澳大利亚 - 南极板块在夏威夷 - 皇帝曲时刻进行了重大重组
J M Whittaker1, R D Müller, G Leitchenkov
1EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia. j.whittaker@geosci.usyd.edu.au
概括
板块构造重建揭示了5000万年前的重大重组,解释了夏威夷-皇帝曲线. 这一事件涉及澳大利亚,南极洲和太平洋板块的移位,解决了大陆适合的问题.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 板块构造学是一种板块构造学.
- 古地质学 古地质学
背景情况:
- 夏威夷-皇帝海底山脉链曲线归因于5000万年前的板块地幔重组.
- 以前的假设缺乏支持与环太平洋板块同时发生的事件.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查夏威夷-皇帝海山链曲的原因.
- 为了确定解释观察到的曲的同时代板块构造事件.
主要方法:
- 为澳大利亚和南极洲开发了新的板块重建.
- 经过修订的太平洋海底重建.
主要成果:
- 确定了澳大利亚和南极洲之间发生的一次主要板块重组,发生在5000万到5300万年前.
- 将这种重组与太平洋-伊萨纳吉扩散脊的沉降联系在一起.
- 拟议的马里亚纳斯/加-克尔马德克浮沉启动是潜在的原因.
结论:
- 已识别的板块重组为夏威夷-皇帝海拔链曲线提供了一个机制.
- 这些重建解决了长期存在的大陆适应问题.
- 改善了对东西南极洲运动和全球板块电路关闭的限制.
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