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基于Ｍｕｒｎａｇｈａｎ－Ｂｉｒｃｈ状态方程，计算了密度Ｐ、热膨胀系数ａｖ、定压比热ｃｐ等物性参数在上地幔温压条件下的分布，给出了热传导系数ｋ在上地幔温压条件下的分布．采用准动力学计算方案，用有限元方法计算了板块不同俯冲速度、角度、不同厚度及不同俯冲深度情况下俯冲带的温度分布和密度分布．计算了不同俯冲模型下俯冲带的负浮力及其对岩石层板块形成的等效应力，发现负浮力在俯冲过程中是变化的，俯冲速度和板块厚度对其有明显的影响，在稳定俯冲状态，负浮力约为（１．５－２．３）×１０１３Ｎｍ－１，等效张应力约为０．２５－０．２９Ｇｐａ． 相似文献
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四川地区的地震层析成像 总被引：31，自引：6，他引：31
由四川地震台网的P波数据所进行的层析成像研究得到了该区地壳及上地幔速度图像的新信息(结果表明:1.20-km深度处的速度图像与地表构造特征密切有关,反映了地壳的岩性分布,呈现为断块结构;龙门山、鲜水河主要断裂及南北构造带和四川盆地清晰地成像在图上.一直被认为是隐伏存在的华蓥山断裂则鲜明地展现在20-85km深度的速度图像上.2.50±km深度处的速度图像则反映了该区的莫霍面深度明显起伏;四川盆地、徽（县）成（县）盆地和汉中盆地的地壳厚度小于50km,上地幔顶部速度约8.1km/s.龙门山以104°E为界,北段地壳厚度与四川盆地一样,中南段与川西相近.康滇地轴为四川地区地壳由东向西增厚的过渡地带.3.岩石层厚度显著变化,扬子准地台为比较活动的褶皱区,具有较厚的岩石层.4.速度结构与地震活动性存在一定的联系,该区1930年以来M≥6.0的强震震中在20-km深度（上地壳）上的投影大都分布在速度梯度带上,成条带分布.考虑到强震的余震区大都偏高速体一侧,似乎表明,高速体有高于周围介质的剪切强度,它可能起沿断裂带凹凸体的作用.强震震中在50+km深度（上地幔顶部）上的投影几乎都分布在低速区及其边缘,那里壳幔间速度呈过渡关系,是软流层顶部较浅地区. 相似文献
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浙皖地区地壳-上地幔结构和华南与扬子块体边界 总被引：12，自引：0，他引：12
基于屯溪－温州剖面宽角反射地震资料,拟合反演了地壳浅层和深部结构,并利用非纵剖面记录构制了上幔顶部结构图象。结果表明,江绍断裂带是本区最明显的构造分界,其西北一侧的扬子块体和东南侧的华南块体地壳和上地幔顶部结构以及地球物理特征明显不同。金（华）衢（州）盆地下方地幔上隆,上地幔岩石层中有低速体,可能是一个复杂的岩浆房构造。地幔岩石层呈现出由ＳＥ至ＮＷ向仰冲的叠瓦式片状构造,提示该区明显受水剂压应力控制。 相似文献
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搜集了青藏高原及其邻近区域的S波速度三维层析成像结果和2万多个实测重力点资料，将重力资料进行各种改正并网格化为30′×30′的布格重力异常．首先采用密度差与S波速度差之间的经验关系式，建立青藏地区岩石层密度的初始模型，再利用布格重力异常进行阻尼最小二乘法反演，得到青藏地区岩石层三维密度分布结果．反演结果表明：（1）青藏高原岩石层密度分布不仅在纵向上不均匀，而且在横向存在明显的不均匀．在深度10－70km范围内，高原整体呈低密度特性，在50－70km深度范围内低密度特征更加突出，与周缘地区存在0，1g／cm3的密度差．而在90－110km深度范围内，高原岩石层地幔显示密度高．（2）岩层密度分布与大地构造有明显相关的分区性，显示出青藏块体、巴颜喀拉块体、塔里木块体和印度块体． 相似文献
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造山带岩石层多向层架构造及其对新生代岩浆活动制约──以三江及邻区为例 总被引：42，自引：5，他引：37
综合滇川西部特提斯带现今地表构造格局、地壳和上地幔三维速度图像再解释,提出造山带各圈层间,上地壳、中下地壳、岩石层地幔、软流层地幔的构造是一种多向层架构造,上地壳与中下地壳间是一个区域性构造滑脱面．岩石层地幔是一个不易变形的刚性体,常保留老的构造框架．软流层表现为易变层,是变形启动区,反映 “新”构造．研究区陆内新生代岩浆活动的空间分布,主要受扬子地块西缘存在的近南北向－北北东向软流层上涌体及其热熔体上侵地壳底部所形成的壳幔混合层和区域性构造（包括断裂）交叉转折（转换）部位的制约． 相似文献
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《世界地震译丛》2016,(6)
使用TIBET-31N无源地震台阵以及以前临时地震台阵记录到的远震体波数据进行了有限频层析成像反演,对青藏高原南部及中部的三维速度结构成像。在喜马拉雅和拉萨地块下方存在向北倾角40°的高速体。我们把这些高速异常区域解释为俯冲的印度大陆岩石层(ICL)。印度大陆岩石层似乎在青藏高原中部比东部向北延伸更多——沿85°E在31°N到达350km深处,而沿91°E则是在30°N到达350km深度。P波和S波低速异常区在当惹雍错裂谷、亚东—谷露裂谷和错那裂谷下方从下地壳延伸至≥180km深度,这表明青藏高原南部的裂谷可能包含了整个岩石层的变形。当惹雍错裂谷下方的异常区向下延伸到约180km,而亚东—谷露裂谷西部和错那裂谷东部的异常延伸到了超过300km的深度。亚东—谷露裂谷西部的低速区上地幔延伸至最北,并且似乎与青藏高原中部下方广阔的上地幔低速区相连。于是,北向俯冲的印度板块沿着南北走向的裂缝撕裂。这些裂缝允许或者导致的软流层上涌同青藏高原北部上地幔相类似。 相似文献
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采用二维有限元数值模拟的方法研究了岩石圈的对流减薄过程,特别是克拉通岩石圈的对流减薄过程.模型的主要参数包括增厚岩石圈的宽度x、增厚倍数γ、以及与岩石圈组分变化导致的黏性和密度变化密切相关的黏性比(ηc)和浮力数(B)或等效密度变化(Δρtc).数值计算结果显示,地幔对流将逐渐减薄增厚的岩石圈部分,(1)当B=0和ηc=1时,即对一般地幔岩石圈,增厚岩石圈对流减薄的时间可表示为0.0073γ0.70 x0.26.将数值结果应用于地球,意味着增厚到300km的岩石圈,如宽度为300km,对流移除增厚部分回到初始平衡厚度120km大约需要225 Ma;如宽度为1500km,移除增厚部分大约需要342 Ma.(2)当B和ηc较小,克拉通岩石圈对流减薄过程与一般加厚岩石圈的对流减薄过程类似,但减薄时间受克拉通组分浮力和黏性比的影响而显著增长,克拉通岩石圈对流减薄的时间可表示为0.0057ηc0.52Δρ-0.21tcγ0.78ηc-0.36 x0.04.因而,对300km厚的克拉通岩石圈,如克拉通岩石圈的密度比周围地幔的密度低0.4%(即B=0.1),宽度1500km,若克拉通岩石圈黏性因组分影响比普通地幔岩石圈大10倍,其被对流减薄到120km大约需要1.18Ga.(3)当B和ηc增大到一定量时(如B≥0.2且ηc10),克拉通岩石圈被移除的过程将发生变化,由于组分浮力的影响,对流主要不是将克拉通岩石圈带到软流圈地幔中,而主要是将较厚的岩石圈物质向两边推送.在此情况下,克拉通岩石圈能长时间(3Ga)保持稳定. 相似文献
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首先计算了欧亚地区均衡残差大地水准面．基于地幔热对流的内负荷理论和最新全球层析成像结果，探讨了欧亚地区中波长均衡残差大地水准面的地球动力学意义．研究结果表明，中波长均衡残差大地水准面主要受上地幔粘滞度和岩石层强度的影响，进而得出欧亚地区一些古老地盾和构造稳定地区的上地幔与年轻山脉及构造活动地区的上地幔结构存在着差异．这个差异主要是占老地盾和构造稳定地区，如波罗的海地盾、中西伯利亚地台、东欧等区域，冷却的上地幔已穿透地幔较深，上地幔与岩石层之间耦合较好;而年轻山脉和构造活动区，如帕米尔、天山、贝加尔活动带、青藏高原、日本海周围地区，在上地幔可能存在着热物质即粘滞度很低的软流层，上地幔与岩石层耦合程度较差，甚至有可能解耦．从欧亚地区上地幔属性的差异，可以解释该地区的一些地球动力学问题． 相似文献
