Formation Mechanism of "Drag Depressions" and Irregular Boundaries in Intraplate Deformation
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    Almost all intraplate caprocks experienced strong deformation during the convergence of microplates, and then disintegrated into many secondary geologic units with the special characters, such as irregular boundaries and particular structural assemblages. In order to understand the formation mechanism of these special phenomena, a rheological experiment on the structural scenery of the Tongling area is carried out. The result shows that the primary regular and uniform boundaries of the Tongling area becomes irregular because of the enclosing and confinement of surrounding geological units in the process of "compression-shearing-rotation-drag"; simultaneously, two specific "drag depressions" developed at two opposite corners of the block. The former and the later phenomena can be regarded as a typical regional-scale rheological effect and necessary outcome of intraplate deformation respectively.

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DENG Jun, HUANG Dinghua, WANG Qingfei, HOU Zengqian, LU Qingtian, YAOLingqing, XIN Hongbo, ZHANG Qiang, WEI YanguangKey Laboratory of Lithospheric Tectonics, Exploration, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing .2004. Formation Mechanism of "Drag Depressions" and Irregular Boundaries in Intraplate Deformation[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),78(1):

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