中生时期的海内沉降形成了东太平洋上升下面的下层地幔
Jingchuan Wang1, Vedran Lekić1, Nicholas C Schmerr1
1Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Science advances
|September 27, 2024
概括
科学家们在太平洋大低剪切速度省 (LLSVP) 发现了一个结构上的缺口,并将其与古代的沉降联系起来. 这一发现将地球深层结构与地表地质过程联系起来.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震学 地震学
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
背景情况:
- 太平洋大低剪切速度省 (LLSVP) 呈现出内部异常,包括其中部和东部地区之间存在显著的结构差距.
- 太平洋LLSVP内部这种结构性差距的起源仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查太平洋LLSVP结构差距的原因.
- 了解地球深层结构与地表地质现象之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 分析全球断层模型以确定太平洋LLSVP及其异常.
- 使用密集的SS前体阵列来图像地震速度结构.
- 在地幔相位转换和温度变化的背景下解释地震速度异常.
主要成果:
- 一个异常厚的地幔过渡区被直接确定在结构差距上方,东太平洋上升的东部.
- 这一区域显示的地震速度比平均速度快,表明波动的后原阶段边界.
- 这些观测归因于在纳斯卡板下面的中生代海内沉积.
结论:
- 古老的海洋沉积起到了东太平洋LLSVP通过下沉分离的作用.
- 这项研究确定了太平洋LLSVP等深层地幔结构与历史潜水事件之间的联系.
- 这些发现为地球深层内部和地表构造学之间的动态相互作用提供了新的视角.
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