Yunwen Guan , Qichao Wang , Renhai Pu , Sujie Yan , Shuo Chen , Siyu Su
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Analysis of middle to deep-depth strike-slip faults in the southern Ordos Basin, China: A case study of the Xunyi area
High-resolution 3D seismic reflection data and coherence attribute analysis reveal a complex network of small-scale strike-slip faults (0.2–20 km in length) within the Xunyi area of the southern Ordos Basin at burial depths of 0.4–3.5 km. These structures exhibit a multi-phase evolution history characterized by distinct deformation patterns across different stratigraphic intervals.
Structural analysis identifies four distinct tectonic episodes: (1) initial development of NE and NW-trending fault systems during the Caledonian movement (Cambrian-Ordovician), (2) limited reactivation during the Hercynian event (Carboniferous-Permian), (3) formation of NWW to E-W-trending sinistral strike-slip faults during the Indosinian event (Early-Middle Triassic), and (4) right-lateral transpressional reactivation during the Yanshanian event (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous).
Mohr space analysis reveals that the angular relationship between fault orientation and regional stress fields fundamentally controls three distinct patterns of structural inheritance: (1) The XY1 fault maintains continuous activity through all tectonic phases due to its optimal N72-86°E orientation relative to successive stress fields; (2) The XY2-4 faults exhibit early termination after the Caledonian period despite their basement-cutting nature, attributed to their unfavorable orientation under subsequent stress regimes; (3) The Mesozoic faults (W1-4) initiated independently during the Indosinian period with N64-86°E strikes, displaying 33–44° counterclockwise rotation from pre-existing Paleozoic structures.
Detailed fault growth analysis reveals an early stress interaction mechanism where approaching fault segments develop secondary faults and displacement patterns before geometric overlap occurs. This observation challenges the traditional four-stage fault linkage model that assumes significant interaction only after substantial fault overlap, suggesting more complex stress field interactions during early fault development.
This integrated study provides critical insights into intraplate deformation processes within cratonic basins, demonstrating how the orientation of pre-existing structures relative to evolving regional stress fields fundamentally controls fault reactivation patterns in multi-phase tectonic settings.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Structural Geology publishes process-oriented investigations about structural geology using appropriate combinations of analog and digital field data, seismic reflection data, satellite-derived data, geometric analysis, kinematic analysis, laboratory experiments, computer visualizations, and analogue or numerical modelling on all scales. Contributions are encouraged to draw perspectives from rheology, rock mechanics, geophysics,metamorphism, sedimentology, petroleum geology, economic geology, geodynamics, planetary geology, tectonics and neotectonics to provide a more powerful understanding of deformation processes and systems. Given the visual nature of the discipline, supplementary materials that portray the data and analysis in 3-D or quasi 3-D manners, including the use of videos, and/or graphical abstracts can significantly strengthen the impact of contributions.