デナリ (denali) のケノゾーイク後期上昇と,その相対プレート運動と断層形態学との関係
まとめ
デナリ (マッキンリー山) は600万年前から,1km/min以上の急速な上昇を経験しました. この山形はデナリの断層から生じたものです.
科学分野:
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
- ジオクロノロジー (Geochronology) について
背景:
- デナリ山 (マッキンリー山) は,北米で最も高い山である.
- 主要な山脈の構造の歴史を理解することは,地質学の研究にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- デナリ山脈の上昇のタイミングと速度を決定する.
- 急速な山の形成の背後にある因果的要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- アパタイトの分裂経路分析は岩石サンプルで実施された.
- サンプルはデナリの西側にある4キロメートルの垂直部分から採取された.
主要な成果:
- デナリ山脈の急速な上昇 (> 1 km/mi) は,およそ600万年前に始まった.
- この上昇は,デナリ断層の形態学と,太平洋と北米のプレート運動のシフトによって,約5億年前に引き起こされた.
- 断層に沿った対極の接触運動ベクトルは,地殻ブロックを上へと押し上げました.
結論:
- デナリの断層系とプレート構造の変化は,デナリの急速なケノゾイク時代の上昇の主要な原動力でした.
- 山の現在の高い高さは,比較的最近の地質学的発展である.
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