薄薄的地作为证据表明,被耗尽的地幔支着马里昂起
Huaiyang Zhou1, Henry J B Dick
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China. zhouhy@tongji.edu.cn
Nature
|February 8, 2013
概括
马里昂海拔,与其他海洋海拔不同,具有薄薄或不存在的地,表明它.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 海洋地质学海洋地质学
- 板块构造学是一种板块构造学.
背景情况:
- 海洋上升的特点是轴深度的变化,通常与地幔热点有关.
- 马里昂海峡的面积与冰岛海峡的面积相当,在大部分长度上呈现出独特的轴裂.
- 西南印度山脊为研究地结构提供了独特的机会,因为有系统的采样.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究沿西南印度山脊沿着马里昂的地结构.
- 了解负责马里恩的形成和特征的地质过程.
主要方法:
- 沿西南印度山脊全长进行系统地质采样.
- 对地暴露和构成的分析.
- 对山脊系统的地质物理解释.
主要成果:
- 在马里昂上大量暴露石,与冰岛形成鲜明对比.
- 证据表明,在裂的马里昂山峰上,通常有薄薄的或缺失的地.
- 马里昂升起主要是同静态反应,而不是由于厚的地或大热异常.
结论:
- 马里昂的结构表明,对底层枯竭的地幔进行同静调整.
- 这种枯竭的地幔可能起源于卡鲁和马达加斯加洪水基岩事件期间安置的地幔.
- 这项研究为海洋上升的形成及其与地幔过程的关系提供了新的见解.
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