大陆边缘石化层的潜伏驱动的回收利用.
A Levander1, M J Bezada2, F Niu3
1Earth Science Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, USA.
Nature
|November 14, 2014
概括
沉降的海洋板块可以从相邻的边缘吸入和移除大陆石化层. 这一由板块构造学驱动的过程使石质层变薄,并影响大陆变形.
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:
- 大陆石质层回收比海洋石质层回收复杂且不太了解.
- 分层和对流向下流是石层地幔去除的关键过程.
- 研究了海洋板块沉降在邻近大陆石化层移除中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究海洋板块沉降和大陆石灰岩层移除之间的联系.
- 为了解释与探区相邻的大陆石化层的稀薄.
- 为了调和海洋-大陆构造学的地球动力学模型.
主要方法:
- 来自密集宽带地震实验的遥感体波成像.
- 亚特兰大和阿尔博兰海底板块的沉积分析.
- 雷利波分析以确定石层地幔厚度.
主要成果:
- 异常快的地幔体积与在大陆边缘下发现的沉积板块有关.
- 在大陆边缘下观察到显著较薄的石质层地幔.
- 薄薄的石化层从内陆的orogens延伸到cratonic核心.
结论:
- 沉降的海洋板块可以入并移除大陆热边界层的底部.
- 这一过程驱动了表面构造学,并在石化层-石化层边界创造了地形.
- 导致了二次的下沉和石质地幔的潜在分层.
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