The Micro-Strain Mechanism of Jiaochang Arc Structure in Songpan-Garze Fold Belt, Northwestern
The Jiaochang arc belt is characterized by synorogenic, multiphasic, coaxial compressional deformation and metamorphism, which is under the mid-shallow layer setting, and has some typical microtectonics, such as rotated helicitic structure, symmetric pressure shadow and kind structure etc. The symmetrically micro-structural feature in Jiaochang is significantly different to the unsymmetrical feature about "strike-slip" mechanism of arc belt, attributed to differential stress-strain mechanism controlled by the north to south main stress.