科罗拉多高原持续升高,原因是分层式的对流性石灰岩层下降
A Levander1, B Schmandt, M S Miller
1Earth Science Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, USA. alan@rice.edu
Nature
|April 29, 2011
概括
科罗拉多高原 科罗拉多高原
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
- 地力学是什么?地力学是什么?
背景情况:
- 科罗拉多高原是北美的高海拔地区,缺乏显著的变形,使其升起机制不清楚.
- 周围的省份经历了压缩和延伸变形,与内部稳定的高原不同.
- 之前的理论表明静平平衡,但未能解释高原持续的高海拔.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究科罗拉多高原下的深层岩层结构.
- 了解负责高原升起和高海拔的地力学过程.
- 将地表地质特征,如大峡谷切口,与地球深层过程联系起来.
主要方法:
- 地震断层扫描和接收器功能分析以图像地下结构.
- 石油和地质化学数据的整合.
- 普略纪基岩火山活动和大峡谷切割率的分析.
主要成果:
- 在西中科罗拉多高原下发现了一个深层,高速的异常现象,深度超过200公里.
- 地震成像显示了从地下方到70-90公里深处的浸泡接口,其中Moho.高度升高.
- 将这些特征解释为证据表明,下层地和石化层正在进行分层.
结论:
- 科罗拉多高原的升起和相关的岩是由深层石质层沉驱动的.
- 过去的沉积事件使前列动物时代的地质层地幔受水和减弱.
- 时代的岩石透引发了下沉和石灰岩层的移除,在数百万年内逐渐抬高高原.
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