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Simulation of the Planetary Interior Differentiation Processes in the Laboratory
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鉄の熱伝導性と電気伝導性は,地球の中核の条件下にある
Monica Pozzo1, Chris Davies, David Gubbins
1Department of Earth Sciences, Thomas Young Centre at UCL, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Nature
|April 13, 2012
まとめ
新しい計算では,地球の核の熱伝導性と電気伝導性が高くなっていることが示されています. これは,コア-マントルの境界でより高い熱流を示唆し,ジオダイナモ力と地球の熱進化の再評価を必要とします.
科学分野:
- *地球物理学と惑星科学
- * 地球のコア・ダイナミクス
- * ジオダイナモ理論
背景:
- *地球の熱エンジンはプレート構造,火山活動,山の形成を推進しています.
- * 地磁場は,冷却と化学的コンベクションによって動かす液体鉄のコアのジオダイナモから発生します.
- * コア-マントル境界 (CMB) の熱流は,地球の進化を理解するために重要であるが,弱く制約されたコアの性質に依存している.
研究 の 目的:
- * 液体鉄の混合物の熱伝導性と電気伝導性を,最初の原理から核条件で計算する.
- * 核-マントルの境界を越えた熱流の推定値を再評価する.
- * 地球の熱史と地力発電の影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- *第一原理計算に密度関数理論 (DFT) を利用した.
- * モデル化された液体鉄の混合物と酸素,硫黄,シリコン,地震学的データと一致する.
- * 極度のコア圧力と温度下での熱伝導性と電気伝導性を計算した.
主要な成果:
- * 熱伝導性と電気伝導性は,以前の推定値より2〜3倍高いことが判明しました.
- *CMBでのアディアバティック熱流量は15-16テラワットと推定されています.
- * コアの上部に熱層化が示され,上部コアの動態を駆動するために化学的コンベクションが必要である.
結論:
- * 改訂されたコア特性は,地球の熱史とジオダイナモのエネルギー予算の再評価を必要とします.
- * 高いCMB熱流は,現在のマントルのコンベクションモデルに異議を唱える.
- * 内核の最近の形成は,高いCMB熱流量を含むモデルの中で説明する必要があります.
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