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莫霍面是地壳和上地幔的边界,但莫霍面并不是一个简单的"面",而是一个反映地壳和地幔物质交换、相互作用等动力学意义的"过渡带".本文综合深地震反射、宽角地震折射和高温高压岩石物理实验结果,确定壳-幔过渡带的地震P波速度变化范围为6.8~7.5 km·s-1.在克拉通等构造活动稳定地区壳-幔过渡带内的速度梯度强且壳-幔过渡带厚度薄,而在造山带等构造活动区域壳-幔过渡带内的速度梯度弱且壳-幔过渡带厚.中国东部地区的壳-幔过渡带的平均厚度约为5~10 km,在四川盆地下方最薄（<5 km）,而在华北克拉通中部造山带下方的壳-幔过渡带最厚（~30 km）.综合地球化学结果,华北中部巨厚壳-幔过渡带主要是幔源岩浆的底侵作用和堆晶作用而形成. 相似文献
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根据大地电磁测深结果,东秦岭河南叶县-湖北南漳地区的岩石层由4个电性单元组成,其中华北地块南缘为相对高温的低阻区;秦岭北部为低温的高阻异常区;南秦岭为高温的低阻区,岩石层平均厚度仅80km,南秦岭的南部推覆到扬子地块之上达40-50km;扬子地块为相对低温的中等电阻率区,岩石层厚度150-200km．利用秦岭地区地壳上地幔岩石样品高温高压条件下电阻率的测定结果推断了各单元岩石层内电性层可能的岩石组成类型,并建立了剖面通过地区岩石层的地电模型． 相似文献
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Matthias KeyserJoachim R.R. Ritter Michael Jordan 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,203(1):59-82
The Quaternary Eifel volcanic fields, situated on the Rhenish Massif in Germany, are the focus of a major interdisciplinary project. The aim is a detailed study of the crustal and mantle structure of the intraplate volcanic fields and their deep origin. Recent results from a teleseismic P-wave tomography study reveal a deep low-velocity structure which we infer to be a plume in the upper mantle underneath the volcanic area [J.R.R. Ritter et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 186 (2001) 7-14]. Here we present a travel-time investigation of 5038 teleseismic shear-wave arrivals in the same region. First, the transverse (T) and radial (R) component travel-time residuals are treated separately to identify possible effects of seismic anisotropy. A comparison of 2044 T- and 2994 R-component residuals demonstrates that anisotropy does not cause any first-order travel-time effects. The data sets reveal a deep-seated low-velocity anomaly beneath the volcanic region, causing a delay for teleseismic shear waves of about 3 s. Using 3773 combined R- and T-component residuals, an isotropic non-linear inversion is calculated. The tomographic images reveal a prominent S-wave velocity reduction in the upper mantle underneath the Eifel region. The anomaly extends down to at least 400 km depth. The velocity contrast to the surrounding mantle is depth-dependent (from −5% at 31-100 km depth to at least −1% at 400 km depth). At about 170-240 km depth the anomaly is nearly absent. The resolution of the data is sufficient to recover the described features, however the anomaly in the lower asthenosphere is underestimated due to smearing and damping. The main anomaly is similar to the P-wave model except the latter lacks the ‘hole’ near 200 km depth, and both are consistent with an upper mantle plume structure. For plausible anhydrous plume material in the uppermost 100 km of the mantle, an excess temperature as great as 200-300 K is estimated from the seismic anomaly. However, 1% partial melt reduces the required temperature anomaly to about 100 K. The temperature anomaly associated with the deeper part of the plume (250 to about 450 km depth) is at least 70 K. However, this estimate is quite uncertain, because the amplitude of the shear-wave anomaly may be larger than the modelled one. Another possibility is water in the upwelling material. The gap at 170-240 km depth could arise from an increase of the shear modulus caused by dehydration processes which would not affect P-wave velocities as much. An interaction of temperature and compositional variations, including melt and possibly water, makes it difficult to differentiate quantitatively between the causes of the deep-seated low-velocity anomaly. 相似文献
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J.Pablo Canales Garrett Ito Robert S. DetrickJohn Sinton 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,203(1):311-327
