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Stephen F Foley1, Stephan Buhre, Dorrit E Jacob
1Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Universität Greifswald, Germany. sfoley@uni-greifswald.de
Nature
|January 17, 2003
Resumen
Tierra temprana de la Tierra temprana.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geociencia es la ciencia de la tierra.
- Petrología Petrología.
- La tectónica es la tectónica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La corteza oceánica arcaica era probablemente más gruesa y más rica en magnesio que la corteza moderna debido al mayor flujo de calor.
- Los experimentos previos de subducción solo utilizaron basaltos modernos de la cordillera del océano medio, descuidando las condiciones de la Tierra temprana.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar las reacciones metamórficas de la corteza oceánica del Arqueo temprano durante la subducción.
- Comprender las implicaciones para el reciclaje de la corteza terrestre y la formación de la corteza continental.
Principales métodos:
- Petrología experimental de alta presión.
- Análisis de los productos de reacción metamórfica de los acumulados y picritas ultramaficos.
Principales resultados:
- El metamorfismo de los materiales de la corteza del Arqueo temprano produce piroxenitas, que se delaminan y se funden en rocas basálticas.
- La formación de la corteza continental requiere la subducción y la fusión de granate-anfibolita, que prevaleció desde el Arqueo tardío en adelante.
- La subducción poco profunda del Arqueo temprano agotó solo una delgada capa superior del manto.
Conclusiones:
- La subducción de la corteza del Arqueo temprano fue poco profunda, lo que condujo a un agotamiento limitado del manto.
- La continua profundización de la capa de manto agotada explica las discrepancias entre los modelos geoquímicos y geofísicos.
- La formación de la corteza continental comenzó significativamente en el Arqueo tardío con procesos de subducción más profundos.
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