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Corteza delgada como evidencia del manto agotado que soporta el Marion Rise
Huaiyang Zhou1, Henry J B Dick
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China. zhouhy@tongji.edu.cn
Nature
|February 8, 2013
Resumen
La subida de Marion, a diferencia de otras subidas oceánicas, presenta una corteza delgada o ausente, lo que lo indica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- Geología marina Geología marina.
- La tectónica de placas es la tectónica de placas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las subidas oceánicas se caracterizan por variaciones en la profundidad axial, a menudo vinculadas a puntos calientes del manto.
- La subida de Marion, comparable en tamaño a la subida islandesa, presenta una grieta axial única a lo largo de la mayor parte de su longitud.
- La cordillera suroeste de la India ofrece una oportunidad única para estudiar la arquitectura de la corteza debido al muestreo sistemático.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la arquitectura de la corteza de la elevación de Marion a lo largo de la cordillera suroeste de la India.
- Comprender los procesos geológicos responsables de la formación y las características de la Cordillera Marion.
Principales métodos:
- Muestreo geológico sistemático a lo largo de toda la longitud de la cordillera suroeste de la India.
- Análisis de la exposición y composición de la corteza.
- Interpretación geofísica del sistema de crestas.
Principales resultados:
- Exposición extensa de peridotitas en la subida de Marion, en contraste con la subida de Islandia.
- Evidencia de una corteza generalmente delgada o ausente a través de la grieta de Marion Rise.
- El aumento de Marion es principalmente una respuesta isostática, no debido a una corteza engrosada o una gran anomalía térmica.
Conclusiones:
- La estructura de Marion Rise sugiere un ajuste isostático al manto empobrecido subyacente.
- Este manto agotado probablemente se originó en el manto colocado durante los eventos de inundación de basalto de Karoo y Madagascar.
- El estudio proporciona nuevos conocimientos sobre la formación de las subidas oceánicas y su relación con los procesos del manto.
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