铁的分离和地球下层地幔中火石的密度变化
Tetsuo Irifune1, Toru Shinmei, Catherine A McCammon
1Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan. irifune@dpc.ehime-u.ac.jp
概括
矿物质旋转转变会影响地球下层地幔中的铁分离. 烧石组成显示铁-分区在40GPa左右发生了显著的变化,与地震学模型相一致.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
背景情况:
- 矿物阶段过渡和化学成分对地球深层的地质物理解释产生了重大影响.
- 像奥利文这样的矿物质中的压力诱导的旋转转变被假设为控制铁的分割和耗尽,可能产生不同的下层地幔结构.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究铁的分离和矿物在高压下的行为,使用现实的火石地幔组成.
- 为了确定旋转转换发生的压力及其对主要地幔阶段铁分布的影响.
主要方法:
- 高压实验模拟了地球下层地幔的条件.
- 分析不同压力下矿物相中的铁-分割系数.
- 实验密度概况与地震学数据的比较.
主要成果:
- 铁-分割系数的显著变化被观察到约40千兆帕斯卡尔的烟石,归因于旋转过渡发生在较低的压力.
- 在酸矿中观察到最小的铁耗尽,可能是由于Fe3+的优先保留.
- 观察到的密度概况与地震学模型非常一致.
结论:
- 石作为一个合适的组合模型,适用于地球下层地幔的上至中间区域.
- 旋转过渡在铁的分离中起作用,但其他因素,如Fe3+保留也影响铁的分布.
- 这项研究证实了在地质学上对下层地幔的解释中使用火石的有效性.
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