由地幔融化率的变化调节的大陆裂的插曲动力学
Simon Lamb1, James D P Moore2, Euan Smith1
1Institute of Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Nature
|July 7, 2017
概括
来自新西兰的地质GPS数据
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 构造学
- 火山学
背景情况:
- 海洋地形成在地幔岩石融化的海底扩散中心.
- 在海洋底下直接观察地幔融化是具有挑战性的.
- 大陆裂提供了利用地质数据研究地幔融化的机会.
研究的目的:
- 使用大陆裂的地质数据来推断地幔流动和融化过程.
- 调查地幔上升和融化的动态.
- 了解地幔过程与表面变形之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 在新西兰的陶波火山区进行了十年的运动和连续GPS测量分析.
- 应用曲模型来解释观察到的地变形.
- 在地幔上升和融化动态的背景下解释地质数据.
主要成果:
- 塔乌波火山区每年扩展6-15毫米.
- 一个70公里长的段落显示了横向的收缩和沉降,并带上升和延伸.
- 这些特征与上升地幔影响地曲的季节性,融诱导的力量一致.
结论:
- 大陆裂的地质数据提供了有关海洋扩散中心的地幔融化过程的见解.
- 在地幔融化分量的偶尔变化驱动短暂的下层地流和表面变形.
- 这项研究证明了地质技术在理解地球深层过程中的实用性.
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