在非洲底部的基本地幔结构的组装
Nicolas Flament1, Ömer F Bodur2, Simon E Williams3
1GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. nflament@uow.edu.au.
Nature
|March 31, 2022
概括
与火山活动相关的地球深层结构可能是移动的,而不是固定的. 重建地幔流动表明这些基本地幔结构在地质时间内聚集和分散,类似于大陆.
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 地动力学
- 地球科学
背景情况:
- 板块构造是由地球内部深层运动驱动的.
- 火山活动与地幔羽毛和海洋石化层有关.
- 非洲和太平洋下面的大型基本地幔结构被假定是静止的.
研究的目的:
- 为了重建过去10亿年的地幔流动.
- 测试静止与移动的基本地幔结构的假设.
- 连接地幔结构的动态与地球的火山历史.
主要方法:
- 从10亿年前到现在的地幔流重建.
- 对移动和固定基底地幔结构模型进行统计分析.
- 地质和地化学数据的整合.
主要成果:
- 地幔流的重建与移动和固定的基本地幔结构一致.
- 冰冷的石化层在740到5亿年前沉入非洲半球.
- 非洲下面的结构从4亿年前开始逐渐形成,
- 基本地幔结构似乎是移动的,随着时间的推移而聚集和分散.
- 在非洲的地幔中预测有大陆物质.
结论:
- 基本地幔结构可能是移动的,而不是静止的.
- 地幔结构的动态影响长期的火山活动.
- 基本地幔结构的演变反映了大陆的漂移.
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