在加利福尼亚湾下面的地幔中发生了对流上升
Yun Wang1, Donald W Forsyth, Brian Savage
1Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA. yun_wang@brown.edu
Nature
|November 27, 2009
概括
地震成像显示,加利福尼亚湾部分融化.
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
- 地幔动力学地幔动力学
背景情况:
- 在过去的600万年里,下加利福尼亚州从北美分裂出来,形成了加利福尼亚湾.
- 加利福尼亚湾是一个独特的海底扩散系统,具有密集的地震覆盖,可以进行详细的上层地幔研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查动态和被动上升在散布中心下的浅地幔中的相对作用.
- 在加利福尼亚湾上层地幔结构图像使用地震断层扫描.
主要方法:
- 雷利波断层扫描被用来绘制上层地幔的剪切波速度 (约. 在200公里的深度).
- 分析的重点是来自加利福尼亚湾的密集地震计网络的地震数据.
主要成果:
- 低剪速,海洋传播中心的特征,在整个海湾被观察到.
- 确定了三个不同区域的异常低切割速度,距离大约250公里.
- 这些异常位于40-90公里深处,与被动地幔上升预计将启动融化的深度相关.
结论:
- 部分融化似乎触发了加利福尼亚湾下面浅层地幔的动态上游.
- 这种动态的上升很可能是由融化浮力或被耗尽的地幔物质密度降低所驱动的.
- 这些发现有助于理解蔓延中心的地幔过程,与热点主导的系统不同.
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