Sub‐Lithospheric Small‐Scale Convection Tomographically Imaged Beneath the Pacific Plate
Sub‐Lithospheric Small‐Scale Convection Tomographically Imaged Beneath the Pacific Plate
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太平洋板块下方岩石圈下小尺度对流层析成像
DOI:
10.1029/2022gl100351
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Russell, Joshua B.
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作者:
Eilon, Zachary C.;Zhang, Lun;Gaherty, James B.;Forsyth, Donald W.;Russell, Joshua B.
Small‐scale convection beneath the oceanic plates has been invoked to explain off‐axis nonplume volcanism, departure from simple seafloor depth‐age relationships, and intraplate gravity lineations. We deployed 30 broadband ocean bottom seismometer stations on ∼40 Ma Pacific seafloor in a region notable for gravity anomalies, measured by satellite altimetry, elongated parallel to plate motion.P‐wave teleseismic tomography reveals alternating upper mantle velocity anomalies on the order of ±2%, aligned with the gravity lineations. These features, which correspond to ∼300°–500°K lateral temperature contrast, and possible hydrous or carbonatitic partial melt, are—surprisingly—strongest between 150 and 260 km depth, indicating rapid vertical motions through a low‐viscosity asthenospheric channel. Coherence and admittance analysis of gravity and topography using new multibeam bathymetry soundings substantiates the presence of mantle density variations, and forward modeling predicts gravity anomalies that qualitatively match observed lineations. This study provides observational support for small‐scale convective rolls beneath the oceanic plates.
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影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Eilon, Zachary C.;Gaherty, James B.;Zhang, Lun;Russell, Joshua;McPeak, Sean;Phillips, Joseph;Forsyth, Donald W.;Ekström, Göran
通讯作者:
Ekström, Göran
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Ballmer, M. D.;van Hunen, J.;Tackley, P. J.
通讯作者:
Tackley, P. J.
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
M. Ballmer;J. Hunen;Garrett Ito;P. Tackley;T. Bianco
通讯作者:
M. Ballmer;J. Hunen;Garrett Ito;P. Tackley;T. Bianco
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Eilon, Zachary;Abers, Geoffrey A.;Jin, Ge
通讯作者:
Jin, Ge
DOI:
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
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作者:
J. Bull;J. Martinod;P. Davy
通讯作者:
P. Davy