从核心-地幔边界采样的钻石采用羽毛
Trond H Torsvik1, Kevin Burke, Bernhard Steinberger
1Physics of Geological Processes and Geosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway. trond.torsvik@ngu.no
Nature
|July 16, 2010
概括
金伯利特喷发是钻石的主要来源,与深层地幔结构有关. 未来的钻石勘探应该专注于覆盖这些稳定,深层地带的古老地坑.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 矿物学是什么?矿物学是什么?
背景情况:
- 钻石在地幔深处 (>150公里) 形成,并由金伯石带到表面.
- 从古老的石坑 (大陆石 >25亿年前, >300公里厚) 喷发的金伯石是经济可行的钻石资源的主要来源.
- 金伯利特石提供了深层次的亚大陆地幔石化层和地幔界面的过程的见解.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究深层地幔对金伯利特喷发分布的控制.
- 确定指导未来钻石勘探的地质因素.
主要方法:
- 利用板块重建来分析历史上的大陆位置.
- 采用地震断层图像绘制地幔深层结构的地图.
- 与深层地幔异质性相关的金伯利特分布.
主要成果:
- 在核心-地幔边界确定了稳定的深层地幔异质性 (>2亿年,可能是5.4亿年).
- 证明这些深层地幔结构的边缘与大多数法内罗纪金伯利特喷发有关.
- 表明覆盖这些羽毛生成区的古老石是金伯利特出现的关键.
结论:
- 深层地幔结构显著影响着金伯利特喷发的位置.
- 未来的金伯莱特和钻石勘探应该针对位于这些深层地幔特征上方的古老坑的大陆.
- 了解地球深层动态对于定位钻石资源至关重要.
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