海洋脊の超ゆっくりと広がるクラスである
Henry J B Dick1, Jian Lin, Hans Schouten
1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA. hdick@whoi.edu
Nature
|December 4, 2003
まとめ
新しい研究は,ゆっくり広がるタイプとは異なる,超ゆっくり広がる海洋を特定し,連続したマントルの配置とユニークなマグマティックセグメントを特徴としています. これらの発見は,プレート境界構造についての私たちの理解を再定義します.
科学分野:
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 海洋学 海洋学とは
背景:
- 海洋の山脊はプレート構造を理解する上で極めて重要です.
- 既存の分類では,急速,中等,そしてゆっくり広がる山脊を区別している.
- 超緩慢に広がるは,以前は十分に特徴づけられなかったカテゴリーを表しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 超低速に広がる海面の特徴を調査する.
- 超遅い拡散に関連した新しいプレート境界構造を特定し,記述する.
- 超緩慢に広がるを,他の広がり速度のクラスと比較するために.
主な方法:
- インド南西部と北極の山脊の地質学的調査.
- 海底の広がり過程の分析.
- マグマティック・アマグマティック・リッジ・セグメントのマッピング.
主要な成果:
- 超低速 (<20 mm/yr) に広がる海洋脊の異なるクラスの特定.
- 海底へのマントルの連続した収納の発見.
- アマグマティックセグメントを新しいタイプの蓄積板の境界構造として特徴づける.
- マグマティックとアマグマティックセグメントの安定した共存とダイナミックな相互作用の観測.
結論:
- 超低速に広がる山脊は,独特の地質学的特徴とプロセスを表しています.
- アマグマティックセグメントは,プレート境界の重要な,以前に認識されていない構成要素を表しています.
- 超遅い拡散のダイナミクスは,遅い拡散が急速な拡散と異なるように,遅い拡散と異なる.
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