Article ; Online: Discovery of flat seismic reflections in the mantle beneath the young Juan de Fuca Plate.
2020 Volume 11, Issue 1, Page(s) 4122
Abstract: ... 51-2.67 Ma old Juan de Fuca Plate. We find that the observed reflectors originate from 300-600-m ...
Abstract | Crustal properties of young oceanic lithosphere have been examined extensively, but the nature of the mantle lithosphere underneath remains elusive. Using a novel wide-angle seismic imaging technique, here we show the presence of two sub-horizontal reflections at ∼11 and ∼14.5 km below the seafloor over the 0.51-2.67 Ma old Juan de Fuca Plate. We find that the observed reflectors originate from 300-600-m-thick layers, with an ∼7-8% drop in P-wave velocity. They could be explained either by the presence of partially molten sills or frozen gabbroic sills. If partially molten, the shallower sill would define the base of a thin lithosphere with the constant thickness (11 km), requiring the presence of a mantle thermal anomaly extending up to 2.67 Ma. In contrast, if these reflections were frozen melt sills, they would imply the presence of thick young oceanic lithosphere (20-25 km), and extremely heterogeneous upper mantle. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-08-17 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2553671-0 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723 |
ISSN (online) | 2041-1723 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41467-020-17946-3 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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