scholarly journals The Seismic anisotropy of the Earth's mantle: From single crystal to polycrystal

2000 ◽  
pp. 237-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Mainprice ◽  
G. Barruol ◽  
W. Ben Ismaïl
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Seismic Anisotropy ◽  
Earth’S Mantle

MAVEPROS: a new open source software to predict mantle elastic properties and build realistic tomographic models

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuele Faccenda
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Seismic Anisotropy ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Dislocation Creep ◽  
Mantle Flow ◽  
Polycrystalline Aggregates

<p>Coupling large-scale geodynamic and seismological modelling appears a promising methodology for the understanding of the Earth’s recent dynamics and present-day structure. So far, the two types of modelling have been mainly conducted separately, and a code capable of linking these two methodologies of investigation is still lacking.</p><p>In this contribution I present MAVEPROS, a new open source software that allows both for the modelling of strain-induced mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy, and for the generation of realistic synthetic tomographic models.</p><p>As an input, the software requires the velocity, pressure, temperature (and additionally the fraction of deformation accommodated by dislocation creep) fields (averaged each 100 kyr for typical mantle strain rates) outputted by the large-scale mantle flow models.</p><p>The strain-induced mantle fabrics are then modelled with D-Rex (Kaminski et al., 2004, GJI), an open source code that has been parallelized and modified to account for fast computation, combined diffusion-dislocation creep (Faccenda and Capitanio, 2012a, GRL; 2013, Gcubed), LPO of transition zone and lower mantle polycrystalline aggregates, P-T dependence of single crystal elastic tensors (Faccenda, 2014, PEPI), advection and non-steady-state deformation of crystal aggregates in 2D/3D cartesian/spherical grids with basic/staggered velocity nodes (Hu et al., 2017, EPSL), homogeneous sampling of the mantle by implementation of the Deformable PIC method (Samuel, 2018, GJI), apparent anisotropy in layered or crack-bearing rocks estimated with the Differential Effective Medium (DEM) (Sturgeon et al., Gcubed, 2019). The new version of D-Rex can solve for the LPO evolution of 100.000s polycrystalline aggregates of the whole mantle in a few hours, outputting the full elastic tensor of poly-crystalline aggregates as a function of each single crystal orientation, volume fraction and P-T scaled elastic moduli.</p><p>The crystal aggregates can then be interpolated in a tomographic grid for either visual inspection of the mantle elastic properties  (such as Vp and Vs isotropic anomalies; radial, azimuthal, Vp and Vs anisotropies; reflected/refracted energy at discontinuities for different incidence angles as imaged by receiver function studies; ), or to generate input files for large-scale synthetic waveform modelling (e.g., SPECFEM3D format; FSTRACK format to calculate SKS splitting (Becker et al., 2006, GJI)).</p>

Elasticity of single-crystal low water content hydrous pyrope at high-pressure and high-temperature conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 1022-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Fan ◽  
Jingui Xu ◽  
Chang Lu ◽  
Sergey N. Tkachev ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Seismic Anisotropy ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Seismic Velocities ◽  
Shear Moduli ◽  
Derivatives Of

Abstract The elasticity of single-crystal hydrous pyrope with ~900 ppmw H2O has been derived from sound velocity and density measurements using in situ Brillouin light spectroscopy (BLS) and synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) in the diamond-anvil cell (DAC) up to 18.6 GPa at room temperature and up to 700 K at ambient pressure. These experimental results are used to evaluate the effect of hydration on the single-crystal elasticity of pyrope at high pressure and high temperature (P-T) conditions to better understand its velocity profiles and anisotropies in the upper mantle. Analysis of the results shows that all of the elastic moduli increase almost linearly with increasing pressure at room temperature, and decrease linearly with increasing temperature at ambient pressure. At ambient conditions, the aggregate adiabatic bulk and shear moduli (KS0, G0) are 168.6(4) and 92.0(3) GPa, respectively. Compared to anhydrous pyrope, the presence of ~900 ppmw H2O in pyrope does not significantly affect its KS0 and G0 within their uncertainties. Using the third-order Eulerian finite-strain equation to model the elasticity data, the pressure derivatives of the bulk [(∂KS/∂P)T] and shear moduli [(∂G/∂P)T] at 300 K are derived as 4.6(1) and 1.3(1), respectively. Compared to previous BLS results of anhydrous pyrope, an addition of ~900 ppmw H2O in pyrope slightly increases the (∂KS/∂P)T, but has a negligible effect on the (∂G/∂P)T within their uncertainties. The temperature derivatives of the bulk and shear moduli at ambient pressure are (∂KS/∂T)P = –0.015(1) GPa/K and (∂G/∂T)P = –0.008(1) GPa/K, which are similar to those of anhydrous pyrope in previous BLS studies within their uncertainties. Meanwhile, our results also indicate that hydrous pyrope remains almost elastically isotropic at relevant high P-T conditions, and may have no significant contribution to seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. In addition, we evaluated the seismic velocities (νP and νS) and the νP/νS ratio of hydrous pyrope along the upper mantle geotherm and a cold subducted slabs geotherm. It displays that hydrogen also has no significant effect on the seismic velocities and the νP/νS ratio of pyrope at the upper mantle conditions.

The single-crystal elastic properties of the jadeite-diopside solid solution and their implications for the composition-dependent seismic properties of eclogite

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 1016-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hao ◽  
Caroline E. Pierotti ◽  
Sergey Tkachev ◽  
Vitali Prakapenka ◽  
Jin S. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Solid Solution ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Seismic Anisotropy ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Seismic Properties ◽  
Bulk Chemical ◽  
Ideal Composition ◽  
Velocity Changes ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The 13 single-crystal adiabatic elastic moduli (Cij) of a C2/c jadeite sample close to the ideal composition (NaAlSi2O6) and a natural P2/n diopside-rich omphacite sample have been measured at ambient condition by Brillouin spectroscopy. The obtained Cij values for the jadeite sample are: C11 = 265.4(9) GPa, C22 = 247(1) GPa, C33 = 274(1) GPa, C44 = 85.8(7) GPa, C55 = 69.3(5) GPa, C66 = 93.0(7) GPa, C12 = 84(1) GPa, C13 = 66(1) GPa, C23 = 87(2) GPa, C15 = 5.4(7) GPa, C25 = 17(1) GPa, C35 = 28.7(6) GPa, C46 = 14.6(6) GPa. Voigt-Reuss-Hill averaging of the Cij values yields aggregate bulk modulus KS = 138(3) GPa and shear modulus G = 84(2) GPa for jadeite. Systematic analysis combing previous single-crystal elasticity measurements within the diopside-jadeite solid solution indicates that the linear trends are valid for most Cij values. The νp and νs of omphacite decrease with diopside content, though the velocity changes are small as diopside component exceeds 70%. We also found that both the isotropic νp and νs, as well as the seismic anisotropy of eclogite, changed strongly with the bulk-chemical composition. The relationship between the anisotropic velocities of eclogite and the chemical composition can be a useful tool to trace the origin of the eclogitic materials in the Earth's mantle.

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