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为应对东非裂系统的区域气候变化而加速裂

James D Muirhead^1,2, Liang Xue³, Robert Moucha³

¹School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. j.muirhead@auckland.ac.nz.

Scientific reports

|November 10, 2025

概括

气候变化影响断层活动. 在非洲潮湿时期之后,更干燥的条件导致肯尼亚断层滑坡率增加.

科学领域:

构造学构造学构造学构造学
气候科学气候科学
地质物理学地质物理学

背景情况:

大陆裂变涉及到构造,岩和表面过程之间的复杂相互作用.
表面过程,特别是区域气候,显著影响裂系统的演变.
肯尼亚图尔卡纳湖裂中的南图尔卡纳盆地提供了一个研究这些相互作用的关键区域.

研究的目的:

为了研究区域气候变化的影响裂系统的行为.
分析南图尔卡纳盆地断层滑坡率的变化.
了解非洲潮湿时期结束对构造活动的影响.

主要方法:

在两个时期的27个断层上检查了抛射率:非洲潮湿时期 (9,6315,333年前) 和非洲后潮湿时期 (5,333年前到现在).
利用数值模拟来模拟不同负载源的库伦应力变化.
评估了湖水位下降和岩负载对断层活动的影响.

主要成果:

南图尔卡纳盆地的断层显示,在非洲后潮湿时期的干旱时期,抛出率平均增加0.17±0.08毫米/年.
数字模拟表明,由于湖泊负载减少而增加的岩负载,导致比单独湖水位下降更大的库隆应力变化.
岩流量的增加大于0.1km3/kyr显著影响了应力变化.

结论:

提供了第一个经验证据,将气候诱导的湖水位变化与东非裂系统在千年时间尺度上的断层活动增加联系起来.
证明气候构造相互作用在 magma 活跃的裂区域中得到放大.
突出了气候变化的关键作用,调节了大陆裂中的构造过程.

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