کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4678309 1634841 2010 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Relationship between the viscosity and topography of the ultralow-velocity zone near the core-mantle boundary
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم زمین و سیاره ای (عمومی)
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Relationship between the viscosity and topography of the ultralow-velocity zone near the core-mantle boundary
چکیده انگلیسی
Earth's core-mantle boundary is home to a patchwork collection of thin ultralow-velocity zones (ULVZ) on the mantle side of the boundary. Core-diffracted and reflected seismic waves indicate that ULVZ patches display a strong topographic variability. We model the circulation within the ULVZ, excited by sweeping motion in the lower mantle. Our results indicate that the ULVZ topography is strongly correlated with its viscosity. Using a gravity current model, we establish a scaling relationship between the maximum topography and ULVZ viscosity. The observed range of ULVZ topography (5-20 km) in the Pacific indicates that the average viscosity of the ULVZ in this region is approximately 6.8 × 1019 Pas, about 2 orders of magnitude weaker than the surrounding lower mantle. The inferred viscosity also indicates that the ULVZ is partially molten but not disaggregated.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters - Volume 299, Issues 3–4, 1 November 2010, Pages 382-386
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