Tectonic Models of the Tan-Lu Fault Zone, Eastern China

1994/08/01 by Xu Jiawei, Zhu Guang · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geological and Geophysical Studies #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00206819409465487

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Abstract

The Tan-Lu fault zone, with hundreds of km of sinistral displacenent, is one of the largest continental strike-slip faults in the world. Four tectonic models recently proposed for the fault zone are reviewed in this paper: (1) intracontinental transcurrent fault, (2) suture line, (3) intracontinental transform fault, (4) and collision-related indentation. We propose that the Tan-Lu fault zone is a major transcurrent fault developed on the inner, continental side of the northwestern circum-Pacific margin. This conclusion is based on the shape and extension of the fault zone, correlation of blocks on either side of the zone, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous displacement time, and the sinistral fault origin of the northward-projecting Northern Jiangsu Massif.

Citations

• Origin and assembly of the Tethyside orogenic collage at the expense of Gondwana Land
• An indentation model for the North and South China collision and the development of the Tan‐Lu and Honam Fault Systems, eastern Asia

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• Tectonic evolution of the North China Block: from orogen to craton to orogen
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