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Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of Exsolved Mineral Phases
Published on: October 25, 2019
"アパタイト4He/3Heと (U-Th) /Heは古代のグランドキャニオンの証拠"へのコメント
Karl E Karlstrom1, John Lee, Shari Kelley
1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. kek1@unm.edu
まとめ
グランドキャニオン (Grand Canyon) とは
科学分野:
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- ジオモルフォロジー ジオモルフォロジー
背景:
- グランドキャニオンの年齢を比較するモデルが存在します: 7千万年対600万年です.
- 以前の研究で,70万年前と55万年前にはパレオキャニオンが存在すると示唆されていた.
研究 の 目的:
- グランドキャニオンの年齢モデルの対立を調和させるため.
- グランドキャニオンの形成の修正されたタイムラインを提案する.
主な方法:
- 冷却モデルの分析.
- 地質学的データの評価.
主要な成果:
- 東部グランドキャニオンには25~1500万年前に浅いパレオキャニオンが存在していた (Ma).
- この発見は,以前に提案された70万年前と55万年前のパレオキャニオンを否定しています.
- 冷却モデルと地質学的データは,西のグランドキャニオンとマーブルキャニオンの年齢が5~6万年前であることを支持しています.
結論:
- グランドキャニオンの形成は,より古い東部のパレオキャニオンと,より若い西部のキャニオンの組み合わせによって最もよく説明されます.
- 西部のグランドキャニオンとマーブルキャニオンは,おそらく500万~600万年前に形成された.
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