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マントルに溶けた鉄の深い浸透は,形態学的不安定性によって引き起こされる
Kazuhiko Otsuka1, Shun-ichiro Karato
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.
Nature
|December 14, 2012
まとめ
新しいメカニズムは,地球のマントルの奥深くにある鉄の濃縮を説明する. 形態学的不安定性により,鉄に富んだ液体がマントルに浸透し,鉄をコア-マントル境界から遠くに運ぶことができます.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- ミネラル物理学 ミネラル物理学
背景:
- コアとマントルの境界は,地球のコアとマントルの間の相互作用の重要な領域です.
- マントルの底部での鉄濃縮は,観測された地震と伝導性の異常を説明する可能性がある.
- 拡散などの鉄濃縮の以前のモデルは,不効率またはコア酸素含有量と矛盾していると考えられていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 核-マントルの境界で鉄の濃縮のための物理的メカニズムを提案する.
- 下層マントルへの鉄濃度の溶液の輸送を説明するために.
- 地質物理学的観測と化学的プロセスを調和させる.
主な方法:
- 核-マントルの境界条件下での (Mg,Fe) Oと鉄豊富な液体の相互作用を調査した.
- インターフェイスプロセスを駆動する化学的潜在的なグラデントの役割を分析した.
- 形態学的不安定性の原理を活用した.
主要な成果:
- (Mg,Fe) Oが鉄濃度の高い液体と接触すると,形態学的不安定性を形成することを示した.
- この不安定さが,鉄に富んだ液体が酸化物の中に入り込む原因であることを示した.
- マントルに50~100kmの潜在輸送距離を定量化した.
結論:
- 化学的不均衡によって引き起こされる形態学的不安定性は,鉄の輸送のための合理的なメカニズムである.
- この過程は,地球のマントルの奥深くにある鉄に富んだ領域の存在を説明できる.
- この発見は,下層マントルの化学的進化について新たな視点を提示する.
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