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In the existing kinematic theory of the tectonics of lithospheric plates, the position and the parameters of plates are assigned a priori in the initial and boundary conditions. However, in the self-consistent dynamic theory, the properties of oceanic plates (as well as the structure of the mantle’s convection) should appear automatically as the solution of the differential equations of energy, mass, and momentum transfer for a viscous fluid. In this case, the viscosity of the mantle’s substance as a function of temperature, pressure, shear stress, and chemical composition must be taken from the data of laboratory measurements. In the present work, the results of the numerical solution of the equations of convection are presented in the problem formulation mentioned above on a simple model of heated viscous fluid with properties that correspond to the mantle’s substance. In this case, to reveal the main reason for the generation of plates and their influence on the convection, a number of simplifications are introduced; in particular, temperature variations in the viscosity in the mantle are disregarded. In spite of the undertaken simplifications, the models show how the rigid lithosphere can be split into separate plates immersed in the mantle, how in the course of evolution the sizes of plates and their number can change, and how in this case the ridges and subduction zones can be displaced.  相似文献   

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利用地震层析成像数据计算地幔对流新模型的探讨   总被引:5,自引:3,他引:5       下载免费PDF全文
假设地幔地震层析成像数据对应的地幔横向不均匀结构是地幔热对流的结果. 将地震层析成像数据转化为地幔温度(或密度)不均匀分布,考虑热流体动力学的三个基本方程,顾及热输运方程中的非线性项,直接将地震层析成像转化的地幔温度不均匀分布作为内部荷载引入基本方程, 反演计算地幔对流. 本文在利用地震层析成像数据计算地幔对流模型的新理论和方法的基础上,用SH12WM13地震层析成像模型数据,计算了全球地幔对流格局. 结果表明,对流格局不仅依赖地震层析成像数据,而且在很大程度上受地幔动力学框架、热动力参数和边界条件的所确定的系统响应函数的影响. 显示了地幔中复杂的对流格局,特别是区域性层状对流以及多层对流环可能在地幔中存在的现象.  相似文献   

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Understanding the processes that occur in the transition from the Pacific Ocean to Eurasia is key to constructing the tectonic models of the Earth’s shells and the convection models of the upper mantle. The electromagnetic methods permit estimating the temperature and fluid content (and/or carbon (graphite) content) in the Earth’s interior. These estimates are independent of the traditionally used estimates based on seismic methods because the dependence of electrical conductivity on the physical properties of the rock is based on different principles than the behavior of the elastic waves. The region is characterized by a complicated geological structure with intense three-dimensional (3D) surface heterogeneities, which significantly aggravate the retrieval of the information about the deep horizons in the structure of the Earth’s mantle from the observed electromagnetic (EM) fields. The detailed analysis of the nature of the deep electrical conductivity and structural features of the transition from the Pacific to Eurasia included numerical modeling of the typical two- and three-dimensional models has been carried out. Based on this analysis, the approaches that increase the reliability of the interpretation of the results of the EM studies are suggested.  相似文献   

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Introduction Richter and Mckenzie (1978) supposed that there is a small-scale convection system in the mantle. For a long time lots of research provides observational data to infer the possibility of a small-scale convection in the upper mantle. For example, Haxby and Weissel (1986) discussed the relationship between SEASAT map and small-scale convection. Baudry and Kroenke (1991), Maia and Diament (1991) found that the geoid and bathymetry exhibit peaks in the 400~650 km range in the Pa…  相似文献   

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A new approach to analytical and numerical study of the process of the post-glacial uplifting of the Earth’s surface was proposed within the framework of a viscous model. Displacement of the Earth’s surface is considered as the motion of the density boundary due to chemico-density convection. It is shown that the incorporation of the non-Newtonian rheology at observed velocities of post-glacial uplifts requires an obligatory presence of faults in the lithosphere and gives rise to quasi-uniform motion of the mantle material, whose viscosity under the lithosphere is, on the average, sufficiently small and amounts to ~1019 Pa. The study of the stability of the constructed model of the post-glacial uplift considered as the chemico-density convection relative to the thermal convection shows that the velocity of thermal convection developing in the presence of a quasiuniform mantle flow related to the post-glacial recovery is ~1 m/yr.  相似文献   

