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Seismic velocity structures and detailed features of the D '' discontinuity near the core-mantle boundary beneath eastern Eurasia

文献类型:期刊论文

作者He, Yumei1,2; Wen, Lianxing2,3
刊名PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS
出版日期2011-12-01
卷号189期号:3-4页码:176-184
关键词Seismic velocity structure Core-mantle boundary D '' discontinuity Eastern Eurasia
ISSN号0031-9201
DOI10.1016/j.pepi.2011.09.002
文献子类Article
英文摘要Shear and compressional velocity structures and features of the D '' discontinuity near the core-mantle boundary (CMB) beneath eastern Eurasia are studied based on forward waveform modeling and differential-travel-time analysis of ScSH-SH, sScS-sS, PcP-P and pPcP-pP phases. High-quality differential-travel-time analysis reveals two high-velocity patches spanning a width of 3000 km and separated by a 300-km wide normal velocity gap. The maximum shear and compressional velocity perturbations reach 3.8% and 2.7%, respectively. Seismic data indicate that the D '' discontinuity emerges in the high velocity patches and disappears in the normal-velocity gap. Furthermore, the features of the D '' discontinuity, although constrained by rather sparse seismic data, vary from diffusive discontinuities in the eastern patch to sharp discontinuities in the western patch. The D '' discontinuities occur at about 270 km above the CMB in the eastern patch with a shear velocity jump of 3.0-5.0% and a transitional depth of at least 100 km, and at 250 km above the CMB in the western patch with an abrupt shear velocity jump of 5.0%. A diffusive P wave discontinuity is also observed in the eastern patch with the similar features of the S wave discontinuity. The inferred features of the D '' discontinuity can be explained by the post-perovskite transformation in the lower mantle. The observations that the D '' discontinuities occur only in the high-velocity patches may be due to the effect of the positive Clapeyron slope of the post-perovskite transition, and the varying transitional depths of the D '' discontinuity in the high-velocity regions may be caused by the compositional effects on the post-perovskite transition in the presence of strong variations of composition within the high-velocity anomalies. The high-velocity patches geographically correlate with the subduction of the Pacific and Indian plates in the past 30-60 Ma, and the normal-velocity gap falls into the subduction gap between the Pacific and Indian plates. These geographical correlations raise the possibility that the existence of the D '' discontinuity is intimately related to the presence of the past subduction material at the CMB, and varying features of the discontinuity further suggest existence of strong variations of composition within the subduction materials at the CMB. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
WOS关键词POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE ; LOWERMOST-MANTLE ; SUBDUCTING SLABS ; P-WAVE ; ANOMALIES ; MODEL ; HETEROGENEITY ; TOMOGRAPHY ; TRANSITION ; PACIFIC
WOS研究方向Geochemistry & Geophysics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000299139900007
出版者ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
资助机构National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; NSF(0911319) ; NSF(0911319) ; 41074059) ; 41074059) ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; NSF(0911319) ; NSF(0911319) ; 41074059) ; 41074059) ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; NSF(0911319) ; NSF(0911319) ; 41074059) ; 41074059) ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; National Science Foundation of China(40774041 ; NSF(0911319) ; NSF(0911319) ; 41074059) ; 41074059)
源URL[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/74178]  
专题中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者He, Yumei
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Earths Deep Interior, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
2.SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Geosci, Stony Brook, NY 11790 USA
3.Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
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He, Yumei,Wen, Lianxing. Seismic velocity structures and detailed features of the D '' discontinuity near the core-mantle boundary beneath eastern Eurasia[J]. PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS,2011,189(3-4):176-184.
APA He, Yumei,&Wen, Lianxing.(2011).Seismic velocity structures and detailed features of the D '' discontinuity near the core-mantle boundary beneath eastern Eurasia.PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS,189(3-4),176-184.
MLA He, Yumei,et al."Seismic velocity structures and detailed features of the D '' discontinuity near the core-mantle boundary beneath eastern Eurasia".PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS 189.3-4(2011):176-184.

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