从岩流中推断出地磁场逆转的结构和时间要求
Brad S Singer1, Kenneth A Hoffman, Robert S Coe
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. bsinger@geology.wisc.edu
Nature
|April 1, 2005
概括
地球的磁场逆转与外核地力学变化有关. 新的约会表明,不稳定性始于极性切换前约18,000年,影响了我们对核心过程的理解.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- 古磁论是古磁论的一种学说.
背景情况:
- 地球的磁场逆转是由外核中的地磁场过程驱动的.
- 了解反转之前的场变化的时间和形态对于限制核心和地幔属性至关重要.
- 古磁记录往往是零碎的,使逆转过程的时间表复杂化.
研究的目的:
- 为了完善最近的 Matuyama-Brunhes 磁场逆转的时间线.
- 为了研究磁场极性变化之前和期间的地动纳摩过程.
- 评估核心动态,内核影响和逆转启动之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 使用40Ar/39Ar测年法,测年来自塔希提,智利,拉帕尔马和毛伊的火山岩.
- 对于 Matuyama-Brunhes 逆转的放射年龄与天文年龄进行了比较.
- 分析古磁数据以识别过渡场状态和强度变化.
主要成果:
- 塔希提的岩年代为795 ± 7 kyr,比公认的逆转年龄更古老.
- 来自毛伊和拉帕尔马的过渡岩 (776 ± 2 kyr) 与天文逆转年龄保持一致.
- 较古老的岩可能记录了大约18000年前的极性切换之前的初始地力发电机不稳定性.
结论:
- 地力发电机的不稳定性开始之前的实际磁极性逆转.
- 磁流需要相当长的时间才能逃离内核,从而削弱其稳定作用.
- 这些发现为控制地球磁场逆转的复杂过程提供了新的见解.
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