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In the kinematic theory of lithospheric plate tectonics, the position and parameters of the plates are predetermined in the initial and boundary conditions. However, in the self-consistent dynamical theory, the properties of the oceanic plates (just as the structure of the mantle convection) should automatically result from the solution of differential equations for energy, mass, and momentum transfer in viscous fluid. Here, the viscosity of the mantle material as a function of temperature, pressure, shear stress, and chemical composition should be taken from the data of laboratory experiments. The aim of this study is to reproduce the generation of the ensemble of the lithospheric plates and to trace their behavior inside the mantle by numerically solving the convection equations with minimum a priori data. The models demonstrate how the rigid lithosphere can break up into the separate plates that dive into the mantle, how the sizes and the number of the plates change during the evolution of the convection, and how the ridges and subduction zones may migrate in this case. The models also demonstrate how the plates may bend and break up when passing the depth boundary of 660 km and how the plates and plumes may affect the structure of the convection. In contrast to the models of convection without lithospheric plates or regional models, the structure of the mantle flows is for the first time calculated in the entire mantle with quite a few plates. This model shows that the mantle material is transported to the mid-oceanic ridges by asthenospheric flows induced by the subducting plates rather than by the main vertical ascending flows rising from the lower mantle.  相似文献   

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上地幔密度异常驱动小尺度对流及实验模型   总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1       下载免费PDF全文
建立了由密度异常驱动上地幔小尺度对流的数学 物理模型, 发展了利用地震层析成像数据反演上地幔小尺度对流的基本理论和方法. 该模型建立在三维直角坐标系框架上, 假设地震层析成像所显示的地震波速度异常对应于上地幔物质密度异常, 而该密度异常反映了上地幔小尺度热对流系统的温度异常场. 模型首先将地震层析成像确定的地震波速度异常转换为密度异常, 并视其为对流的驱动力; 进而利用三维傅立叶变换, 在波数域内, 在给定的边界条件下, 求解控制流体行为的运动方程和连续性方程, 最后求得对流的流场. 为检验本研究提出的理论和方法的有效性, 本文使用了两个简单的实验模型: 热体和冷体模型; 俯冲断离( break off)板片模型, 计算了其驱动的地幔流场. 结果表明, 本文提供的理论和方法, 可以直接应用于与区域岩石层构造动力学相关的上地幔小尺度对流的研究.   相似文献   

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Viscosity is a fundamental property of the mantle which determines the global geodynamical processes. According to the microscopic theory of defects and laboratory experiments, viscosity exponentially depends on temperature and pressure, with activation energy and activation volume being the parameters. The existing laboratory measurements are conducted with much higher strain rates than in the mantle and have significant uncertainty. The data on postglacial rebound only allow the depth distributions of viscosity to be reconstructed. Therefore, spatial distributions (along the depth and lateral) are as of now determined from the models of mantle convection which are calculated by the numerical solution of the convection equations, together with the viscosity dependences on pressure and temperature (PT-dependences). The PT-dependences of viscosity which are presently used in the numerical modeling of convection give a large scatter in the estimates for the lower mantle, which reaches several orders of magnitude. In this paper, it is shown that it is possible to achieve agreement between the calculated depth distributions of viscosity throughout the entire mantle and the postglacial rebound data. For this purpose, the values of the volume and energy of activation for the upper mantle can be taken from the laboratory experiments, and for the lower mantle, the activation volume should be reduced twice at the 660-km phase transition boundary. Next, the reduction in viscosity by an order of magnitude revealed at the depths below 2000 km by the postglacial rebound data can be accounted for by the presence of heavy hot material at the mantle bottom in the LLSVP zones. The models of viscosity spatial distribution throughout the entire mantle with the lithospheric plates are presented.  相似文献   

