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地震トモグラフィに基づくマントルの大陸と海洋の化学的異質性
まとめ
マントルの地震モデルでは,気温だけでなく,大陸と海洋の大きな違いが明らかになっています. ジオイドの逆転は,上層マントルの組成的変化がこれらの地震的異質性を説明することを示唆しており,熱的効果だけではありません.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地震学 地震学とは
- ジオダイナミクスは地力学です.
背景:
- グローバル地震モデルでは,大陸と海洋の下の異なる横断マントルの異質性を明らかにしています.
- これらの地震的差異は,熱の変化のみに起因する差異を上回ります.
研究 の 目的:
- 大陸の上層マントルと大洋の上層マントルの間のシステマティックな地震の違いの起源を調査する.
- 構成の変動が観測されたマントルの異質性に寄与するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- グローバルスケールの横断マントルの異質性の地震モデルを使用した.
- 粘性マントルの流れを組み込んだジオイドの逆転を行いました.
- 地震データをジオイドデータと統合して密度と組成を推論する.
主要な成果:
- 大陸と海洋の下の地震の違いは,熱的起源だけで説明するには大きすぎる.
- ジオイドの逆転は上層マントルの組成の違いを示し,熱的異質性とともに,地震の変動を説明する.
- 大陸と海洋の上層マントルの間の純密度の差は小さい.
結論:
- 上層マントルの組成の変動は,大陸と海洋の下の地震の異質性を説明する上で重要な役割を果たしています.
- 熱と組成の異質性の相互作用がマントルの構造を支配する.
- 低質量とアステノスフィアとマントルの移行地帯の熱流は,観測された密度の違いと一致しています.
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