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Simulation of the Planetary Interior Differentiation Processes in the Laboratory
Published on: November 16, 2013
地球のマントルの底辺にある結晶化した濃いマグマの海
S Labrosse1, J W Hernlund, N Coltice
1Laboratoire des sciences de la Terre, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5570, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France. stephane.labrosse@ens-lyon.fr
Nature
|December 8, 2007
まとめ
初期の地球 初期の地球
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
背景:
- 地化学的な種の分布は,地球の熱的進化に関連した,マントルの溶解と結晶化によって支配されています.
- 証拠は,過去の大規模な深層マントルの融解を示唆し,マントルの底部に密集した部分的な融解パッチがあります.
- 核の冷却は,地球の歴史を通して地力発電機の維持に必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- 地化学元素の分布における,地球初期の深いマグマ海洋の役割を調査する.
- 試料未採取の地化学貯蔵庫としての基礎マグマ海洋の可能性を探求する.
- 地化学データと熱進化モデルの調和を図る.
主な方法:
- 地球の底辺にある深層で安定した溶融層の分数結晶化モデリング.
- コンドライトと地上の岩石における142Nd/144Nd比を分析した.
- 放射性熱と潜在的熱交換を組み込んだ熱進化モデルを開発する.
主要な成果:
- 安定した,厚さ1,000kmの基礎溶融層は,ゆっくりとした分数結晶化を経験します.
- このプロセスは,熱を生成する要素の"欠落予算"と142Nd/144Ndの変動を説明することができます.
- 放射性熱と潜在的熱交換は,早期のコア冷却を防止します.
結論:
- 初期の基礎性マグマ海洋は,未採取の地球化学貯水池の実現可能なモデルである.
- この層内の断片結晶は,重要な地化学的異常を説明する.
- このモデルは,ジオダイナモ (3.4-4 Gyr ago) の遅発をサポートしています.
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