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地幔对流的数值模拟及其与表面观测的关系   总被引:9,自引:3,他引:9       下载免费PDF全文
本文从基本的热对流方程出发,并结合地幔对流特点,特别考虑到自重及非线性影响,探讨地幔对流及其与表面观测的关系,发展了相应的数值方法.结果表明,计算得到的长波大地水准面、地表地形、板块速度场水平散度与观测值符合程度较好.上、下地幔的非绝热温度异常与由地震层析得到的地震波速异常显示一定的相关性.地幔内部的流动呈现复杂形态,反映了高瑞利数对流的特征.  相似文献   

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A three-dimensional model is developed for describing the long-term evolution of the mantle convection with six continents, which includes the formation and breakup of a supercontinent. In contrast to the theory of floating continents [Trubitsyn, 2000; 2008], in which the drift was calculated from a system of convection equations for the mantle and the Euler equations for the continents, in the present work the continental motion is described in terms of a set of floating markers, which have anomalously high viscosity and are driven by the currents.  相似文献   

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The evolution of the Earth is characterized by irreversible processes: radioactive decay of the major heat-producing elements, thermal convection and chemical segregation. The prevailing heating from within and the temperature dependence of the viscosity are essential for thermal convection. In the present paper, the chemical and thermal evolution of the mantle and the generation of the continent material are represented by a two-dimensional and finite-difference Boussinesq convection model. We have incorporated the above-mentioned principal features in this model, a geochemical paper by Hofmann (1988, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 90: 297–314) constituting our starting point for the distribution of the radionuclides. The concentration of the radionuclides and the viscosity are functions of the location and time developing according to our system of differential equations. Although the real Earth is a much more complex system, we have dared to make a comparison with observed geophysical and geological data; we obtain a depleted upper mantle and acceptable values for the heat flow on the surface of the Earth as well as for the distribution of temperature, viscosity and of the velocity of creep in the mantle. The ups and downs of the convective vigour of the model roughly resemble the supercontinental cycles, the world-wide distribution of mineral dates in time, the sea-level variations and the variations of a number of geochemical parameters.  相似文献   

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热-流-固耦合方法模拟岩石圈与软流圈相互作用   总被引:4,自引:2,他引:2       下载免费PDF全文
岩石圈和软流圈的相互作用是现今地球动力学研究的热点问题之一.本文针对岩石圈与软流圈的相互作用模型,开发了新的基于热-流-固三场耦合方法的有限元程序.岩石圈变形和对流的地幔之间的耦合方式为:地幔在热驱动(或运动岩石圈的拖曳)下产生对流,对流的地幔对耦合边界施加载荷并造成岩石圈的变形,变形的岩石圈反作用于软流圈从而影响其地幔对流的状态.温度场根据速度场和网格变形的结果适时调整,如此反复推动整个系统的演化.利用该耦合方法模拟了“地幔柱作用下地表隆升”地质过程, 其结果与实际地质资料和地质认识能很好的吻合,验证了该方法模拟地幔与软流圈相互作用过程的有效性及处理复杂耦合问题的能力.  相似文献   

