Mutual transformation between longitudinal and transverse transportation of sediments in arc-continental collision zone
SHAO Lei1, LU Yi1, QIAO Peijun1, CUI Yuchi1, REN Jianye2, CAO Licheng2, MA Qiong1
1 Key Laboratory of Marine Geology,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China; 2 Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources,China University of Geosciences(Wuhan),Wuhan 430074,China;
Abstract Tectonic plates have been continually experiencing series of subduction, collision and merging processes along with the most drastic basin-mountain interaction within the converging zones. Various types of basins (e.g., fore-arc, intra-arc and back-arc basins) are formed in this area, where the erosion and transportation of sediments are very active. It is indicated that the transportation and infilling processes of sediments show certain evolution laws in the tectonic-palaeogeographic controlled basin. The transportation of sediments in the longitudinal and transverse directions show mutual restriction relations. The northern and southern South China Sea are characterized by extensive development of large-scale subduction-collision belts and the related sedimentary basins. Both Kontum-Ying-Qiong River and the paleo-Sunda River were initiated along the long axes of basins in the early stage of basin development. Large abundance of clastic materials delivered from the Central Vietnam and Malay Peninsula, respectively, were transported eastward to the South China Sea by the longitudinal transport current, causing the large river delta and deep-water fan delta structures. These types of river systems are exclusively found in the plate fragmentation zones. During the later stage, sediments were primarily transported by the transverse fluvial system in relatively mature basins and it formed the mixed stacking combined with the sediments from the longitudinal transportation. In the oceanic-continental plate collision basins, the longitudinal transportation is an important type of sediment transportation, which is mainly controlled by the tectonic-palaeogeographic settings during the formation of basins.
Fund:Co-funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No. 2018YFE0202400) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 42076066,92055203)
About author: SHAO Lei,born in 1960,graduated from Northwest University in 1982, is a professor and doctoral supervisor in Tongji University. He is mainly engaged in researches on sedimentology and marine geology. E-mail: lshao@tongji.edu.cn.
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SHAO Lei,LU Yi,QIAO Peijun et al. Mutual transformation between longitudinal and transverse transportation of sediments in arc-continental collision zone[J]. JOPC, 2022, 24(5): 894-907.
SHAO Lei,LU Yi,QIAO Peijun et al. Mutual transformation between longitudinal and transverse transportation of sediments in arc-continental collision zone[J]. JOPC, 2022, 24(5): 894-907.
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