Collaborative Research: Late Cretaceous - early Cenozoic paleolatitude of the Walvis Ridge hotspot: Implications for true polar wander and hotspot geodynamics

合作研究：白垩纪晚期 - 新生代早期沃尔维斯海岭热点的古纬度：对真正的极地漂移和热点地球动力学的影响

• 批准号: 2232971
• 负责人: Sonia Tikoo-Schantz
• 金额: $ 19.5万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Late; Cretaceous; early

The Walvis Ridge is a volcanic ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean that was erupted on the African plate as it drifted over a hotspot, similar to the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists are debating how accurately such hotspot tracks record plate motion. During the formation of the Emperor chain paleomagnetic data show that the hotspot moved southward by ~10-15°to its current location. This shift might be caused by movement of the hotspot. An alternate cause could be the shift of the Earth’s spin axis, or true polar wander (TPW). If TPW occurred, it should cause a consistent global shift: southward hotspot motion in the Pacific would be paired with northward hotspot motion in the Atlantic. This project will study volcanic rocks and sediments cored from Walvis Ridge during International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 391 (December 2021-February 2022) to produce a record of paleolatitudes for comparison with Hawaii-Emperor paleolatitudes. The project supports several early career researchers.This project will analyze and publish studies of sediment and basalt core paleomagnetic data from IODP Expedition 391, with the object of developing a paleolatitude record for Walvis Ridge hotspot volcanoes for Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic. IODP Expedition 391 drilled four sites, three on the Cretaceous Valdivia Bank plateau and one on a Paleocene guyot. Previous studies from Emperor and Louisville seamounts in the Pacific Ocean have been influential in studies of hotspot geodynamics. Prior to Deep Sea Drilling Project/Ocean Drilling Program (DSDP/ODP) drilling of Emperor seamounts, hotspots were considered fixed mantle markers, defining plate motions by seamount age progressions. DSDP/ODP cores showed that northern Emperor guyots were formed ~15° farther north than the current Hawaiian hotspot. IODP Expedition 330 cored coeval Louisville guyots, finding insignificant latitudinal motion, concluding that hotspot motion is the preferred explanation for inter-hotspot motion. Consequently, other explanations for hotspot latitude changes are not currently favored. One such phenomenon is true polar wander (TPW), the coherent shift of the entire mantle relative to the spin axis. TPW has been deemed insignificant for the past ~100 Ma, even though it is occurring at present and it has occurred deeper in the past. Hawaii and Louisville paleolatitude data show a small amount of mutual southward motion. If this results from TPW, the Walvis Ridge, almost antipodal to Hawaii and Louisville, should show the opposite paleolatitude change. This project will produce paleolatitude data for the Walvis Ridge using Expedition 391 cores (with data from DSDP Legs 72 and 74). A major objective is to test the hypothesis of Late Cretaceous-early Cenozoic TPW. This project hypothesizes that observed paleolatitude shifts are a combination of TPW and mantle flow. The project addresses important geodynamical problems that ultimately reflect mantle structure and convection. This project supports three early career investigators. In addition, the two faculty on this project will recruit undergraduate student workers from under-represented groups for internships that will help them advance in STEM education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

瓦尔维斯岭是南大西洋的一个火山山脊，它是在非洲板块上漂流到一个热点地区时喷发出来的，类似于太平洋上的夏威夷-帝王海山链。科学家们正在争论这样的热点追踪记录板块运动的准确性。在皇帝链形成过程中，古地磁资料显示，该热点向南移动了约10-15°至现今位置。这种变化可能是由热点的移动引起的。另一种原因可能是地球自转轴的移动，或真正的极地漂移(TPW)。如果发生TPW，应该会引起全球一致的移位：太平洋热区南移与大西洋热区北移成对。该项目将研究国际海洋发现计划第391次(2021年12月至2022年2月)期间沃尔维斯山脊岩心的火山岩和沉积物，以产生古纬度记录，以便与夏威夷皇帝的古纬度进行比较。该项目支持了几位早期的职业研究人员。该项目将分析和发表来自IODP Expeation 391的沉积物和玄武岩岩芯古地磁数据，目的是开发晚白垩世和早新生代沃尔维斯岭热点火山的古纬度记录。IODP 391探险队钻探了四个地点，三个在白垩纪瓦尔迪亚浅滩高原，一个在古新世古约特。此前来自太平洋帝王海山和路易斯维尔海山的研究对热点地球动力学的研究产生了影响。在对帝王海山进行深海钻探项目/大洋钻探计划之前，热点地区被认为是固定的地幔标志，通过海山年龄进程来定义板块运动。DSDP/ODP岩心显示，北部帝王古约特人形成于距当前夏威夷热点以北约15°的地方。IODP探险330对同时代的路易斯维尔人进行了取心，发现了无关紧要的纬向运动，结论是热点运动是热点间运动的首选解释。因此，对热点纬度变化的其他解释目前并不受欢迎。一种这样的现象是真极移(TPW)，即整个地幔相对于自旋轴的相干位移。在过去的100 Ma，尽管它发生在现在，而且在过去发生在更深的地方，但它被认为是无关紧要的。夏威夷和路易斯维尔的古纬度数据显示出少量的相互南移。如果这是TPW的结果，与夏威夷和路易斯维尔几乎相反的沃尔维斯山脊应该会显示出相反的古纬度变化。该项目将使用Expedition391岩芯(使用来自DSDP第72和74段的数据)为沃尔维斯山脊提供古纬度数据。主要目的是验证晚白垩世-早新生代TPW的假说。该项目假设观测到的古纬度变化是地幔流动和TPW共同作用的结果。该项目解决了重要的地球动力学问题，最终反映了地幔结构和对流。该项目支持三名早期职业调查人员。此外，该项目的两名教员将从代表性不足的群体中招募本科学生工作者进行实习，以帮助他们在STEM教育方面取得进步。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Preliminary Characterization of Submarine Basalt Magnetic Mineralogy Using Amplitude‐Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility

利用振幅对磁化率的依赖性对海底玄武岩磁性矿物学进行初步表征

• DOI: 10.1029/2023gc011222
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Geosystems
• 作者: Yang, H.;Tikoo, S. M.;Carvallo, C.;Bilardello, D.;Solheid, P.;Gaastra, K. M.;Sager, W. W.;Thoram, S.;Hoernle, K.;Höfig, T. W.
• 通讯作者: Höfig, T. W.

Nature and Origin of Magnetic Lineations Within Valdivia Bank: Ocean Plateau Formation by Complex Seafloor Spreading

• DOI: 10.1029/2023gl103415
• 发表时间: 2023-07
• 期刊: Geophysical Research Letters
• 影响因子: 5.2
• 作者: S. Thoram;W. W. Sager-W.;K. Gaastra;S. Tikoo;C. Carvallo;A. Avery;A. V. Del Gaudio;Y. Huang;K. Hoernle;T. W. Höfig;R. Bhutani;D. M. Buchs;C. Class;Y. Dai;G. Dalla Valle;S. Fielding;S. Han;D. Heaton;S. Homrighausen;Y. Kubota;C.-F. Li;W. R. Nelson;E. Petrou;K. E. Potter;S. Pujatti;J. Scholpp;J. Shervais;M. Tshiningayamwe;X. J. Wang;M. Widdowson