估计地球内核中绝对剪切波速度的估计
Thuany Costa de Lima1, Thanh-Son Phạm2, Xiaolong Ma2
1Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Thuany.CostadeLima@anu.edu.au.
Nature communications
|July 29, 2023
概括
地震剪切波揭示了地球的内核 (IC) 比以前认为的不那么刚硬. 对J相的新测量表明,剪切波速度较低,这促使重新评估IC的组成和形成.
科学领域:
- 地震学 地震学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
背景情况:
- 了解地球的内核 (IC) 属性对于理解地球的内部结构和演变至关重要.
- 穿过IC的地震体波为其剪切特性提供了关键的见解.
研究的目的:
- 在地球内核中呈现剪切 (J) 波的地震观测.
- 建立一种新的,与模型无关的方法来对内核特性进行基准测试.
- 为了精确估计内核的剪切波速度和刚度.
主要方法:
- 在地震晚代码相关波场中检测J相,周期为15-50秒.
- 使用I-J相关性特征,独立于地球参考速度模型.
- 在内核中估计绝对剪切波速度.
主要成果:
- 使用I-J相关性观察到的J相,不受压缩波速度的影响.
- 在IC中估计的绝对剪切波速度:3.39 ± 0.02公里/秒 (顶部) 和3.54 ± 0.02公里/秒 (中心).
- 剪切波速度比初步参考地球模型 (PREM) 的值低3.4±0.5%.
结论:
- 地球的内核不像以前估计的那么刚硬.
- 低剪波速度需要重新评估IC组成,铁的原子性质和固化过程.
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