在巴布亚新几内亚的Woodlark裂中,活跃的变态核心复合体的地幔补偿
Geoffrey A Abers1, Aaron Ferris, Mitchell Craig
1Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. abers@bu.edu
Nature
|August 23, 2002
概括
变形核心复合体容纳了显著的地延伸. 地震数据显示,地幔延伸,而不仅仅是地流动,支持这些高海拔结构在伍德拉克裂.
科学领域:
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
背景情况:
- 在地延伸过程中形成的变态核心复合体,挖掘了中层地岩石.
- 尽管上层地被移除,但它们的高度和同静平衡仍然存在争议.
- 现有的模型通常假设下层地流或岩底层支持它们的升高.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究低地和地幔在变形核心复合体下面的反应.
- 了解支持这些延伸的地结构的地形提升的机制.
主要方法:
- 地震观测被用来绘制地和上层地幔结构的图像.
- 分析地薄化和地震速度以推断地幔特性.
主要成果:
- 观察到整个地在高表面延伸区域下面的稀薄.
- 在核心复合体下方确定了异常低密度的地幔岩石,由低地震速度表明.
- 测量了5-10公里Myr(-1) 的活跃挖掘率.
结论:
- 变态核心复杂的发展涉及显著的地幔延伸.
- 观察到的地薄化是由地幔过程补偿的,而不仅仅是地流.
- 在这些环境中,延伸适应是一种结合的地和地幔现象.
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