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Journal: Journal of Asia Earth Science  2018 No.159  Share to Sinaweibo  Share to QQweibo  Share to Facebook  Share to Twitter    clicks:163   
Title:
Crustal structure of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau from gravity data: New evidence for clockwise movement of the Chuan–Dian rhombic block
Author: Songbai Xuan⁎ , Chongyang Shen , Wenbin Shen , Jiapei Wang , Jianguo Li
Adress: Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration, Wuhan 430071, China
Abstract:

The crustal deformation beneath the Chuan–Dian rhombic block (CDB) and surrounding regions has been studied in geological and geodetic methods, and provide important insights into the kinematics and dynamics about the clockwise movement of this tectonic block. In this work, we present images of the normalized full gradient (NFG) of the Bouguer gravity anomalies from five gravity profiles across the boundary faults of the CDB measured in recent years, and investigate the distribution characteristics of the crustal anomalous bodies along the profiles. Firstly, an anomalous body with eastward dipping exist beneath the Xianshuihe fault, suggesting that crustal mass move to east. Secondly, near the Xiaojiang fault, two anomalous bodies dip westward with depth increasing. The inferred movement direction of the north one is from west to east, and the south one is from east to west. Thirdly, anomalous bodies on the northeast and southwest sides of the Red River fault suggest the directions of crustal movement is from northeast to southwest. These results are also consistent with GPS solutions, and provide gravity evidence for crustal deformation of the CDB with clockwise rotation.


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