The westward drift of the lithosphere:A tidal ratchet?  被引量:1

The westward drift of the lithosphere:A tidal ratchet?

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作  者:A.Carcaterra C.Doglioni 

机构地区:[1]Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale,Sapienza University,Rome,Italy [2]Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,Rome,Italy [3]Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra,Sapienza University,Rome,Italy

出  处:《Geoscience Frontiers》2018年第2期403-414,共12页地学前缘(英文版)

基  金:supported by Sapienza University

摘  要:Is the westerly rotation of the lithosphere an ephemeral accidental recent phenomenon or is it a stable process of Earth's geodynamics? The reason why the tidal drag has been questioned as the mechanism determining the lithospheric shift relative to the underlying mantle is the apparent too high viscosity of the asthenosphere. However, plate boundaries asymmetries are a robust indication of the 'westerly'decoupling of the entire Earth's outer lithospheric shell and new studies support lower viscosities in the low-velocity layer(LVZ) atop the asthenosphere. Since the solid Earth tide oscillation is longer in one side relative to the other due to the contemporaneous Moon's revolution, we demonstrate that a non-linear rheological behavior is expected in the lithosphere mantle interplay. This may provide a sort of ratchet favoring lowering of the LVZ viscosity under shear, allowing decoupling in the LVZ and triggering the westerly motion of the lithosphere relative to the mantle.Is the westerly rotation of the lithosphere an ephemeral accidental recent phenomenon or is it a stable process of Earth's geodynamics? The reason why the tidal drag has been questioned as the mechanism determining the lithospheric shift relative to the underlying mantle is the apparent too high viscosity of the asthenosphere. However, plate boundaries asymmetries are a robust indication of the 'westerly'decoupling of the entire Earth's outer lithospheric shell and new studies support lower viscosities in the low-velocity layer(LVZ) atop the asthenosphere. Since the solid Earth tide oscillation is longer in one side relative to the other due to the contemporaneous Moon's revolution, we demonstrate that a non-linear rheological behavior is expected in the lithosphere mantle interplay. This may provide a sort of ratchet favoring lowering of the LVZ viscosity under shear, allowing decoupling in the LVZ and triggering the westerly motion of the lithosphere relative to the mantle.

关 键 词:Westward drift of the LITHOSPHERE TECTONIC EQUATOR Low-velocity layer ASTHENOSPHERE viscosity Non-linear rheology TIDAL RATCHET 

分 类 号:P[天文地球]

 

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