在地球深层地幔中的溶解
Byeongkwan Ko1,2, Eran Greenberg3,4, Vitali Prakapenka3
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. olivine.ko@gmail.com.
Nature
|October 19, 2022
概括
酸矿在深层地幔中消失,因为其成分溶解为桥,形成单一的矿领域. 这种由铁和温度影响的转变改变了我们对地球深层矿物质的理解.
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 矿物物理
- 地球科学
背景情况:
- 下层地幔占地球体积的一半以上, 需要精确的矿物学理解.
- 酸 (CaSiO3) 矿被认为是下层地幔中最丰富的第三种矿物.
- 布里格曼石和铁烯酸是两个最丰富的下层地幔矿物质.
研究的目的:
- 在高压和高温下研究在桥中的可溶性.
- 确定CaSiO3矿在下层地幔中消失的条件.
- 为下层地幔矿物学领域提出新模型.
主要方法:
- 高压和高温实验模拟下层地幔条件.
- 在布里格曼石中溶性的分析.
- 矿物阶段过渡的地质模型.
主要成果:
- 在布里格曼石中,的溶解度在40 GPa和2300 K以上显著增加.
- 在1800公里以上的深度,CaSiO3矿完全溶解为桥矿.
- 建议从两个矿域 (TPD) 过渡到富含的桥矿的一个矿域 (SPD).
- 铁在增强桥矿中的溶性中起着至关重要的作用.
结论:
- 下层地幔从TPD转变为SPD的深度越来越大.
- 温度变化对TPD-SPD过渡的深度产生重大影响.
- 这一发现需要对深层地幔矿物学模型进行修订,并影响我们对地幔构成,结构,动力学和演变的理解.
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