地震证据表明,在坎查特卡下面发生了灾难性的板块损失
Vadim Levin1, Nikolai Shapiro, Jeffrey Park
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Box 208109, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. vadim.levin@yale.edu
Nature
|August 16, 2002
概括
灾难性的板块损失事件重塑了卡姆查特卡半岛,地震成像证明了这一点. 这些事件解释了太平洋板块的终结以及该地区的火山历史.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 板块构造学是一种板块构造学.
- 火山学 火山学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 阿列乌提亚 - 卡姆查特卡交点是西北太平洋的一个复杂的构造界限.
- 了解地震结构对于破译该地区的地质演变至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 图像的地震结构下阿列乌提亚-卡姆查特卡交叉口和周边地区.
- 调查过去1000万年来坎查特卡的构造和火山历史.
主要方法:
- 亚岩层结构的地震成像.
- 对构造学和火山演变的分析.
主要成果:
- 沉降的太平洋石化层在阿列乌提亚和卡姆查特卡的交叉点结束.
- 在已灭绝的卡姆查特卡北部火山弧下面没有遗迹板块.
- 在卡姆查特卡北部下方的上层地幔中观察到异常缓慢的剪切波速度,这表明板块损失.
结论:
- 在坎查特卡最近的地质历史中,至少发生了两次灾难性的板块损失.
- 弱分离和损失是海洋融合边缘演变的重要因素,而不仅仅是大陆碰撞.
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