Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2010, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 27-43.

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The future of structural geology in the new century: Advances in fields of deepsea, deepinterior, deepspace and deeptime and related key techniques.

LI  San-Zhong, ZHANG  Guo-Wei, LIU  Bao-Hua, HAO  Tian-Yao, DAI  Li-Meng, LIU  Xin, LIU  Li-Ping   

  1. 1Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266100, China
    2College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
    3Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xian 710069, China
    4First Institute of Oceanography, State Ocean Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
    5Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2010-05-08 Revised:2010-05-20 Online:2010-05-15 Published:2010-06-18

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Abstract:

 Structural geology got a big progress in the last decade, and exhibits a big perspective in the future. It is time for moving beyond Plate Tectonics. Theories of Mantle Plume Tectonics and Plate Tectonics will be combined for completely understanding structural processes of formation of the solar system and even the universe. This paper synthesizes in largescale the advances and trends of structural geology and tectonics in the following four aspects: deep interior, deep sea, deep space and deep time. At the same time, four key techniques are also summarized in this paper, i.e. satellite laser altimetry for surface structural geometry in deep space and multibeam mapping for sea floor in deep sea; tomography for deep structures in deep earth and other planets; many kinds of numerical modeling methods and software（ANSYS, COMSOL, FLAC and others）for dynamics in deep time; techniques of HT/HP experiment and insitu measurement for materials.

Key words: structural geology, deepinterior, deepsea, deepspace, deeptime, new century

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