中非剪切帶
中非剪切帶（CASZ）是一套陸內巨型右旋走滑斷層體系，東北東方向從幾內亞灣通過喀麥隆北部、乍得與中非共和國邊界、到蘇丹。[1]近年發現一系列油氣裂谷盆地，截至2015年6月，探明石油儲藏20.41億噸。
簡述
[編輯]北部是努比亞克拉通，南部是剛果克拉通，西部隔着Adamaoua隆起與西非裂谷系分開。[2]
定年可至640 Ma的泛非造山期。[3] 侏羅紀與白堊紀時岡瓦納大陸破裂[1]，南大西洋形成時，該斷裂帶右滑，導致了走滑盆地的形成。[3]並在斷裂帶東南側產生拉張應力場，形成了一批轉換型沉積盆地。
該區域的岩石圈明顯減薄。[4]
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- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dorbath et al. 1986，第751-766頁.
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