从澳大利亚上层地幔的电磁冲击推断出地幔流动的阻力
1Geophysics Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany. f.simpson@gns.cri.nz
Nature
|August 9, 2001
概括
地震异构性显示,澳大利亚上层地幔的奥利文a轴与板块运动不一致. 这表明地幔抵御了构造板块运动造成的变形.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
背景情况:
- 由于奥利文的偏好方向引起的地震异构性,通过剪切波分裂得到了很好的研究.
- 奥利文的电导率也显示出异构性,但上层地幔研究很少.
- 地幔流量模型预测奥利维尼a轴在简单的剪切下与板块运动对齐.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究澳大利亚下方上层地幔的电异性.
- 为了将电磁打击与绝对板块运动方向进行比较.
- 为了推断橄晶体a轴和地幔变形的对齐.
主要方法:
- 在澳大利亚下方的上层地幔的电磁成像.
- 对地震异构性和电导率的分析.
- 与绝对板块运动数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在地幔的电磁冲击和澳大利亚板块运动方向之间观察到一个显著的差异.
- 奥利文晶体的a轴与当今的绝对板运动并行并排.
- 这种不对齐表明了地幔变形的阻力.
结论:
- 假设Olivine的a轴与板块运动的对齐可能并不普遍.
- 地幔变形不仅仅是由板块运动驱动的,这表明其他电阻力.
- 导电性研究对于理解上层地幔动力学和矿物质结构至关重要.
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