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Discontinuidad deprimida de 660 km causada por la transición akimotoita-bridgmanita
Artem Chanyshev1,2, Takayuki Ishii3,4, Dmitry Bondar5
1Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany. artem.chanyshev@uni-bayreuth.de.
Nature
|January 6, 2022
Resumen
La discontinuidad sísmica de 660 kilómetros
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica
- Física de los minerales
- Geoquímica de alta presión
Sus antecedentes:
- La discontinuidad sísmica de 660 kilómetros marca el límite entre el manto inferior de la Tierra y la zona de transición.
- A menudo se le atribuye a la transición posterior a la espinilla de la ringwoodita a la bridgmanita y la ferropericlasa.
- Esta discontinuidad está notablemente deprimida por debajo de las zonas de subducción, un fenómeno que no se explica completamente con los modelos actuales.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Determinar con precisión los límites de fase para las transiciones post-espinel y akimotoita-bridgmanita.
- Para investigar la dependencia de la temperatura y las pendientes de Clapeyron de estas transiciones.
- Para reinterpretar la causa de la discontinuidad de 660 kilómetros de depresión debajo de las zonas de subducción.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó experimentos de yunque múltiple para la síntesis de alta presión.
- Se utiliza la difracción de rayos X in situ para una identificación precisa de la fase y la determinación de los límites.
- Centrado en experimentos que se adhieren estrictamente a la definición de equilibrio de fase.
Principales resultados:
- El límite de transición posterior a la espina muestra una dependencia mínima de la temperatura.
- La transición akimotoita-bridgmanita muestra una pendiente límite negativa pronunciada a temperaturas por debajo de las geotérmicas ambientales del manto.
- Estos hallazgos desafían las interpretaciones anteriores de la depresión de la discontinuidad de 660 kilómetros.
Conclusiones:
- La depresión de la discontinuidad de 660 kilómetros debajo de las zonas de subducción fría se atribuye a la transición akimotoita-bridgmanita.
- La fuerte pendiente negativa de esta transición sugiere una significativa flotabilidad hacia arriba, lo que lleva al estancamiento de la losa.
- Esta investigación refina nuestra comprensión de la dinámica del manto y los procesos de subducción.
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