期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 42, 期 6, 页码 1732-1740出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063057
关键词
plate reorganization; ridge subduction; geodynamics; Izanagi plate
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP0987713, FL0992245, DE14100376]
- Statoil ASA industry research grants through ARC [IH130200012]
- National Science Foundation [EAR-1247022, CMMI-1028978]
- Australian Government
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1247022] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
A reorganization centered on the Pacific plate occurred similar to 53-47million years ago. A top-down plate tectonic mechanism, complete subduction of the Izanagi plate, as opposed to a bottom-up mantle flow mechanism, has been proposed as the main driver. Verification based on marine geophysical observations is impossible as most ocean crust recording this event has been subducted. Using a forward modeling approach, which assimilates surface plate velocities and shallow thermal structure of slabs into mantle flow models, we show that complete Izanagi plate subduction and margin-wide slab detachment induced a major change in sub-Pacific mantle flow, from dominantly southward before 60Ma to north-northeastward after 50Ma. Our results agree with onshore geology, mantle tomography, and the inferred motion of the Hawaiian hot spot and are consistent with a plate tectonic process driving the rapid plate-mantle reorganization in the Pacific hemisphere between 60 and 50Ma. This reorganization is reflected in tectonic changes in the Pacific and surrounding ocean basins.
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