Drivers and modulators of collisional tectonics and their impact on geohazards

碰撞构造的驱动因素和调节因素及其对地质灾害的影响

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-04311
• 负责人: Grujic, Djordje
• 金额: $ 1.97万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=589722
• 关键词: Drivers; modulators; collisional; tectonics; their

Understanding distribution of tectonic plate forces is key to predicting future earthquake activity around the globe. Although earthquakes mostly occur at tectonic plate edges due to the forces generated by relative movements of the plates, they can also be caused by remote forces, interior plate movements, and climatic effects that are poorly studied. Conventional plate tectonics assumes that mountain belts form by compression and thickening of Earth’s crust along convergent plate margins. Yet theoretical and observational studies show that deformation also occurs in plate interiors. Collisional forces at mountainous boundaries oppose forces driving plate movement. This antagonism transmits stress into plate interiors, causing intraplate deformation and potentially leading to the disintegration of a plate. Conversely, breakup of a tectonic plate will reduce the amount of force transmitted to a collisional margin, influencing the amount of deformation and earthquake activity there. Although documented, these connections and feedback mechanisms remain unclear.

了解构造板块力的分布是预测全球未来地震活动的关键，尽管地震主要由于板块相对运动产生的力而发生在构造板块边缘，但它们也可能是由远程力、板块内部运动、传统的板块构造学认为，山脉带是由地壳沿板块边缘的压缩和增厚形成的，但理论和观测研究表明，板块中也会发生变形。山区边界处的碰撞对抗驱动板块运动的力，将应力传递到板块内部，导致板块内变形并可能导致板块离线解体，构造板块力的破裂将减少传递到板块的力。尽管有记录，但这些联系和反馈机制仍不清楚。