沉浮地中的无形水:在地幔条件下,劳森特的速度异常
Sibo Chen1,2, Siheng Wang1, Xintong Qi3
1Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
概括
带有lawsonite,一种含水性矿物质的海表现出比地幔更高的地震速度. 这种"地震不可见的水"可能在俯冲区广泛存在,难以检测.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 矿物物理 矿物物理
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 俯冲区通过像Lawsonite这样的含水矿物质将大量的水转移到地球的地幔中.
- 在地幔深处含有lawsonite的海洋地的地震特征尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究在地幔深处含有lawsonite的海洋地的地震检测能力.
- 测量压力和温度对lawsonite的地震速度的影响.
主要方法:
- 在高压 (高达7.4GPa) 和高温 (高达600°C) 条件下测量了Lawsonite的声速 (P波和S波).
主要成果:
- 劳森石在高压下温度升高时,P波和S波速度都出现了意想不到的增加.
- 水性海洋地在150-250公里深处显示出比周围地幔更高的地震速度,呈现为高速异常.
- 水性和干燥的海洋地之间的地震速度差异小于2%,这使得检测水化状态变得复杂.
结论:
- 沉降的水性海洋地可能在地震上被检测为高速异常,这与之前关于低速度异常的假设相反.
- 微妙的地震速度差异挑战了区分水合和干的地的能力.
- 劳森石在大多数俯冲区的稳定性表明,在全球俯冲板块中普遍存在"地震不可见的水".
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