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Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
Published on: October 7, 2013
ネバダ州ユッカ山地帯で異常な菌株が蓄積されている
1B. Wernicke, M. J. Abolins, R. J. Brady, M. A. House, N. A. Niemi, J. K. Snow, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. J. L. Davis, R. A. Bennett, P. Elosegui, Harvard-Smithsonian Cen.
まとめ
ネバダ州ユッカマウンテン近くの地殻の拡張は,グローバルポジショニングシステム (GPS) の調査で測定され,以前に予測されたよりも著しく高い速度で発生しています. この地質学的発見は,この地域の構造学的な活動を理解するための意味を持つ.
科学分野:
- ジオデシーとテクトニクス
- アメリカ合衆国西部におけるネオテクトニクス
背景:
- ネバダ州ユッカ山は,高レベルの放射性廃棄物の処分を検討されている場所です.
- 地域地殻の変形を理解することは,地質学的評価に極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 精密な地質測定を用いて,ユッカ山周辺の地殻の緊張率を定量化するために.
- 観測されたストレイン率と,その地域の四次期の構造史に基づく予測を比較する.
主な方法:
- 1983年から1997年の間に収集されたグローバルポジショニングシステム (GPS) データの分析.
- 提案されたリポジトリサイト付近の14キロメートルのベースライン上で,トライラテレーション調査を利用した.
- 1992年のリトル・スカル山地震によるコセイズミック効果を考慮した.
主要な成果:
- 測定された西北西側地殻の伸びは, 34 km 以上の 1.7 +/- 0.3 mm/年 (50 +/- 9 n ストレート/年) の速度で測定されました.
- 14kmのベースラインで,0.7〜0.9 +/- 0.2 mm/年 (50〜64 +/- 14 nstrain/year) の地殻拡張率が決定されました.
- 観測されたストレイン・レートは,少なくとも四次期の火山と地質学の歴史によって予測されたものより,大きさの1度以上大きい.
結論:
- 地検データは,ユッカ山脈地域の地殻拡張率が予想外にも高いことを明らかにしています.
- 現在の地質学活動は,歴史的な推定値を大幅に上回り,地域地質学モデルの再評価を必要としています.
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