限制地球的非线性地幔粘度使用板块边界解决全球反转
Jiashun Hu1, Johann Rudi2, Michael Gurnis3
1Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
概括
这项研究揭示了控制板块构造的关键地幔粘度参数. 一种新方法准确地模拟了全球板块运动,提供了对俯冲区强度和地震动态的见解.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 构造物理学 构造物理学
- 计算地力学计算地力学
背景情况:
- 地幔粘度变化极大地影响地幔对流和板块构造.
- 以前的反向方法与复杂的粘度梯度和地球地幔中的非线性作斗争.
研究的目的:
- 使用全球板块运动数据严格限制地幔粘度参数.
- 开发一种强大的方法来解决构造学特征和地幔动态.
主要方法:
- 结合了可扩展的非线性斯托克斯解答器和基于助理的贝叶斯方法.
- 利用全球板块运动作为约束因素,结合板块冷却和石质层厚度等因素.
- 在上层地幔中假设恒定的粒度大小用于建模.
主要成果:
- 实现了对全球板块运动的良好适应,其非线性上层地幔应力指数为2.43 ± 0.25.
- 确定了板块曲和不对称俯冲所需的低屈应应力 (151 ± 19 MPa).
- 在不同的俯冲区中发现了可变的巨大冲击强度,南美显示出更高的强度.
结论:
- 该研究成功地通过限制地幔粘度来建模全球板块运动.
- 结果突出了在潜水动力学和板拉力中收益应力的重要性.
- 大震荡强度的变化对理解大震荡地震应力有重大影响.
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