ANALYSIS ON THE DEFORMATION OF THE LINKED THRUSTING SYSTEM IN THE HUAINAN REGION, ANHUI PROVINCE

The Huainan Linked Thrusting System consists of a series of south-dipping thrusts and overthrusts with near-EW strike. The certain functional relations exist between the shortening and the relative expanding rate of thrustings along the basement plane, the sliding rate and the depth of dissection. Although it is difficult to get numerical solution up to date, the sheet strain and the characters of the structural strain can be illustrated by graphic solutions. Consequently, the maximum depth of the basement and the shortening of sedimentary sequences could be estimated. In addition, the graphic solution can suggest the relationship between the style of thrusting expansion and the mechanic property of rocks. Forthermore, the explanations of the tectonic significance could be described for the Huainan Linked Thrusting System.