一个由地幔对流模型中的俯冲位置变化驱动的快速构造板块重组事件
Joshua M Guerrero1, Chad W Fairservice2, Pejvak Javaheri3
1Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei City, 11529, Taiwan. joshua@earth.sinica.edu.tw.
Scientific reports
|September 2, 2025
概括
板块构造重组事件,与潜伏相关,可以由深层地幔的热量触发. 这项研究模拟了热异常如何在数百万年内推动板块运动的重大变化.
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 构造学
- 地动力学
背景情况:
- 板块构造的重组事件记录在地质历史中.
- 这些事件通常与潜伏区的启动或停止有关.
- 形成夏威夷-皇帝海底链曲线, 造成了显著的板块运动变化.
研究的目的:
- 调查驱动主要板块重组事件的机制.
- 通过数值模型分析地幔对流的变化.
- 确定全球板块动态突然变化的触发因素.
主要方法:
- 使用数字全球地幔对流模型.
- 开发了一种识别模型中的板边界的方法.
- 对超过144 Myr的自始终生成板块计算的欧勒向量时间序列.
主要成果:
- 通过跟踪三个板块共享三重交叉路口,观察到一个主要的板块重组事件.
- 全球进化有两个主要的融合边界,板数从9到14不等.
- 这一事件是由内部加热的热特性催化.
结论:
- 深层地幔的热特性可以作为板块重组的催化剂.
- 围绕地幔下层的热积累可以改变板块的轨迹.
- 这些发现为地球板块的动态演变提供了洞察力.
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