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青藏高原下的地幔撕裂

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Topographic Map of the Tibetan Plateau

image: Topographic map of the Tibetan Plateau. Major rifts in south-central Tibet are labeled. The arrow indicates the Indian plate motion. The circles are intermediate-depth earthquakes (>=70 km, unusually deep for continental earthquakes) from various sources. view more 

Credit: PNAS

根据一项研究,建立在高分辨率地震断层成像基础上的关于向喜马拉雅山脉俯冲的印度地幔岩石圈的一个模型表明,这个岩石圈的至少3处撕裂,为目前在该地区观测到的地震的深度和空间分布、地壳变形的模式以及印度-欧亚板块碰撞造成的这个高原东西延伸占优势提供了一个可能的解释。

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