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Earth and Space Sciences · 术语表

什么是 Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core?

又称: crust · mantle · outer core · inner core

Definition 9.7 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 1 · 第 9 章 — The Layered Earth

The crust is the outer silicate layer above the Moho. The mantle is the solid silicate shell between the Moho and the core–mantle boundary, at a depth of about 2891 km2891\,\mathrm{km}. The outer core is the liquid metallic shell between the core–mantle boundary and the inner-core boundary, at about 5150 km5150\,\mathrm{km} depth. The inner core is the solid metallic sphere below it, of radius about 1220 km1220\,\mathrm{km}.

PREM: the speeds of P and S waves and the density against depth. The S speed falls to zero in the liquid outer core and reappears, small, in the solid inner core; at the core–mantle boundary the density almost doubles while v_P drops from 13.7 to 8.1\, km\, s-1; the jumps near 400\, km and 670\, km bound the transition zone.
PREM: the speeds of P and S waves and the density against depth. The S speed falls to zero in the liquid outer core and reappears, small, in the solid inner core; at the core–mantle boundary the density almost doubles while vPv_P drops from 13.7 to 8.1 km s−18.1\,\mathrm{km}\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}; the jumps near 400 km400\,\mathrm{km} and 670 km670\,\mathrm{km} bound the transition zone.
boundary in PREMdepth (km)radius (km)what changes
Moho24.46346.6crust above, peridotite below; vPv_P 6.8 to 8.1
220-km discontinuity2206151base of the low-velocity zone in PREM
400-km discontinuity4005971olivine to wadsleyite (410 km410\,\mathrm{km} in most studies)
670-km discontinuity6705701ringwoodite to bridgmanite and ferropericlase (660 km660\,\mathrm{km} in most studies)
core–mantle boundary28913480silicate to liquid iron; vSv_S 7.3 to 0; ρ\rho 5.57 to 9.90
inner-core boundary5149.51221.5liquid to solid iron; vSv_S 0 to 3.5; ρ\rho 12.17 to 12.76
Table 9.1. The main discontinuities of PREM (speeds in km s−1\mathrm{km}\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}, densities in g cm−3\mathrm{g}\,\mathrm{cm}^{-3}). PREM averages the crust to 24.4 km24.4\,\mathrm{km}; real crusts range from about 5 km5\,\mathrm{km} under the oceans to many tens of kilometres under mountain ranges.
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