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Mechanoluminescent Visualization of Crack Propagation for Joint Evaluation
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停滞しているスラブの裂け目
Masayuki Obayashi1, Junko Yoshimitsu, Yoshio Fukao
1Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan. obayashi@jamstec.go.jp
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 30, 2009
まとめ
日本の下にある地質プレートが,その交差点で裂け裂けしている. この継続的な板裂けは,板が660キロメートルの不連続性で曲げて平らになるにつれて起こります.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
- 地震学 地震学とは
背景:
- 西太平洋のイズー・ボニンや日本のスラブのような潜水板は,しばしばマントルの移行地帯で停滞する.
- これらの静止板の機械的性質は十分に理解されていません.
- この2つの特定の板は,日本南西部の下にあるユニークな交差点を形成しています.
研究 の 目的:
- イズー・ボニン・プレートと日本プレートの交点における機械的振る舞いを調査する.
- 板が幾何学的な制約のために破裂しているかどうかを判断する.
- 進行中のスラブ撕裂プロセスの証拠を提供するために.
主な方法:
- 板の屈曲と平ら化の幾何学的な分析.
- 板の破裂を支持する3つの明確な証拠の提示.
- 地震データの分析 (暗示).
主要な成果:
- イズボニン板と日本板は,交差点で明らかに引き裂かれている.
- スラブ・ティアリングは,660キロメートルの不連続性における屈曲と平ら化の結果である.
- 証拠は,継続的な,活発な撕裂プロセスを支持しています.
結論:
- 沈下した海洋性石層は,深さで大きな撕裂を経験することができます.
- 幾何学的要因は,潜水板の変形に決定的な役割を果たします.
- この発見は,マントルの移行ゾーンプロセスのダイナミクスに関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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