Wide-angle refraction and multichannel reflection seismic data show that oceanic crust along the Galápagos Spreading Center (GSC) between 97°W and 91°25′W thickens by 2.3 km as the Galápagos plume is approached from the west. This crustal thickening can account for ∼52% of the 700 m amplitude of the Galápagos swell. After correcting for changes in crustal thickness, the residual mantle Bouguer gravity anomaly associated with the Galápagos swell shows a minimum of −25 mGal near 92°15′W, the area where the GSC is intersected by the Wolf-Darwin volcanic lineament (WDL). The remaining depth and gravity anomalies indicate an eastward reduction of mantle density, estimated to be most prominent above a compensation depth of 50-100 km. Melting calculations assuming adiabatic, passive mantle upwelling predict the observed crustal thickening to arise from a small increase in mantle potential temperature of ∼30°C. The associated thermal expansion and increase in melt depletion reduce mantle densities, but to a degree that is insufficient to explain the geophysical observations. The largest density anomalies appear at the intersection of the GSC and the WDL. Our results therefore require the existence of compositionally buoyant mantle beneath the GSC near the Galápagos plume. Possible origins of this excess buoyancy include melt retained in the mantle as well as mantle depleted by melting in the upwelling plume beneath the Galápagos Islands that is later transported to the GSC. Our estimate for the buoyancy flux of the Galápagos plume (700 kg s−1) is lower than previous estimates, while the total crustal production rate of the Galápagos plume (5.5 m3s−1) is comparable to that of the Icelandic and Hawaiian plumes. 相似文献
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动态地幔柱模式被广泛用于讨论地球科学中的一些重要课题,如巨大火成区的成因,冈瓦纳古陆解体的原因,板块内中小尺度动力过程的驱动因素等．但是这个基于实验研究而建立的模式中,忽略了地幔柱尾管特征及其作用．地幔柱尾管内温度和速度分布是研究地幔柱上升过程的必要条件．本文从控制尾管结构的基本方程出发,给出了一个定常轴对称地幔柱温度和速度分布的近似分析解．从而得到尾管结构的基本特征：影响尾管内温度分布的主导因素是地幔柱的热流通量,而尾管内上涌速度的大小则不仅取决于热流通量,主要是取决于地幔粘度随深度的变化方式．结果表明,对弱地幔柱,尾管的热损失可能是不可忽略的,而对强地幔柱,径向质量传递可能是不可忽略的. 相似文献
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Based on the former workers study results such as numerical simulation of fluid mechanics,seismic tomography of the whole earth and igneous rocks,the basic characteristics of mantle plumes are summarized in detail,namely the mantle plume,from the D″layer near the core-mantle bouundary(CMB)of 2900 km deep,is characterized by the spape of large head and thin narrow conduit,by the physical property of high temperature and low viscosity.The LIP(large igneous province)is the best exhibition when the mantle plume ascends to the surface.According to the basic characteristics of the mantle plumes and the LIP,as well as the temporal-spatial relationships between the mantle plume and continental breakup,the detailed research on petrology,geochemistry,temporal-spatial distribution,tectonic background of the Cenozoic-Mesozoic igneous rocks and gravity anomaly distribution in East China has been done.As a result,the Mesozoic igneous rocks in Southeast China should not be regarded as an example of typical LIP related to mantle plumes.for their related characteristics are not consitent with those of the typical LIPs related to mantle plumes.The Cenozoic igneous rocks in Northeast China have no the typical characteristics of mantle plumes and hotspots,so the Cenozoic volcanism in Northeast China might have no the direct relationships with the activity of mantle plumes. 相似文献
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A. B. Medvedev 《Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth》2008,44(4):303-315
