在地球核心条件下铁的热和电导率
Monica Pozzo1, Chris Davies, David Gubbins
1Department of Earth Sciences, Thomas Young Centre at UCL, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Nature
|April 13, 2012
概括
新的计算显示,地球核心的热和电导率更高. 这表明核心-地幔边界的热量流量较高,需要重新评估地球热力发电和地球的热演变.
科学领域:
- * 地质物理学和行星科学
- * 地球的核心动力学
- * 地动纳摩理论
背景情况:
- *地球的热力发动机驱动板块构造,火山活动和山脉形成.
- * 地磁场源于液体铁核中的地力发电机,由冷却和化学对流提供动力.
- * 核心-地幔边界 (CMB) 热流对于理解地球演变至关重要,但依赖于有限的核心特性.
研究的目的:
- *根据第一原理计算液体铁混合物的热导和电导率在核心条件下.
- *重新评估穿过核心-地幔边界的热量流量的估计.
- * 调查对地球热史和地力发电的影响.
主要方法:
- * 用密度函数理论 (DFT) 进行第一原则计算.
- * 模拟液体铁与氧气,硫和的混合物,与地震学数据一致.
- *在极端核心压力和温度下计算的热导和电导率.
主要成果:
- *发现热导和电导率比之前的估计高出2-3倍.
- * 在CMB估计的附带热流量为15-16兆瓦.
- * 表示核心顶部的热分层和需要化学对流来驱动上核心动力学.
结论:
- * 经过修订的核心特性需要重新评估地球的热历史和地热能源预算.
- *一个高的CMB热流挑战了当前的地幔对流模型.
- *最近内核的形成需要在纳入高CMB热量流的模型中得到解释.
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