La région de Charlevoix-Kamouraska (Québec): gravité et géologie
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https://doi.org/10.4138/1723Abstract
Le but de cette tude est de corrler la gologie de cette rgion ᳲ forte sismicit avec de nouvelles donnes gravimtriques, d'estimer l'extension en profondeur des principaux corps gologiques et d'tablir une relation ventuelle entre les anomalies gravimtriques et la cause des sismes intraplaques de la zone de Charlevoix. On fait appel au filtrage par la mthode de la moyenne mobile avec fenᴃtre carre pour tablir la carte gravimtrique rgionale de la zone de Charlevoix qui fait partie du domaine ᳲ granulite de la province de Grenville. Grace ᳲ l'utilisation de diverses dimensions de fenᴃtres mobiles, des cartes d'anomalies rsiduelles caractristiques de corps gologiques de diverses tallies et d'extension verticale variable sont obtenues. La carte de Bouguer corrige pour la topographie montre un fort gradient de direction NO-SE perpendiculaire au fleuve St-Laurent. Ce gradient souligne la zone d'effondrement du Saint-Laurent de la fin de l'Ordovicien empruntant partiellement les anciennes failles du rift Hadrynien (e.g., faille du Saint-Laurent). Au nord de la faille du St-Laurent, les roches sont plus denses (2,9 g cm-3) que la moyenne de la croᴎte terrestre (2,67 g cm-3), Ces masses correspondent ᳲ des blocs charnockitiques tronquant l'anorthosite de St-Urbain. Au SE, les donnes gravimtriques suggrent un paississement graduel des nappes appalachiennes. Sur les cartes rsiduelles, on note une bonne corrlation entre les anomalies et les corps gologiques de surface. Des blocs de densils diffrents, bords de part et d'autre par des failles subverticales peuvent expliquer en partie le mcanisme des dplacements rlatifs responsables de la plus forte ssmicil de cette zone de faiblesse de la croᴎte terrestre, qui date de la fin du Prcambrien. Le relevment isostatique relatif post-glaciaire, une zone de faiblesse de la croᴎte terrestre accompagne de structures cassantes anciennes et sa situation au milieu de la plaque Nord-Ameiicaine en mouvement sont les phnomᳺnes gologiques impliqus dans cette dynamique sismique. ABSTRACTS The purpose of this study is to correlate the geology throughout this highly seismic area with new gravity data, estimate the downward extension of the main geological bodies, and work out a possible relationship between the gravity anomalies and the cause of intraplate seismic activity within the Charlevoix zone. Filtering through the moving-average method, using a square window, is called upon in order to establish the regional-gravity map of the Charlevoix zone, which belongs to the granulite domain of the Grenville province. Residual-anomaly maps outlining geological bodies of varied size and vertical extension are developed through the use of different sizes of moving windows. The Bouguer-gravity map with terrain corrections added shows a strong NW-SE gradient perpendicular to the St. Lawrence river. This gradient reveals the late Ordovician St. Lawrence graben to be partly developed along older faults of the Hadrynian rift (e.g., St. Lawrence fault). North of the St. Lawrence fault, the rocks are denser (2.9 g/cm-3) than the average earth's crust (2.67 g/cm-3). These bodies coincide with chamockitic blocks that cross-cut the St-Urbain anorthosite. To the SE, gravity data suggest a gradual thickening of the Appalachian nappes. A good correlation between anomalies and surface outcrops is displayed on the residual maps. Blocks of different densities, bounded on either side by subvertical faults, may partly account for the works of relative movements responsible for the higher seismicity of this late Precambrian zone of weakness in the earth's crust. Geologic phenomena playing a part in this seismic dynamism include the post-glacial relative isostatic rebound, a zone of weakness in the earth's crust developed in concert with older brittle structures, and the location of this zone within the moving North American plate. [Traduit par le journal]Downloads
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