オリヴィン・レッティスの自然的な例,流動正規のa軸の最大値を持つ好ましい方向化パターン
Tomoyuki Mizukami1, Simon R Wallis, Junji Yamamoto
1Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Kyoto, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. mizukami@kueps.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Nature
|January 30, 2004
まとめ
構造板の動きは,マントルの流れと地震波の速度に影響する. この研究は,日本におけるB型オリヴィン方向性の広範な存在を明らかにし,これまで考えられていたより単純な潜水帯マントルの流れパターンを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- ミネラル物理学 ミネラル物理学
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
背景:
- 構造板の動きは上層マントルの流れを駆動し,オリヴィン結晶の向きと機械的アニソトロピーを引き起こします.
- このアニソトロピーは通常,地震波の速度をプレート運動に平行に並べ,オリヴィンの"a-axis"アライナメントによって説明されます.
- サブドクションゾーンは,プレート運動に垂直にオリビンの"a-axes"を推論したパズルであり,しばしば複雑なマントルの流れに起因する.
研究 の 目的:
- サブドクションゾーンにおけるオリビンの好ましい方向性の形成を調査する.
- オリヴィン結晶の配置に影響を与える水の役割を調査する.
- サブドクションゾーンにおけるマントルの流れモデルを再評価する.
主な方法:
- 日本南西部の潜水式変形帯域における地質学的なフィールドワーク.
- petrographicとcrystallographic技術を使用してオリビンの好みの方向性パターンの分析.
- 水分量の評価と,観察されたオリヴィン状の方向性との相関.
主要な成果:
- 広範囲に広がるB型オリビンの好み向きのパターンは,日本の変形帯に記録されています.
- これらのB型パターンは,流れに垂直した"a軸"最大値で特徴付けられ,水の存在下で発達したことが判明しました.
- この発見は,サブドクションゾーンにおける非常に複雑なマントルの流れの概念に異議を唱えている.
結論:
- 水の存在は,B型オリビンの形成につながる可能性があります.
- 日本で観測されたB型オリビンのパターンは,マントルの流動が以前より単純である可能性を示唆しています.
- これは,マントルダイナミクスと,潜水環境における地震アニソトロピーの理解に大きな意味を持つ.
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