在下层地幔压力下,MgGeO3在矿后的塑性变形
Sébastien Merkel1, Atsushi Kubo, Lowell Miyagi
1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. smerkel@berkeley.edu
概括
矿后的MgGeO3变形揭示了新的滑动系统,影响了地震异性质模型. 这表明,在地球的D'层中,剪切波分裂有着显著的贡献.
科学领域:
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 高压科学科学 高压科学
背景情况:
- 地球下层地幔的D'区域表现出地震异构性.
- 矿后的酸盐是预计在D'区域的一个关键矿物阶段.
- 了解其变形机制对于解释地震观测至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在高压下研究MgGeO3后矿的塑性变形机制.
- 在相关地幔条件下确定主导的滑动系统.
- 为了建模矿后变形对地震异性质的影响.
主要方法:
- 塑料变形的多晶MgGeO3使用钻石细胞.
- 在环境温度下,压力范围为104至130 GPa.
- 分析格子平面对齐以推断滑动系统.
- 地震异质性的数值建模.
主要成果:
- 接近 (100) 的格子平面与压缩垂直对齐,偏离预测的 (010) 滑动.
- 在 (100) 或 (110) 平面上滑动占主导地位.塑料变形.
- 在数值模型中,后矿对剪切波分裂的贡献高达3.7%.
结论:
- 矿后的MgGeO3通过100或110平面上的滑动塑性变形.
- 这种变形机制会影响D'层的地震异构性.
- 这些发现完善了下层地幔结构和动态的模型.
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