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正常模式和自由模式空气重力约束地球地幔速度和密度的横向变化
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
概括
研究人员利用地震数据和重力异常绘制了地幔变异的地图. 密度较高的物质存在于太平洋和非洲下方的核心-地幔边界附近,这表明组成异质性.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震学 地震学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
背景情况:
- 了解地幔动力学对于板块构造学和地球的热演变至关重要.
- 以前的模型依赖于旅行时间和波形反转,提供深层地幔结构的有限分辨率.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定地球地幔内的地震速度和密度的横向变化.
- 在660公里和核心-地幔边界绘制动态地形和不连续性.
主要方法:
- 利用了大量自由振荡地震数据的数据集.
- 来自自由空气重力异常数据的内置约束.
- 结合地震和重力数据来逆转地幔特性.
主要成果:
- 开发了剪切速度,压缩速度和密度变化的详细模型.
- 在太平洋和非洲下方的最下层地幔中发现了比平均物质密度高的区域.
- 观察到与这些密集区域相关的缓慢切割速度,表明上游.
结论:
- 这些发现支持在核心-地幔边界附近存在的组成异质性.
- 这些异质性与深层地幔上游系统有关.
- 这项研究完善了我们对地球深层结构和动态的理解.
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