在核心-地幔边界处,地震检测折叠的,沉降的石化层
Alexander R Hutko1, Thorne Lay, Edward J Garnero
1Earth Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. ahutko@pmc.ucsc.edu
Nature
|May 20, 2006
概括
沉降的海洋板块到达地球的下层地幔,在D''地震断层中创造了一个阶段. 这一步骤的解释是,折叠的板材材料改变了核心-地幔边界附近的矿后阶段边界.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震学 地震学
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
背景情况:
- 下降的海洋板块穿透地球的下层地幔,到达D'区域.
- D''区域表现出高地震速度和不连续性,可能与酸矿变相有关.
- 最终的命运和最下层地幔中沉积板块的地震表达仍在争论中.
研究的目的:
- 为了对可可斯板下方的D''区域进行成像.
- 为了研究核心-地幔边界的地震速度结构和不连续性.
- 了解沉积板块对D'区域地震性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 横向偏振的剪切波的基尔霍夫迁移.
- 地震断层扫描以推断地幔结构.
- 对地震速度不连续性的分析.
主要成果:
- 在Cocos板下方的D'剪速不连续性中观察到一个100公里的垂直步骤.
- 这个步骤发生在100公里以下的横向.
- 在板材材料的边缘检测到局部的低速度.
结论:
- 观察到的步骤归因于在核心-地幔边界的冷压板的折叠和堆叠.
- 这种板块折叠提高了矿后阶段边界,这是由于侧面温度显著降低.
- 局部的低速度表明板块诱导的上升涌动取代了热边界层.
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