A hypothetical possibility of a qualitative explanation of large crater formation on the surfaces of the Moon and Mercury is discussed in terms of the concept of thermal mantle plumes. Prerequisites to this hypothesis are revealed under the assumption that the model equation of state of SiO2 exhibiting an anomaly (a negative coefficient of thermal expansion) in the range of states approximately corresponding to average conditions typical of mantles of minor planets is applicable, in a first approximation, to mantle material. The anomaly reduces the buoyancy of hot plume material in such a way that, under conditions of moderate overheating, only relatively high columns comparable in size to the mantle are capable of ascending from the mantle bottom to the crust; allows cold peripheral material surrounding the hot column to be pushed away; causes compaction of the vertical zone of the contact of the column with the surrounding medium at the first stages after the plume ascent; and leads to compaction of the deep mantle due to the long-term heat supply. Such phenomena can lead to vertical craterlike deformations of the crust in areas of ascending large plumes whose presence can be supposed at early stages of the existence of minor planets. Significant implications of such an anomaly for geophysical processes can also be postulated. 相似文献
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地震层析地球内部密度分布横向不均匀研究 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2
本文使用Woodhouse和Dziewonski等分别用S波和P波层析分析提供的,以670km深度为分界的上地幔和下地幔地震波传播所反映出的横向不均匀的球谐函数系数,假定地幔内部密度与正常水平的偏离分别与P波和S波的速度Vp和Vs成比例（下地幔δρ=γδVp,上地幔δρ=σδVS2）,并用一组新的球谐函数系数表示全地幔密度分布模型.计算结果表明:1.比例系数γ=0.199,σ=3.13×10-5时,该全地幔密度模型可以70％恢复Dziewonski提供的下地幔密度模型,50％恢复Woodhouse提供的上地幔密度模型.合成密度分布基本上反映了分别由P波和S波速度异常所提供的地幔密度分布特征;2.所有穿过太平洋中部的剖面均明显地显示出一个低密度异常从地表一直延伸到核-幔边界;3.所有大陆下部均存在一个高密度异常区,而且深入到1200-1300km深度处;4.由密度异常的正、负交替基本上将部分地区地幔分成为3层,其深度依次为:第1层25-1300km左右,第2... 相似文献
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Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
W.Steven Holbrook H.C. Larsen J. Korenaga T. Dahl-Jensen I.D. Reid P.B. Kelemen J.R. Hopper G.M. Kent D. Lizarralde S. Bernstein R.S. Detrick 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2001,190(3-4):251-266
Seismic reflection and refraction data acquired on four transects spanning the Southeast Greenland rifted margin and Greenland–Iceland Ridge (GIR) provide new constraints on mantle thermal structure and melting processes during continental breakup in the North Atlantic. Maximum igneous crustal thickness varies along the margin from >30 km in the near-hotspot zone (<500 km from the hotspot track) to 18 km in the distal zone (500–1100 km). Magmatic productivity on summed conjugate margins of the North Atlantic decreases through time from 1800±300 to 600±50 km3/km/Ma in the near-hotspot zone and from 700±200 to 300±50 km3/km/Ma in the distal zone. Comparison of our data with the British/Faeroe margins shows that both symmetric and asymmetric conjugate volcanic rifted margins exist. Joint consideration of crustal thickness and mean crustal seismic velocity suggests that along-margin changes in magmatism are principally controlled by variations in active upwelling rather than mantle temperature. The thermal anomaly (ΔT) at breakup was modest (100–125°C), varied little along the margin, and transient. Data along the GIR indicate that the potential temperature anomaly (125±50°C) and upwelling ratio (4 times passive) of the Iceland hotspot have remained roughly constant since 56 Ma. Our results are consistent with a plume–impact model, in which (1) a plume of radius 300 km and ΔT of 125°C