圆揭示了地球地中的岩流
Luca Caricchi1, Guy Simpson1, Urs Schaltegger1
1Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, rue des Maraîchers 13, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Nature
|July 25, 2014
概括
的年龄分布揭示了岩流动,这对于理解地球的热量预算和地质事件至关重要. 这种方法准确地量化了岩体积,将全球热量转移与火山爆发和矿石沉积物形成联系起来.
科学领域:
- 地质科学 地质科学
- 石化学 石化学是一门学科.
- 地质时间学 (Geochronology)
背景情况:
- 岩流对于行星的热调节,大陆的生长,火山活动和矿石矿床的产生至关重要.
- 由于地下存在大量的岩积累,直接测量岩流是具有挑战性的,这阻碍了全球热量转移和地质过程之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种新的方法,使用子年龄分布和热建模来准确确定岩流.
- 为了建立子时代人口和地内的岩流量/体积之间的定量关系.
主要方法:
- 在地岩岩中分析石的年龄分布.
- 集成石地质时间学数据与热建模技术.
- 推导的岩流量和体积估计与独立数据的比较.
主要成果:
- 石时代的人口特征随着岩流量和积累的体积而有系统的变化.
- 开发的方法提供了准确的岩流量和体积的确定,与现有估计相一致.
- 不同的地质现象 (矿沉积物,子,大型喷发) 与不同的岩输入时间尺度和平均流量有关.
结论:
- 的年龄分布为重建过去的岩流提供了一个强大的代理.
- 改进的岩流量数据将提高对地质事件频率的全球热流控制的理解.
- 这种方法有助于阐明支配地球矿产资源分布的因素.
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