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华南陆缘是我国重要的矿产、地热资源区.晚中生代以来,在太平洋板块西向俯冲,地幔热对流活动共同作用下,该区出现多期岩浆-热事件和大规模爆发式成矿作用.在前人研究基础上,本文利用地表热流观测资料、地震剪切波资料、重力位球谐系数,计算了壳-幔温度结构,分析了动力学背景.计算结果表明:华南陆缘东南沿海地带,地壳10 km以浅温度达200℃以上,居里点温度475℃,莫霍面平均温度550℃.地壳浅层较热,花岗岩中放射性元素衰变放热是地壳浅层地下水热活动的重要热源,但地壳总体温度不高,为"冷壳热幔"型热结构.地幔中,90 km深度,温度950~1250℃;120 km深度,温度1050~1400℃;150 km深度,温度1200~1450℃;220 km深度,温度1500~1700℃."热"岩石圈底界深度在110~150 km之间,西深东浅.岩石圈内,地幔应力场为挤压-伸展相间格局;岩石圈之下,地幔应力场为一个以南昌为中心、长轴NE-SW向的椭圆.分析认为,晚中生代以来,太平洋板块的西向俯冲,导致华南陆缘在区域性SE向地幔对流背景上叠加局域性不稳定热扰动,在175~85Ma期间,上地幔物质向上流动,形成不同的岩浆活动高峰期.同时,岩石圈地幔受俯冲洋壳流体的影响,含水量高,黏度小,在地幔流切向应力场作用下,岩石圈底界由西向东"波浪"状减薄.现今岩石圈之下仍具备地幔小尺度热对流温度条件,但除地表浅层外,地壳整体温度不高,岩石圈构造稳定.  相似文献   

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朱涛  王兰炜  冯锐 《地球物理学报》2011,54(5):1270-1284
本文将横向黏度变化提高到3个量级,获得了地震波速度结构约束下的大横向黏度变化的地幔浅部的极型场和环型场对流图像.与小横向黏度变化下的结果相比,本文的结果具有显著的改善.对极型场对流图像,主要体现在本文结果能更清楚地解释太平洋板块、大洋洲和南美洲以及东太平洋洋中脊处的现今运动状态;对环型场对流图像,能更合理地解释北太平洋...  相似文献   

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A system of equations for the calculation of thermal convection in a compressible mantle with variable parameters and phase transitions is derived from the general laws of mass, momentum, and energy conservation and thermodynamic relations. Mantle convection is successively calculated in the anelastic liquid, truncated anelastic liquid, mean density, expanded Boussinesq, and Boussinesq approximations. Phase transitions are automatically taken into account with the help of effective thermodynamic parameters determined from general thermodynamic relations.  相似文献   

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A recent dynamo model for Mercury assumes that the upper part of the planet's fluid core is thermally stably stratified because the temperature gradient at the core–mantle boundary is subadiabatic. Vigorous convection driven by a superadiabatic temperature gradient at the boundary of a growing solid inner core and by the associated release of light constituents takes place in a deep sub-layer and powers a dynamo. These models have been successful at explaining the observed weak global magnetic field at Mercury's surface. They have been based on the concept of codensity, which combines thermal and compositional sources of buoyancy into a single variable by assuming the same diffusivity for both components. Actual diffusivities in planetary cores differ by a large factor. To overcome the limitation of the codensity model, we solve two separate transport equations with different diffusivities in a double diffusive dynamo model for Mercury. When temperature and composition contribute comparable amounts to the buoyancy force, we find significant differences to the codensity model. In the double diffusive case convection penetrates the upper layer with a net stable density stratification in the form of finger convection. Compared to the codensity model, this enhances the poloidal magnetic field in the nominally stable layer and outside the core, where it becomes too strong compared to observation. Intense azimuthal flow in the stable layer generates a strong axisymmetric toroidal field. We find in double diffusive models a surface magnetic field of the observed strength when compositional buoyancy plays an inferior role for driving the dynamo, which is the case when the sulphur concentration in Mercury's core is only a fraction of a percent.  相似文献   

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华北强烈地震深部构造环境的探测与研究   总被引:6,自引:1,他引:5  
20世纪六七十年代以来, 华北地区发生了一系列强烈地震. 强烈地震的孕育、 发生和发展与深部构造密切相关. 近50年来, 我国地震科学领域在强烈地震的地震构造和深部环境方面开展了大量的研究. 深部地球物理探测和地震层析成像结果揭示了华北地区地壳结构的基本特征, 并在强烈地震发生的深部构造环境等问题上取得了重要进展. 本文在回顾华北地区地壳上地幔结构探测的基础上, 对1966年邢台MS7.2, 1976年唐山MS7.8, 1975年海城MS7.3和1679年三河—平谷M8.0地震的地震构造和深部构造环境进行评述. 深部地球物理数据的综合分析表明, 震源下方的低速异常带, 高角度超壳深断裂, 地壳深浅构造的不一致, 偏低的上地幔顶部速度和局部隆起的莫霍界面, 是华北伸展构造区深部孕震环境的共同特征.   相似文献   

