Elevación en la región de Fiordland, Nueva Zelanda: implicaciones para la subducción incipiente
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M A House1, M Gurnis, P J J Kamp
1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. mhouse@gps.caltech.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 21, 2002
Resumen
La denudación del Cenozoico tardío en Fiordland, Nueva Zelanda, indica elevación de la placa durante el inicio de la subducción. Este estudio data el comienzo de la subducción utilizando datos de termocronometría y gravedad.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- Geocronología Geocronología.
- La tectónica es la tectónica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Fiordland, Nueva Zelanda, exhibe características geológicas que sugieren una actividad tectónica significativa.
- Comprender los patrones regionales de desnudación es crucial para descifrar los procesos tectónicos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la denudación del Cenozoico Tardío en Fiordland utilizando termocronometría a baja temperatura.
- Para correlacionar los patrones de denudación con los modelos geodinámicos de iniciación de la subducción.
- Para determinar el momento y la extensión de la elevación de la corteza terrestre y el apoyo dinámico.
Principales métodos:
- Termocronometría a baja temperatura para analizar el historial de desnudación y exhumación.
- Análisis de anomalías de gravedad (gravedad de Bouguer) para identificar estructuras subterráneas.
- Integración de datos termocronométricos con modelos geodinámicos.
Principales resultados:
- Denudación regional en Fiordland durante el Cenozoico Tardío.
- Una progresión hacia el norte de la exhumación vinculada a la migración iniciación de la subducción.
- Correlación de la elevación reciente con una anomalía positiva de la gravedad de Bouguer.
- Evidencia de aproximadamente 2 km de apoyo dinámico, consistente con las predicciones geodinámicas.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio proporciona evidencia para el inicio de la subducción adyacente a Fiordland.
- Los datos termocronométricos y de gravedad apoyan los modelos geodinámicos de elevación de placas sobresalientes.
- Los hallazgos ayudan a datar el inicio de la subducción en la región.
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