ヨーロッパと北大西洋の下の地殻と上層マントルの構造変形の地図作成
1Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. hejunzhu@princeton.edu
まとめ
ヨーロッパと北大西洋の3D地震モデルを作成し,構造の歴史と石層の強さを明らかにしました. この地震的アニソトロピーは,古代の地質学的な出来事と現在のプレート移動の洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地震学 地震学とは
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
背景:
- 地球の石層を理解するには,その物理的性質の詳細なモデルが必要です.
- 地震アニソトロピーは,マントルの流れと岩の構造に関する重要な情報を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- ヨーロッパと北大西洋の3次元アジムタルアニソトロピックモデルを構築する.
- 地震アニソトロピーと歴史的な地形動脈事件と石層の強さを相関させる.
主な方法:
- アドジョイント地震トモグラフィーはアニゾトロピックモデルを構築するために使用されました.
- アニゾトロプ的繊維と強度プロフィールの分析が行われました.
主要な成果:
- このモデルは,北大西洋の拡張,地中海溝の撤退,アナトリアプレートの回転と相関する特徴を示しています.
- 東北ヨーロッパの下のアニソトロピーは,古代の裂け目系を示唆しています.
- 地殻下部の石層の強度と柔らかい流れが特定されました.
結論:
- 地震アニソトロピーは,古代の構造的出来事と現在の地動力学的過程の両方を反映しています.
- このモデルは,研究領域における石層の強度と変形メカニズムを理解するのに役立ちます.
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