关键词: 层块构造, 热涌, 板块构造, 地幔对流, 岩石圈

Abstract: We have proposed the tectonic thermal-upwelling model which is a dynamic model to explain the kinematic features of both global and local tectonics. It stresses that in a relative sense there are soft and hard layers within the stratified structures of the lithosphere. The hard layers are characterized by rich vertical fractures along which the material of the soft layer can up flow. The varying open and close fractures control the upwelling of the soft materials. Based on the recent observations of the lithosphere, we develop the tectonic thermal-upwelling model into the strati-block tectonic thermal-upwelling model. This paper presents the key points and basis of this model and discusses some tectonic phenomena and some difficult problems which can not be explained by the classic plate tectonics theory.

Key words: Strati block tectonics, Thermal upwelling, Plate tectonics, Mantle convection, Lithosphere