DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116905
论文题名: Mountain building, mantle convection, and supercontinents: Holmes (1931) revisited
作者: Faccenna C. ; Becker T.W. ; Holt A.F. ; Brun J.P.
刊名: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ISSN: 0012821X
出版年: 2021
卷: 564 语种: 英语
中文关键词: crustal deformation
; mantle convection
; orogeny
; supercontinent
英文关键词: Structural geology
; Convection cell
; Crustal deformations
; Crustal thickenings
; Lower mantle
; Mantle convection
; Mountain building
; Orogeny
; Plate compressions
; Supercontinents
; Upper plate
; Lithology
; continental lithosphere
; crustal deformation
; crustal thickening
; lower mantle
; mantle convection
; mountain
; orogeny
; slab
; supercontinent
; Bolivia
; China
; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
英文摘要: Orogeny results from crustal thickening at active margins, and much progress has been made on understanding the associated kinematics. However, the ultimate cause of orogeny is still debated, especially for the case of extreme crustal thickening. Inspired by the seminal work of Holmes (1931), we explore the connections between the style of orogeny and mantle dynamics. We distinguish between two types of orogeny, those that are associated with one-sided, mainly upper mantle subduction, “slab-pull orogeny”, and those related to more symmetric, whole mantle convection cells, referred to as “mantle”, or “slab-suction orogeny”. Only the latter leads to extreme crustal thickening. We propose that mantle orogeny is generated by the penetration of slabs into the lower mantle and the associated change in the length scales of convection. This suggestion is supported by numerical dynamic models which show that upper plate compression is associated with slab penetration into the lower mantle. Slabs can further trigger a buoyant, plume upwelling from the core-mantle boundary which enhances this whole mantle convection cell, and with it upper plate compression. We explore the geological record to test the validity of such a model. For the present-day, compressional backarc regions are commonly associated with slabs that subduct to the deep lower mantle. The temporal evolution of the Nazca and Tethyan slabs with the associated Andean Cordillera and the Tibetan-Himalayan orogenies likewise suggests that extreme crustal thickening below the Bolivia and Tibetan plateau occurred during slab penetration into the lower mantle. This episode of crustal thickening in the Tertiary bears similarity with Pangea assembly events, where the Gondwanide accretionary orogen occurred at the same time of the Variscan-Appalachian and Ural orogeny. We propose that this Late Paleozoic large-scale compression is likewise related to a change from transient slab ponding in the transition zone to lower mantle subduction. If our model is correct, the geological record of orogeny in continental lithosphere can be used to decipher time-dependent mantle convection, and episodic lower mantle subduction may be causally related to the supercontinental cycle. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/165458
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作者单位: Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, United States; Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, United States; Lab. Experimental Tectonics, Department of Science, Università Roma TRE, Italy; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of MiamiFL, United States; Geoscience Rennes, Universitè of Rennes I, France
Recommended Citation:
Faccenna C.,Becker T.W.,Holt A.F.,et al. Mountain building, mantle convection, and supercontinents: Holmes (1931) revisited[J]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,2021-01-01,564