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Efecto de las transiciones de fase en las velocidades de onda de compresión en el manto de la Tierra
1Mineral Physics Institute Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA. lilli@ic.sunysb.edu
Nature
|August 23, 2008
Resumen
Velocidades de las ondas sísmicas en la Tierra.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- Física mineral Física de los minerales
- Sismología Sismología Sismología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las velocidades de las ondas sísmicas dependen de las respuestas de los minerales a la presión y el estrés.
- Las transformaciones de fase de reducción de volumen reducen significativamente el módulo de volumen.
- Los datos experimentales en las condiciones profundas de la Tierra son difíciles de obtener.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar experimentalmente los cambios en la velocidad de las ondas sísmicas durante las transiciones de fase.
- Para evaluar el impacto de la cinética de la transición de fase en la propagación de la onda.
- Para determinar si las transiciones de fase afectan a las velocidades sísmicas en el manto de la Tierra.
Principales métodos:
- Se llevaron a cabo experimentos de difracción de rayos X basados en síncrotrones.
- Se estudió la transición de fase olivina-ringwoodita.
- El ablandamiento del módulo de volumen se midió en una escala de tiempo de 100 segundos.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó un ablandamiento del módulo de volumen dentro del bucle de dos fases olivino-ringwoodita.
- Es probable que las velocidades de las ondas de compresión sean más bajas en las discontinuidades de 410, 520 y 660 km de la Tierra.
- Los resultados se adaptaron a las presiones terrestres esperadas y al tamaño de los granos.
Conclusiones:
- La cinética de la transición de fase influye significativamente en las velocidades de las ondas sísmicas.
- Los hallazgos sugieren importantes perturbaciones de velocidad en el manto superior.
- Efectos similares pueden ocurrir para otras transiciones de fase, impactando los modelos de estructura del manto.
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