热带海洋学报 ›› 2017, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 73-79.doi: 10.11978/2016080CSTR: 32234.14.2016080

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西沙海域上新世以来火山特征及其形成机制*

冯英辞1,2(), 詹文欢1,2(), 孙杰1, 姚衍桃1, 郭磊1,2, 陈梅1,2   

  1. 1. 中国科学院边缘海与大洋地质重点实验室(南海海洋研究所), 广东 广州 510301
    2. 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049;
  • 收稿日期:2016-08-30 修回日期:2016-10-31 出版日期:2017-05-20 发布日期:2017-06-01
  • 作者简介:

    作者简介:冯英辞(1988—), 男, 在读博士研究生, 从事海洋新构造与地质灾害研究。E-mail: ycfeng@scsio.ac.cn

  • 基金资助:
    国家重点基础研究发展计划项目(2013CB956104);国家自然科学基金项目(41376063)

The formation mechanism and characteristics of volcanoes in the Xisha waters since Pliocene

Yingci FENG1,2(), Wenhuan ZHAN1,2(), Jie SUN1, Yantao YAO1, Lei GUO1,2, Mei CHEN1,2   

  1. 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2016-08-30 Revised:2016-10-31 Online:2017-05-20 Published:2017-06-01
  • Supported by:
    National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (2013CB956104);National Natural Science Foundation of China (41376063)

摘要:

2013年采集的单道地震剖面揭示了西沙海域的火山结构, 有助于理解该区域火山的形成机制和活动性特征。地震剖面显示: 西沙南部存在大约10个火山构造, 具有不连续强振幅反射特征的熔岩流侵入火山周围上新世和更新世地层。此外, 在西沙西部边缘和中部分别发现有单个火山构造, 岩浆侵入火山体周围的第四纪地层。根据岩浆侵入体和周围地层的接触关系, 推测区内火山活动集中在上新世和第四纪两个时期。上涌的深源地幔岩浆弱化了地幔岩石圈并继续沿着先存断裂向上涌至古海底, 可能是该区域火山形成机制。

关键词: 西沙海域, 火山, 上新世, 形成机制, 单道地震

Abstract:

Due to data sparsity, volcanic activity in the Xisha waters is poorly understood. Single channel seismic profiles are used to study the volcanoes’ structures and their formation mechanisms in this paper. Seismic profiles document 10 submarine volcanoes in the south XW. Inside the volcanoes, discontinuous but strong reflections are observed and interpreted as lava flows. In addition, seismic data show two isolated volcanoes intruding Quaternary strata in the western edge and middle XW, respectively. Stratigraphic contact relationship between the lava flows and surrounding sedimentary strata reveals that Pliocene and Quaternary are two main magmatic activity stages in the XW. We propose the formation mechanism of volcanoes in the XW be that upwelling mantle magma weakens mantle lithosphere, migrates along pre-existing fault, and then erupts to the palaeo-seabed.

Key words: Xisha waters, submarine volcano, Pliocene, formation mechanism, single channel seismic profile