Speculations on evolution of the terrestrial lithosphere–asthenosphere system—Plumes and plates     

W.G. Ernst   《Gondwana Research》2007,11(1-2):38

In the early Earth, accretionary impact heating, including collision with a large, Mars-sized object, decay of short-lived radioisotopes, and (after an initial thermal run-up) continuous segregation of the liquid Fe–Ni core resulted in extensive the melting of the silicate mantle and in the formation of a near-surface magma mush ocean. Progressive, continuous degassing and chemical–gravitational differentiation of the crust–mantle system accompanied this Hadean stage, and has gradually lessened during the subsequent cooling of the planet. Mantle and core overturn was vigorous in the Hadean Earth, reflecting deep-seated chemical heterogeneities and concentrations of primordial heat. Hot, bottom-up mantle convection, including voluminous plume ascent, efficiently rid the planet of much thermal energy, but gradually decreased in importance with the passage of time. Formation of lithospheric scum began when planetary surface temperatures fell below those of basalt and peridotite solidi. Thickening and broadening of lithospheric plates are inferred from the post-Hadean rock record. Developmental stages of mantle circulation included: (a) 4.5–4.4 Ga, early, chaotic magma ocean circulation involving an incipient or pre-plate regime; (b) 4.4–2.7 Ga, growth of small micro-oceanic and microcontinental platelets, all returned to the mantle prior to 4.0 Ga, but increasing in size and progressively suturing sialic crust-capped lithospheric amalgams at and near the surface over time; (c) 2.7–1.0 Ga, assembly of cratons surmounting larger, supercontinental plates; and (d) 1.0 Ga–present, modern, laminar-flowing asthenospheric cells capped by gigantic, Wilson-cycle lithospheric plates. Restriction of komatiitic lavas to the Archean, and of ophiolite complexes ± alkaline igneous rocks, high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes to progressively younger Proterozoic–Phanerozoic orogenic belts supports the idea that planetary thermal relaxation promoted the increasingly negative buoyancy of cooler oceanic lithosphere. The Thickening of oceanic plates enhanced the gravitational instability and the consequent overturn of the outer Earth as cold, top-down oceanic mantle convection. The scales and dynamics of deep-seated asthenospheric circulation, and of lithospheric foundering + shallow asthenospheric return flow evidently have evolved gradually over geologic time in response to the progressive cooling of the Earth.  相似文献   

A very hydrous mantle under the western Pacific region: Implications for formation of marginal basins and style of Archean plate tectonics   总被引：7，自引：6，他引：1  

Tsuyoshi Komiya  Shigenori Maruyama 《Gondwana Research》2007,11(1-2):132

The western Pacific region has been refrigerated by the subducting cold oceanic plates since 450 Ma. However, the region is also characterized by the presence of many oceanic microplates less than 1300 km across, as well as active magmatism; the Philippine Sea plate is representative. We have compiled and examined petrochemical characters of drilled basalts of DSDP from the Philippine Sea plate, and conclude that the source mantle for oceanic basalts is rich in water ca. 0.2 wt.%, and is 50–60 °C lower than that for MORB. The extensive melting is due to the high water content in the source mantle.It is well known that some marginal basins apparently have greater depths than the major oceans. We calculated the age–depth correlation based on a model of transient half-space cooling at given parameters of temperatures of mantle and surface, 1280 and 0 °C, and the thermal diffusivity, 1 mm² s^− 1. The calculation shows the correlation of age-residual depth from a mid-oceanic ridge is 367 for the Philippine Sea, consistent with the bathymetric data. Moreover, the mid-oceanic ridge may be relatively deep because this region is underlain by the cooler mantle.Addition of water to the mantle peridotite lowers the solidus temperature and viscosity. Melting experiments of hydrous peridotite show that addition of 0.2 wt.% H₂O content lowers the solidus temperature by 150 °C. As a result, the mantle under the region may practically correspond to a ca. 90 °C hotter mantle than normal MORB-source mantle in terms of magmatism and rheology. Numerical simulation for a hotter mantle suggests that many small plates should be formed because of extensive heat release by active magmatism, consistent with many microplates in this region. The presence of many oceanic microplates may be analogous to Archean plate tectonics, characterized by a hotter mantle.  相似文献   

造山带汇聚板块边缘沉积盆地的鉴别与恢复   总被引：7，自引：2，他引：5  

闫臻  王宗起  闫全人  方爱民  陈隽璐 《岩石学报》2018,34(7):1943-1958

大洋俯冲和大陆碰撞是板块汇聚过程中的有机连续过程,也是造山带形成的两种基本造山作用方式。不同的造山作用过程形成不同类型的沉积盆地和填充序列,沉积盆地性质的改变和沉积物源区变化是造山作用方式和时限的最直接体现。沉积盆地是造山带重要大地构造相单元之一,完整记录了板块边缘动力学过程和构造演化以及造山作用方式和时限。沉积盆地构造原型鉴别与恢复是造山带结构-属性解剖的重要内容之一。视沉积盆地与相邻大地构造相的演化为统一整体,以填充物和沉积物源区作为链接沉积盆地和造山带的纽带,系统地精细解剖填充物组成和沉积相以及沉积物源区时空变化系列,准确鉴别并恢复造山带沉积盆地构造原型,是获取大陆碰撞方式和时限的沉积-地层判别标志的有效方法之一。  相似文献   

