证据表明,在斐济岛下面有一个大规模的沉积石化层残余
1Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. w-chen@uiuc.edu
概括
加后弓下的深度地震是由与瓦达蒂-贝尼奥夫区相互作用的独立板块解释的. 这种相互作用可能会保留原始地幔物质.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震学 地震学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
背景情况:
- 加的后弓表现出复杂的地震性和断层模式.
- 了解沉降岩层动态对于地幔演化研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查加背弧下沉积石化层和深度地震的性质.
- 使用地球物理数据解释令人困惑的地震模式.
主要方法:
- 对P波和S波速度的综合分析.
- 使用了1000个故障平面解决方案.
- 整合了6600个确定的低心点.
主要成果:
- 确定了一个的瓦达蒂-贝尼奥夫区域和一个独立的亚水平板块的并置.
- 脱离的板块可能来自化石维蒂亚兹沟 (5-800万年前).
- 这种配置在地幔过渡区捕获了被压缩的物质.
结论:
- 独立板模型解释了观测到的地震性和断层平面解决方案.
- 这一过程可能导致下层地幔中原始物质的保存.
- 表明这样的板块配置可能是常见的,影响了早期地球地幔的组成.
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