原始被最热的地幔羽毛带走
M G Jackson1, J G Konter2, T W Becker3
1University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Science, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9630, USA.
Nature
|February 7, 2017
概括
火山岩中的同位素显示,更热,更浮动的地幔羽毛携带来自地球深处的原始. 较冷的羽毛缺乏这种深层物质, 解释了特征的变化.
科学领域:
- 地质化学
- 地质学
- 早期的地球过程
背景情况:
- 火山岩中的同位素 (3He/4He) 在地球深处的原始储存库中.
- 在热点岩中发现高的3He/4He比率 (例如,夏威夷),与上层地幔中海基岩的较低比率形成对比.
- 一个假设表明深层地幔羽毛将高-3He/4He物质运送到热点,但并非所有热点都显示出高比率.
研究的目的:
- 调查热点浮力,地震异常和同位素变化之间的关系.
- 测试深层地幔羽毛在特定热点中的高3He/4He比率.
- 通过地幔羽毛来了解原始物质的吸附机制.
主要方法:
- 在热点岩中分析3He/4He同位素比率.
- 测量热点浮力流.
- 使用剪切波速度数据与上层地幔的低速度地震异常相关.
主要成果:
- 具有最高最大3He/4He比率的热点表现出高浮力流,并覆盖上层地幔的低速度地震异常.
- 更热,更漂浮的羽毛与更高的3He/4He值相关,表明深层地幔物质被拖走.
- 较冷,浮力较低的羽毛不会吸收高-3He/4He的物质, 这表明它更密集, 位于地幔深处.
结论:
- 高-3He/4He材料和其他地幔组件之间的密度差异控制了羽毛引.
- 只有最热,最漂浮的羽毛才能从深层地幔中获取和运输密集的原始.
- 这种机制解释了地球深处古老的地化学异常的保存,
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