剖面揭露青藏高原陆-陆碰撞与地壳生长的深部过程

高锐1,2,3(), 周卉1, 卢占武2,*(), 郭晓玉1,*(), 李文辉2, 王海燕2, 李洪强3, 熊小松3, 黄兴富4, 徐啸1   

  1. 1.中山大学 地球科学与工程学院, 广东 广州 510275
    2.中国地质科学院 地质研究所, 北京 100037
    3.中国地质科学院 深部探测中心, 北京 100037
    4.桂林理工大学 地球科学学院, 广西 桂林 541004
  • 收稿日期:2021-05-22 修回日期:2021-06-28 出版日期:2022-03-25 发布日期:2022-03-31
  • 通讯作者: 卢占武,郭晓玉
  • 作者简介:高 锐(1950—),男,教授,博士生导师,中国科学院院士,地球物理学家,主要从事地球物理与深部探测研究。E-mail: gaorui66@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究项目(2019QZKK0701);国家自然科学基金项目(41430213);国家自然科学基金项目(41574091);国家自然科学基金项目(41590863);国家自然科学基金项目(41874102);国家重点研究计划项目(2016YFC0600301);广东省“珠江人才计划”引进创新创业团队项目(2117ZT07Z066);南方海洋科学与工程广东省实验室(珠海)南海深部地球物理创新团队项目;中国地质调查局地质调查项目(DD20190016);国土资源部深部探测项目(SinoProbe-02)

Deep seismic reflection profile reveals the deep process of continent-continent collision on the Tibetan Plateau

GAO Rui1,2,3(), ZHOU Hui1, LU Zhanwu2,*(), GUO Xiaoyu1,*(), LI Wenhui2, WANG Haiyan2, LI Hongqiang3, XIONG Xiaosong3, HUANG Xingfu4, XU Xiao1   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
    2. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    3. Deep Exploration Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
    4. College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • Received:2021-05-22 Revised:2021-06-28 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-03-31
  • Contact: LU Zhanwu,GUO Xiaoyu

摘要:

印度板块与亚洲板块的碰撞使喜马拉雅-青藏高原隆升,地壳增厚并生长扩展。探测青藏高原深部结构,揭露两个大陆如何碰撞以及碰撞如何使大陆变形的过程,是对全球关切的科学奥秘的探索。深地震反射剖面探测是打开这个科学奥秘的最有效途径之一。二十多年来,运用这项高技术探测到青藏高原巨厚地壳的精细结构,攻克了难以得到下地壳和Moho面信息的技术瓶颈,揭露了陆-陆碰撞过程。本文在探测研究成果的基础上,从青藏高原南北-东西对比,再到高原腹地,系统地综述了青藏高原之下印度板块与亚洲板块碰撞-俯冲的深部行为。印度地壳在高原南缘俯冲在喜马拉雅造山带之下,亚洲板块的阿拉善地块岩石圈在北缘向祁连山下俯冲,祁连山地壳向外扩展,塔里木地块与高原西缘的西昆仑发生面对面的碰撞,在高原东缘发现龙日坝断裂(而不是龙门山断裂)是扬子板块的西缘边界,高原腹地Moho面厚度薄而平坦,岩石圈伸展垮塌。多条深反射剖面揭露了在雅鲁藏布江缝合带下印度板块与亚洲板块碰撞的行为,不仅沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带走向印度地壳俯冲行为存在东西变化,而且印度地壳向北行进到拉萨地体内部的位置也不同。在缝合带中部,研究显示印度地壳上地壳与下地壳拆离,上地壳向北仰冲,下地壳向北俯冲,并在俯冲过程中发生物质的回返与构造叠置,这导致印度地壳减薄,喜马拉雅地壳加厚。俯冲印度地壳前缘与亚洲地壳碰撞后沉入地幔,处于亚洲板块前缘的冈底斯岩基与特提斯喜马拉雅近于直立碰撞,冈底斯下地壳呈部分熔融状态,近乎透明的弱反射和局部出现的亮点反射以及近于平的Moho面都反映出亚洲板块南缘处于伸展构造环境。

关键词: 喜马拉雅-青藏高原, 陆-陆碰撞, 大陆俯冲, 深部过程, 深地震反射剖面

Abstract:

The collision between the Indian and Asian plates uplifted the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, thickening and expanding the crust. The deep structure of the plateau-a scientific mystery of global concern-can reveal how the two continents collide and how the collision deforms the continent. One of the most effective ways to unlock this scientific mystery is deep seismic reflection profiling. For more than 20 years using this technology we have detected the fine structure of the thick crust of the Tibetan Plateau, overcoming the technical bottleneck of accessing the lower crust and the Moho and revealing the intracontinental collision process. Based on the research results, this paper systematically summarizes the deep behavior of the collision and subduction between the Indian and Asian plates under the Tibetan Plateau, on topics ranging from the NS-EW correlation to the plateau’s hinterland. The deep behavior includes the underthrusting of the Indian crust beneath the Himalayan orogenic belt on the southern margin of the plateau, the subduction of the lithosphere of the Alashan block in the Asian plate under the Qilian mountain in the northern rim of the plateau, the outward crustal extension in the Qilian mountain range, and the face-to-face collision between the Tarim block and the West Kunlun in the northwestern margin of the plateau; in the eastern margin of the plateau it was discovered that the Longriba fault, not the Longmenshan fault, is the western border fault of the Yangtze plate. In the plateau’s hinterland the Moho lines are thin and flat and lithosphere extension collapses. Multiple deep reflection profiles reveal the collisional behavior of the Indian and Asian plates under the Yalungzangbo suture zone. The subduction of the Indian continental crust varies from east to west, and the crust travels northward to different locations inside the Lhasa terrain. In the central suture zone, the upper and lower parts of the Indian crust become detached as the upper crust overthrusts while the lower crust subducts northward. During the subduction, material return and structural superposition cause the thinning and thickening of the Indian and Himalayan crust, respectively. The leading edge of the subducting Indian crust collides with the Asian crust and sinks into the mantle, while a near-vertical collision occurs between the Gangdise at the leading edge of the Asian plate, and the Tethys. Together, the partial melting of the lower crust of the Gangdise, the seismic data that show near transparent weak reflection and localized bright spot reflection, and the near-flat Moho, all reflect the extensional tectonic environment of the southern margin of the Asian plate.

Key words: Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, continent-continent collision, continental underthrust, deep process, deep seismic reflection profile

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