测序地震图:核心-地幔边界区域的分散图
1Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. dk696@cornell.edu.
概括
科学家们使用了一种新的算法来分析地震波,揭示了广泛的3D结构以及地球核心-地幔边界附近以前未知的超低速度区域.
科学领域:
- 地质学和地震学.
- 深层地球的结构和动态.
背景情况:
- 地震波散射提供了对地下结构的洞察力,但通常仅限于局部分析.
- 核心-地幔边界是理解地球深层过程的关键区域.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用一种新的多重学习算法"测序器",用于对地震波散射进行全面分析.
- 在核心-地幔边界获得整个太平洋地区散射现象的全视图.
- 识别和描述影响地震波传播的三维结构.
主要方法:
- 同时分析成千上万个沿着核心-地幔边界散射的波浪.
- 应用多重学习算法 ("测序器") 进行无监督的模式检测.
- 在衍射波形中识别分散的地震波到来.
主要成果:
- 在近一半的分析波形中被3D结构分散的地震波.
- 在太平洋的核心地幔边界附近发现了横向的异质性.
- 在夏威夷发现了一根羽毛根, 在马奎萨群岛下发现了一个未知的超低速度区域.
结论:
- 核心-地幔边界表现出广泛的横向异质性,挑战以前的局部观点.
- "测序器"算法为深层地球探索提供了一种强大的无监督方法.
- 发现了对地球深层结构的新见解,包括地幔羽毛和超低速度区域.
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