Seismic Imaging of the Base of the Ocean Plates
Seismic Imaging of the Base of the Ocean Plates
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海洋板块底部的地震成像
DOI:
10.1002/9781119249740.ch4
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
S. Tharimena
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作者:
C. Rychert;N. Harmon;S. Tharimena
The ocean plates have a simple and short history, making them the most straightforward realization of the tectonic plate, and the ideal location to study its thickness and definition. Ocean plates form at the ridge before cooling and thickening with age. This is supported by observations that include bathymetry and heat flow. Beneath older seafloor the observed age trend is more muted. Surface waves also find plate seismic velocity and thickness increasing with age, consistent with a cooling plate, possibly more muted at older ages. Teleseismic scattered waves find a discontinuity that increases in depth with age beneath young seafloor, flattening with a scatter centered at 64 ± 11 km depth beneath older seafloor. Active source reflections support low‐velocity channels at similar depths. The discontinuity and channel depths are centered on the gradual velocity drops predicted for a cooling plate and also imaged by surface waves. The discontinuities implied by scattered waves are sharper than typically predicted for a thermal model. This suggests that although plate thickness is thermally controlled, another mechanism is required to define the base of ocean plates, such as melt. Anisotropic constraints are also important for our understanding of the plate, although precise depth resolution and links to defining the base of ocean plates are challenging.
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1608269113
发表时间:
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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