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Late Neogene and Quaternary Vertical Motions in the Otway Coast, Southeast Australia (II): Epeirogenic Uplift Driven by Lithospheric Flexural Deformation

호주 남동부 Otway 해안의 후기 신제3기 및 제4기 융기 운동(II): 암석권 휨 현상에 의한 대륙 지각의 융기

  • Shin, Jaeryul (Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2012.08.23
  • Accepted : 2012.10.13
  • Published : 2012.10.31
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Abstract

The relationship between tectonic uplift and geophysical analysis of gravity anomalies and the in-situ stress fields in the Otway Ranges, SE Australia is addressed in this study to understand the nature and possible mechanism for the neotectonic movements. The uplift axis of the ranges is coincident with the regional Bouguer gravity highs whereas thick Tertiary sedimentary successions are highly correlated with the gravity lows along the basin rift geometry. This result suggests that the gravity highs are separated by the thick Tertiary sedimentary successions. Regional structural trends associated with faults and foldings of the deformed surfaces are consistent with the prevailing NW-SE $S_{Hmax}$ trend in this part of the continent. The anomalously positive correlation between topography and Bouguer gravity fields suggests possibly a lithospheric flexural deformation mode at a long wavelength (order of $10^2$ kms) in the region. It also suggests that the reactivation of pre-existing lithospheric structures driven by plate boundary forces plays a key role in this mode.

본 연구는 호주 남동부 지역 Otway 산맥 일대에서 확인되는 신기 지체구조 운동의 성격과 매커니즘을 규명하기 위해 현상적 융기 패턴과 중력이상 및 현생 응력 체계 등의 지구물리 자료간의 상관관계를 분석하였다. Otway 산맥의 융기축은 높은 중력값을 보이는 지역과 일치하는 반면 주변의 두꺼운 제3기 퇴적층 지역은 낮은 중력값을 보이는 지역과 일치하고 있어 높은 중력값의 이상 구간은 제3기 퇴적층 지역에 의해 구분되는 형태를 보여주고 있다. 한편 단층, 습곡 활동으로 특징되는 연구 지역 일대의 지질 구조 및 분포 패턴은 호주 남동부 지역의 현생 응력 체계와 잘 일치한다. 지형 고도와 중력 간의 양의 상관관계는 가설적으로 연구 지역 일대의 융기 운동이 대규모($10^2$ km 대)의 암석권 휨 현상에 의해 발생하고 있음을 보여주고 있으며, 판 경계 응력에 의한 암석권 내 기존 약대들의 재활성화는 이러한 대규모 변형 양식에 있어 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있는 것으로 판단된다.

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