Numerical Modeling of the Effect of Mantle Plume on Continental Drift: Revelation of the Rapid Drift of the Indian Tectonic Plate in Late CretaceousEI北大核心CSCD     

Zhou Y.  Zhang Y.  Wang Y.  Huangfu P.  Li Z. 《大地构造与成矿学》2018,(4):587-601

Numerical modeling is used to investigate the interaction between mantle plume and continental lithosphere, especially the effect of the continental lithosphere structure, the scale and position of mantle plume on the rate of continental drift. Numerical results show that, under the effect of mantle plume, the existence of a thick root of the continental lithosphere affects the rate of continental drift. Moreover, under identical scale of mantle plume, the drift rate decreases with increasing thickness of the root. Besides, the velocity and distance of a continental plate drift are negatively correlated in scale of the continental lithosphere, but correlated with the scale of the mantle plume. For the model without lithospheric root, the mantle plume has a more appreciable impact on the plate drift rate when it comes closer to edge of the continental plate. Our models show that mantle plume can accelerate the continental drift by more than 10 cm/a. The modelling results can provide significant dynamical constraint and geological enlightenment. © 2018, Science Press. All right reserved.  相似文献   

Initiation of plate tectonics in the Hadean: Eclogitization triggered by the ABEL Bombardment   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

Shigenori Maruyama  M.Santosh  Shintaro Azuma 《地学前缘(英文版)》2018,9(4):1033-1048

When plate tectonics began on the Earth has been long debated and here we argue this topic based on the records of Earth-Moon geology and asteroid belt to conclude that the onset of plate tectonics was during the middle Hadean(4.37-4.20 Ga). The trigger of the initiation of plate tectonics is the ABEL Bombardment, which delivered oceanic and atmospheric components on a completely dry reductive Earth, originally comprised of enstatite chondrite-like materials. Through the accretion of volatiles, shock metamorphism processed with vaporization of both CI chondrite and supracrustal rocks at the bombarded location, and significant recrystallization went through under wet conditions, caused considerable eclogitization in the primordial continents composed of felsic upper crust of 21 km thick anorthosite, and 50 km or even thicker KREEP lower crust. Eclogitization must have yielded a powerful slab-pull force to initiate plate tectonics in the middle Hadean. Another important factor is the size of the bombardment. By creating Pacific Ocean class crater by 1000 km across impactor, rigid plate operating stagnant lid tectonics since the early Hadean was severely destroyed, and oceanic lithosphere was generated to have bi-modal lithosphere on the Earth to enable the operation of plate tectonics.Considering the importance of the ABEL Bombardment event which initiated plate tectonics including the appearance of ocean and atmosphere, we propose that the Hadean Eon can be subdivided into three periods:(1) early Hadean(4.57-4.37 Ga),(2) middle Hadean(4.37-4.20 Ga), and(3) late Hadean(4.20-4.00 Ga).  相似文献   

吉林延边和龙地区泉水村组火山岩锆石U—Pb定年、地球化学特征及其地质意义     

陈煜嵩  刘正宏  关庆彬  张超  王春光  高天宇 《世界地质》2018,37(3):675-687

通过对延边地区泉水村组火山岩的岩相学、年代学以及地球化学研究来约束该地区的构造演化。泉水村组火山岩分为两段,上段为流纹岩、流纹质凝灰岩、流纹质角砾岩,下段为安山岩、安山质角砾岩。整体为两个喷发旋回,呈爆发相-喷溢相的持续。锆石U—Pb测年表明流纹质凝灰岩形成年龄为(115. 5±5. 3) Ma,为早白垩世晚期,其地球化学特征表明原始岩浆来源于地壳的部分熔融;安山岩地球化学特征显示其岩浆源区是地幔楔由于遭受俯冲流体交代作用从而发生部分熔融,同时有较多地壳物质的混染,表现出活动大陆边缘构造背景下岩浆岩的特征。结合其他证据推断古太平洋板块至少在早中侏罗世就已经向吉黑东部开始俯冲,晚侏罗世—早白垩世早期俯冲作用消减,早白垩世晚期又发生强烈俯冲。  相似文献   

华南东部地区上地幔P波速度结构研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王晓冉  李秋生  张洪双  郭陈澔 《世界地质》2018,37(2):620-626

