根据2012年印度洋地震的观测推断的上层地幔水分分层
Sagar Masuti1, Sylvain D Barbot1, Shun-Ichiro Karato2
1Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Nature
|October 11, 2016
概括
地球地幔中的水会影响板块构造和火山活动. 2012年的一次大地震揭示了天气层的水含量,这表明上层地幔至少含有0.01%的水.
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 地质化学
- 矿物物理
背景情况:
- 水是地球上最丰富的挥发物,对地幔对流,板块构造和弧形火山活动至关重要.
- 在地幔内水的深度分布仍然不清楚.
- 水显著削弱了主要的上层地幔矿物,提供了估计其度的手段.
研究的目的:
- 为了限制上层地幔的水分分层.
- 研究水在气层对地震干扰的机械反应中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用橄酸强度对水分含量的敏感性.
- 分析2012年印度洋地震 (Mw 8.6) 的地质数据.
- 在各种温度条件下模拟橄素的短暂爬行.
主要成果:
- 地震后的短暂变形是由水和压力激活的橄素的爬行解释.
- 据推断,天气层的最低含水量约为0.01% (1,600 H/MSi).
- 地震的破裂深度表明海洋岩层中干燥的橄石, 在岩层-岩层边界有明显的风学对比.
结论:
- 石化层与石化层的界限可能标志着一个显著的脱水区域.
- 漂浮融化的迁移可能会导致海水脱水和海洋地的形成.
- 这项研究为深水循环及其对板块动态的影响提供了关键的见解.
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