大陸の地殻の進化について
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK. c.j.hawkesworth@bristol.ac.uk
Nature
|October 20, 2006
まとめ
大陸の地殻形成モデルは,その構成が地殻の下部に似ていることを明らかにしています. 地殻の成長は急速なパルスで発生し,形成率は以前に推定されたよりも高かった.
科学分野:
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- 地質化学 地質化学
背景:
- 大陸の地殻は,地球の表面の約30%をカバーし,浮気性があり,組成的に進化しています.
- それは,マントルの融解中にシリケート液体に分解する元素のための地球の予算を支配しています.
- 大陸の地殻の分化を理解することは,その形成過程とタイミングの洞察を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- 大陸の地殻の微分化をモデル化するために.
- 基礎石原石の組成を決定するために.
- 大陸の地殻形成の速度を推定する.
主な方法:
- 地殻の微分化をモデル化する.
- 下層地殻の組成を分析する.
- 堆積岩と火山岩の記録を調和させる.
- 上層地殻における元素の居住時間を推定する.
主要な成果:
- 大陸地殻への玄武岩原石は,平均的な下層地殻の組成に似ている.
- 大陸地殻の形成は,アルカイアン後期からプロテロゾーイク後期 (3~10億年前) までの急速な成長パルスで発生した.
- 地殻形成の速度は,これまで考えられていたより2〜3倍高いと推定されています.
結論:
- 大陸の地殻形成は,急速な成長段階を含むダイナミックなプロセスです.
- 元素の居住時間と微分化モデルは,地殻形成率の推定を精製する.
- この研究は地質学的記録を調和させ,地殻の進化のより正確なイメージを提供します.
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