深層マントルの組成分層化は,
Kellogg1, Hager, van der Hilst RD
1Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 01239, USA.
まとめ
地球の下層マントルの明確な層は,地震観測と地化学のサインを説明するかもしれない. この密集で安定した層は,マントルの動力学と熱流に影響を与え,地球の熱予算の不一致を調和させます.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地質化学 地質化学
- ミネラル物理学 ミネラル物理学
背景:
- 地震観測は,地球の下層マントルの複雑さを明らかにしています.
- 玄武岩の同位体シグネチャーは,深いマントルの貯水池を示唆しています.
- 観測された熱流と熱生成モデルの間には不一致がある.
研究 の 目的:
- 地球の下部マントルの地震学および地化学観測を説明するために.
- 中洋のの玄武岩源地域の熱予算の不一致を和らげるために.
- 深層マントルの構成境界の安定性と特性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 地球の下層マントルの地震学的データの分析.
- 数値シミュレーションを用いた熱化学コンベクションのモデリング.
- 中洋の山脊玄武岩と海洋の島玄武岩における同位体シグネチャーの調査.
主要な成果:
- ~1600 kmの深さの組成的な境界が提案されています.
- 数学的モデルは,より密度の高い深層マントルの層の動的安定性を確認しています.
- この層の性質は,熱流と熱生成の不一致を調和させる.
結論:
- 深いマントルの境界は地震と地化学データを説明する.
- 熱化学的コンベクションモデルは,安定した,より密度の高い層をサポートします.
- この層は,マントルの動力学,熱流,ベースルティックシグネチャーに影響を与えます.
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