impacted the margin around 61 Ma and delivered warm material to distal portions of the margin; (2) at breakup (56 Ma), the lower half of the plume head continued to feed actively upwelling mantle into the proximal portion of the margin; and (3) by 45 Ma, both the remaining plume head and the distal warm layer were exhausted, with excess magmatism thereafter largely confined to a narrow (<200 km radius) zone immediately above the Iceland plume stem. Alternatively, the warm upper mantle layer that fed excess magmatism in the distal portion of the margin may have been a pre-existing thermal anomaly unrelated to the plume. 相似文献
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We present new one-dimensional SH-wave velocity models of the upper mantle beneath the Kalahari craton in southern Africa
obtained from waveform inversion of regional seismograms from an Mw = 5.9 earthquake located near Lake Tanganyika recorded
on broadband seismic stations deployed during the 1997–1999 Southern African Seismic Experiment. The velocity in the lithosphere
beneath the Kalahari craton is similar to that of other shields, and there is little evidence for a significant low velocity
zone beneath the lithosphere. The lower part of the lithosphere, from 110 to 220 km depth, is slightly slower than beneath
other shields, possibly due to higher temperatures or a decrease in Mg number (Mg#). If the slower velocities are caused by
a thermal anomaly, then slightly less than half of the unusually high elevation of the Kalahari craton can be explained by
shallow buoyancy from a hot lithosphere. However, a decrease in the Mg# of the lower lithosphere would increase the density
and counteract the buoyancy effect of the higher temperatures. We obtain a thickness of 250 ± 30 km for the mantle transition
zone, which is similar to the global average, but the velocity gradient between the 410 and 660 km discontinuities is less
steep than in global models, such as PREM and IASP91. We also obtain velocity jumps of between 0.16 ± 0.1 and 0.21 ± 0.1 km/s
across the 410 km discontinuity. Our results suggest that there may be a thermal or chemical anomaly in the mantle transition
zone, or alternatively that the shear wave velocity structure of the transition zone in global reference models needs to be
refined. Overall, our seismic models provide little support for an upper mantle source of buoyancy for the unusually high
elevation of the Kalahari craton, and hence the southern African portion of the African Superswell. 相似文献
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Plume-lithosphere interactions in the ocean basins: constraints from the source mineralogy 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Trace element relationships of near-primary alkalic lavas from La Grille volcano, Grande Comore, in the Indian Ocean, as well as those of the Honolulu volcanic series, Oahu, Hawaii, show that their sources contain amphibole and/or phlogopite. Small amounts of each mineral (2% amphibole in the source of La Grille and 0.5% phlogopite plus some amphibole in the source of the Honolulu volcanics) and a range of absolute degrees of partial melting from 1 to 5% for both series are consistent with the observed trace element variation. Amphibole and phlogopite are not stable at the temperatures of convecting upper mantle or upwelling thermal plumes from the deep mantle; however, they are stable at pressure-temperature conditions of the oceanic lithospheric mantle. Therefore, the presence of amphibole and/or phlogopite in the magma source region of volcanics is strong evidence for lithospheric melting, and we conclude that the La Grille and the Honolulu series formed by melting of the oceanic lithospheric mantle.
