死海下边界层地幔流是从地震异构性推断出的转变断层
Georg Rümpker1, Trond Ryberg, Günter Bock
1GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. rumpker@gfz-potsdam.de
Nature
|October 3, 2003
概括
研究人员在死海变形深处发现了一个狭窄的20公里宽的矿物线对齐区域. 这种地下变形适应了非洲板和阿拉伯板之间的板块运动.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
背景情况:
- 石质层级转变断层对于全球板块构造学至关重要.
- 接近表面的变形得到了充分的研究,但地下变形仍然不太了解.
- 关键的知识缺口包括深层板块边界的范围,过渡区和地幔流动相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究死海地下石化层内的变形.
- 为了确定变形区域的宽度和深度.
- 为了理解石层和天层地幔流动之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 使用了剪波分裂观测.
- 采用密集的地震接收器配置文件.
- 对地震数据进行了反转,以图像地下结构.
主要成果:
- 确定了一个狭窄的,大约20公里宽的,地下异型区域.
- 在这个区域内观察到与断层平行的矿物线对齐.
- 在石层边界层内推断的亚水平地幔流.
结论:
- 死海转变通过狭窄而深厚的石质层边界层来容纳运动.
- 地下矿物质的对齐表明了重要的地幔流,可以容纳转变运动.
- 这项研究为深层结构和主要转换断层的动态提供了新的见解.
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