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Evidencia sísmica de pérdida catastrófica de losas debajo de Kamchatka
Vadim Levin1, Nikolai Shapiro, Jeffrey Park
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Box 208109, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. vadim.levin@yale.edu
Nature
|August 16, 2002
Resumen
Los eventos catastróficos de pérdida de losas han remodelado la península de Kamchatka, como lo demuestran las imágenes sísmicas. Estos eventos explican la terminación de la placa del Pacífico y la historia volcánica de la región.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- La tectónica de placas es la tectónica de placas.
- Volcanología Volcanología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La unión Aleutianas-Kamchatka es un complejo límite tectónico en el noroeste del Océano Pacífico.
- Comprender la estructura sísmica es crucial para descifrar la evolución geológica de la región.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para obtener imágenes de la estructura sísmica debajo del cruce Aleutianas-Kamchatka y las áreas circundantes.
- Para investigar la historia tectónica y volcánica de Kamchatka durante los últimos 10 millones de años.
Principales métodos:
- Imágenes sísmicas de la estructura sublitosférica.
- Análisis de la evolución tectónica y volcánica.
Principales resultados:
- La subducción de la litosfera del Pacífico termina en la unión Aleutianas-Kamchatka.
- No existe una losa de reliquia debajo del extinto arco volcánico del norte de Kamchatka.
- Se observan velocidades de onda de corte inusualmente lentas en el manto superior debajo del norte de Kamchatka, lo que sugiere pérdida de losas.
Conclusiones:
- Al menos dos episodios de pérdida catastrófica de losas se han producido en el pasado geológico reciente de Kamchatka.
- Los débiles desprendimientos y pérdidas son factores significativos en la evolución de los márgenes convergentes oceánicos, no sólo en las colisiones continentales.
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