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地球学报 2012
东构造节的伸展和折返:泰国北部裂谷的重力信号Keywords: Gravity,indentermodel,NorthernThailand Abstract: Althoughmanyofitsdetailshavebeencriticised,theindentermodelofIndia-Asiacollision(Fig1)isstillwidelyacceptedasprovidingaworkablefirst-orderexplanationforthestructuraldevelopmentoftheeasternsyntaxisandtheinitiationofthemajorNW-SEfaultsthatsegmentthemainlandofSoutheastAsia.ArgumentshavelargelyconcernedtheextenttowhichthearrivalofthecontinentalcrustofgreaterIndiahasbeenaccommodatedbythickeningbeneaththeTibetanPlateauorbyextrusionofblocksintoSoutheastAsia.Second-orderstructuresrelevanttosuchquestionsincludeelevatedplateaus,metamorphiccorecomplexesandthenetworksofriftbasinswithbroadlyN-Strends.InnorthernThailand,onesuchriftnetworkhasbeenresponsibleforthedevelopmentofacharacteristicbasin-and-rangemorphology.
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