High-pressure,含铁和铝的MgSiO3的温度弹性:对地球lower mantle的影响
High-pressure, temperature elasticity of Fe- and Al-bearing MgSiO3: implications for the Earth's lower mantle
摘要:
Fe和Al是除Mg、Si和O之外最重要的两种成岩元素。它们存在于下地幔最丰富的矿物MgSiO_3桥镁石、MgSiO_3后钙钛矿和MgO方镁石中,改变了它们的弹性性质。然而,关于含铁和铝的MgSiO_3桥晶石和后钙钛矿的热弹性的知识很少。在这项研究中,我们进行从头算分子动力学计算的弹性和地震性质的纯,Fe^{3+}-和Fe^{2+}-,和Al^{3+}轴承MgSiO_3钙钛矿和后钙钛矿,在广泛的压力,温度和Fe/Al组成。我们的研究结果表明,类似地幔岩的矿物组合符合一维地震学模型,至少在核幔边界上方几百公里处,即D“区域的顶部。在D“中,类似的组成仍然非常适合于平均速度,并且相当接近于密度。我们还利用地球动力学模型实现了多晶塑性,以预测由此产生的地震各向异性,并发现在所有成分中具有主导(001)滑移的后钙钛矿与D“中的地震观测结果最一致。
英文摘要:
Fe and Al are two of the most important rock-forming elements other than Mg, Si, and O. Their presence in the lower mantle's most abundant minerals, MgSiO_3 bridgmanite, MgSiO_3 post-perovskite and MgO periclase, alters their elastic properties. However, knowledge on the thermoelasticity of Fe- and Al-bearing MgSiO_3 bridgmanite, and post-perovskite is scarce. In this study, we perform ab initio molecular dynamics to calculate the elastic and seismic properties of pure, Fe^{3+}- and Fe^{2+}-, and Al^{3+}-bearing MgSiO_3 perovskite and post-perovskite, over a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and Fe/Al compositions. Our results show that a mineral assemblage resembling pyrolite fits a 1D seismological model well, down to, at least, a few hundred kilometers above the core-mantle boundary, i.e. the top of the D'' region. In D'', a similar composition is still an excellent fit to the average velocities and fairly approximate to the density. We also implement polycrystal plasticity with a geodynamic model to predict resulting seismic anisotropy, and find post-perovskite with predominant (001) slip across all compositions agrees best with seismic observations in the D''.
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