This paper introduces the principle and method of Palaeotectonic Reconstruction Using Backstripping Analysis, and successfully reconstructed the palaeotectonic frameworks of the base of Permian in the border areas of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan Provinces at the end of the Permian, Middle Triassic,Late Triassic, and Middle Jurassic respectively. The result shows:At the end of the Permian, the base of the Permian had a complicated palaeotectonic pattern which consisted of three sets of structures which extended in northeast, eastwest and northsouth directions respectively. At the end of the Middle Triassic, the general pattern of the tectonic surface consisted of two depressions, one uplift, and one slope. The northsouth elongated structures were the main structures developed at the base of the Permian. At the end of the Late Triassic, the palaeotectonic framework formed in the EarlyMiddle Triassic was largely unchanged, but the buried depth of the tectonic surface increased obviously and the main uplift and depression were clearer. At the end of the Middle Jurassic, the tectonic pattern of the tectonic surface had evidently changed. Its southern part was higher than the northern part and the direction of the main structures was east-west. The Huanglinganticline and the Dangyang synclinorium were palaeouplift and short to equal axial depression respectively formed during the Mesozoic. The Jiangnan uplift formed at the end of the Palaeozoic and continuously developed during the Mesozoic.
About author: Liu Xuefeng, born in 1967, and received Master degree from China University of Geosciences in 1991. Now he is an assistant professor of the Jianghan Petroleum Institute, and engages in teaching and scientific research in petroleum structural analysis.
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. PALAEOTECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONUSING BACKSTRIPPING ANALYSIS—EXAMPLE FROMTHEBORDER AREAS OF SICHUAN,HUBEI AND HUNAN PROVINCES[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, 1999, 1(2): 53-61.
. PALAEOTECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONUSING BACKSTRIPPING ANALYSIS—EXAMPLE FROMTHEBORDER AREAS OF SICHUAN,HUBEI AND HUNAN PROVINCES[J]. JOPC, 1999, 1(2): 53-61.
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