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熊熊  单斌  王继业  郑勇 《地球物理学报》2010,53(7):1594-1604
上地幔小尺度对流是控制区域地球动力学过程的主要机制之一,蒙古-贝加尔地区的一些区域动力学过程被认为与上地幔小尺度对流相关.本文目的在于利用重力资料研究蒙古-贝加尔地区的上地幔小尺度对流,并探讨其与构造动力学的关系.基于区域均衡重力异常与上地幔小尺度对流的相关方程,本文利用区域均衡重力异常资料反演了蒙古-贝加尔地区上地幔小尺度对流流场及作用于岩石层底部的应力场.结果显示,蒙古-贝加尔地区地幔流场及对流应力场呈现非常复杂的图像,流场及应力场分布与地表构造具有很好的相关性.西伯利亚地台和蒙古褶皱带下地幔流场和对流应力场均较弱,这与这些地区现今较弱的构造活动性是一致的.贝加尔裂谷区下存在地幔上升流,对流应力场呈拉张状态,但应力场的幅值较小(约8 MPa),表明地幔对流不是贝加尔裂谷开裂的主要控制因素.Hangay高原、阿尔泰和戈壁-阿尔泰下存在地幔上升流,对流应力场为拉张状态,这一方面可能构成Hangay高原隆升的深部动力机制,另一方面,也为Amurian板块西边界划分提供了动力背景.  相似文献   

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青藏高原-天山地区岩石层构造运动的地幔动力学机制   总被引:31,自引:11,他引:20       下载免费PDF全文
利用全球重力大地水准面异常、板块绝对运动及全球地震层析成像数据,计算了青藏高原-天山地区岩石层下部地幔大尺度对流格局以及此种尺度对流驱动下岩石层内应力场分布;同时,利用区域均衡重力异常数据反演青藏高原中、北部到天山地区上地幔小尺度对流模型.结果表明,大尺度的地幔物质运移过程可能驱动着中国大陆岩石层整体从西部以南北方向为主的运动转向东部地区以北东和南东方向的运动;而该区域上地幔小尺度上升流动支持了现代青藏高原和天山地区的抬升运动.提出和讨论了青藏高原隆升的“断离隆升-挤压隆升-对流隆升”三阶段模式,并探讨了大陆岩石层构造运动的地幔深部动力学背景.  相似文献   

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The modern concepts of the rheology of viscous mantle and brittle lithosphere, as well as the results of the numerical experiments on the processes in a heated layer with a viscosity dependent on pressure, temperature, and shear stress, are reviewed. These dependences are inferred from the laboratory studies of olivine and measurements of postglacial rebound (glacial isostatic adjustment) and geoid anomalies. The numerical solution of classical conservation equations for mass, heat, and momentum shows that thermal convection with a highly viscous rigid lithosphere develops in the layer with the parameters of the mantle with the considered rheology under a temperature difference of 3500 K, without any special additional conditions due to the self-organization of the material. If the viscosity parameters of the lithosphere correspond to dry olivine, the lithosphere remains monolithic (unbroken). At a lower strength (probably due to the effects of water), the lithosphere splits into a set of separate rigid plates divided by the ridges and subduction zones. The plates submerge into the mantle, and their material is involved in the convective circulation. The results of the numerical experiment may serve as direct empirical evidence to validate the basic concepts of the theory of plate tectonics; these experiments also reveal some new features of the mantle convection. The probable structure of the flows in the upper and lower mantle (including the asthenosphere), which shows the primary role of the lithospheric plates, is demonstrated for the first time.  相似文献   

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