基于华南东部宽频地震流动台阵的观测资料,采用三维有限差分走时成像法(FDtomo),开展了华南东部地区地壳-上地幔三维P波速度结构成像研究,结果显示华南东部地区水平面内速度分布差异较大,约163 km以上的地壳到上地幔下扬子地块存在近EW向的相对低速异常,而华夏地块则为高速异常,约163 km以下的上地幔下扬子地块和华夏板块速度异常发生反转,且两者大致以江山—绍兴断裂带为界呈反对称,对比显著。笔者认为该结构特征反映了晚中生代扬子克拉通岩石圈的拆沉过程。这一成果对理解中国东部中生代以来的构造演化以及壳幔的动力学过程提供了新的证据。  相似文献   

扬子—华夏构造结合带的演化阶段及对斑岩铜矿形成的控制机制   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

梁锦  周永章  李红中 《地学前缘》2015,22(2)

扬子与华夏古板块均存在太古宙—中元古代古老基底,在构造演化历程中响应全球超大陆聚合-裂解过程,并最终碰撞拼贴形成钦-杭结合带,且经历构造运动之后,其总体演化格架为"两开三合一转折"。结合带内存在元古宙洋壳,以蛇绿岩套与镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石为特征,并以此推断结合带形成于新元古代。钦-杭结合带是斑岩成矿带,斑岩铜矿时空分布具有三段划分特征,且处于170~150 Ma和100 Ma左右两个成矿期。与成矿有关的斑岩主要为钙碱性岩浆系列的中酸性岩,岩石类型主要为花岗闪长斑岩、花岗斑岩和二长花岗斑岩等。钦-杭结合带燕山期的斑岩具岛弧岩浆作用特点,指示了华南地区中生代构造转折事件发生以前的地质演化及太平洋板块俯冲作用,即古俯冲带物质在中生代活化成矿。中侏罗世岩石圈减薄及太平洋板块俯冲的扰动导致上涌软流圈地幔带来大量的热量,这些热量加热上覆元古宙岛弧底部玄武质岩石导致它们发生重熔形成了含矿岩浆,本质上该类矿床带有岛弧俯冲环境的基因。而100 Ma左右斑岩铜矿的形成,则与太平洋俯冲换向所扰动有关。  相似文献   

西藏洞错地区郎山组晚白垩世火山岩的厘定——新特提斯洋北向俯冲导致增厚下地壳部分熔融的新证据     

次琼  阿旺旦增  索朗顿旦  倪金海  王新录  翟杰 《地球学报》2021,42(1):55-62

郎山组地层是西藏冈底斯带中最具代表性的白垩纪地层,其时代与形成环境对于认识藏南地区的大地构造演化具有重要意义.基于最近在西藏改则县洞错地区郎山组中新发现的火山岩夹层,对该火山岩(英安岩)进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,获得年龄值为(88.7±1.1)Ma,指示该区的郎山组地层应属于上白垩统,而非之前认为的下白垩统.进一步通过岩石化学分析发现,该火山岩具有与埃达克岩相似的地球化学特征显示出LREE富集且有轻微的负Eu异常特征,表明冈底斯带北部地区在晚白垩世早期因新特提斯洋的北向俯冲作用曾发生显著的岩浆活动,导致增厚下地壳物质部分熔融形成郎山组地层中的火山岩夹层.对郎山组地层时代的重新认定结果以及其中火山岩夹层所反映的深部构造特征,为研究该区晚白垩世岩浆作用动力学机制提供了新的依据,也表明需要重新认识藏南地区郎山组地层的区域地质与构造意义.  相似文献   

俯冲板块的动力学性质对平板俯冲的影响：数值模拟     

朱致远  吴本君 《高校地质学报》2021,27(2):240-248

平板俯冲是地球上一种独特的俯冲模式,主要发生在南美洲地区,与该地区的地震、火山等构造地质现象有着密切联系。平板俯冲的形成机制和影响因素仍然需要进一步地研究。文章通过数值模拟的方法,研究了俯冲板块的动力学性质对于平俯冲板片形态的影响。模拟实验结果表明,俯冲板块的厚度和密度差（与地幔）对平板俯冲的形成有着决定性的影响。合适的俯冲板块厚度（70 km 左右）有利于在俯冲过程中形成平板片。厚度较大的板片难以发生弯曲,阻碍了平板片的形成。俯冲板块与地幔的密度差越小,越容易形成平板俯冲,平板片的长度也越长。俯冲板片的密度差太大也不利于形成平板片。此外,高粘度的俯冲板块容易形成平板俯冲,俯冲板块的粘度与形成的平板片的长度也成正比。研究还发现,平板俯冲的形成伴随着海沟后撤速率的减小。参考模型重现了智利中部平板俯冲的形态,为研究该地区的平板俯冲机制提供了新认识。  相似文献