The identification of amphibole ± phlogopite in the source region of both series implies that the metasomatism by fluids or volatile-rich melts occurred prior to melting. The presence of hydrous phases results in a lower solidus temperature of the lithospheric mantle, which can be reached by conductive heating by the thermal plumes. Isotope ratios of the La Grille and the Honolulu series display a restricted range in composition and represent compositional end-members for each island. Larger isotopic variations in shield lavas, represented by the contemporaneous Karthala volcano on Grande Comore and the older Koolau series on Oahu, reflect interaction of the upwelling thermal plumes with the lithospheric mantle rather than the heterogeneity of deep-seated mantle plume sources or entrainment of mantle material in the rising plume. Literature OsSr isotope ratio covariations constrain the process of plume-lithosphere interaction as occurring through mixing of plume melts and low-degree melts from the metasomatized oceanic lithospheric mantle.
The characterization of the lithospheric mantle signature allows the isotopic composition of the deep mantle plume components to be identified, and mixing relationships show that the Karthala and Koolau plume end-members have nearly uniform isotopic compositions. Based on independent arguments, isotopic variations on Heard and Easter islands have been shown to be a result of mixing between deep plume sources having distinct isotopic compositions with lithosphere or shallow asthenospheric mantle. To the extent that these case studies are representative of oceanic island volcanism, they indicate that interaction with oceanic lithospheric mantle plays an important role in the compositions of lavas erupted during the shield-building stage of plume magmatism, and that isotopic compositions of deep mantle plume sources are nearly uniform on the scale that they are sampled by melting. 相似文献
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If the interpretation of the D″ layer at the base of the mantle as a thermal boundary layer, with a temperature increment in the order of 800 K, is correct, then the formation of deep-mantle plumes to vent material from it appears inevitable. We demonstrate quantitatively that the strong temperature dependence of viscosity guides the upward flow into long-lived chimneys that are ～ 20 km in diameter near the base of the mantle and decrease in width with progressive upward softening and partial melting of plume material. The speed of flow up the axis of the plume is correspondingly fast; 1.6 m y?1 at the base and 4.8 m y?1 at 670 km depth. Thermal diffusive spreading of a heated plume is compensated by a slow horizontal convergence of mantle material toward the chimney in response to the lower pressure there. This convergence, which contributes only a small increment to the flux of material up the plume, also serves to throttle the flow in the chimney. The global plume mass flux necessary to transport 1.6 × 1012 W of core heat upward through the mantle is 1.8 × 106 kg s?1. At its base, plume material is probably still significantly below its solidus or eutectic temperature, but substantial partial melting is very likely as it rises. We speculate that a small fraction of this fluid component eventually emerges at the surface in “hot spots”, with the fate of the remainder being unknown. The behaviour and properties of D″ and of plumes are closely coupled. Not only are plumes a necessary consequence of a thermal boundary layer, but their existence is impossible without that layer. 相似文献