Qhov tsis meej tom qab 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' - Richat Structure

Ntawm cov npe ntawm cov chaw kub tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, cov suab puam Sahara hauv Mauritania, Africa tau pom tseeb hauv kab ntawv, qhov twg qhov kub tuaj yeem ncav cuag 57.7 degrees Celsius. Cua hnyav thiab cua kub ua rau thaj chaw dav thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo tab sis kuj tseem muaj qhov tsis paub meej hauv cov suab puam; thiab thoob ntiaj teb, nws yog lub npe hu ua 'Qhov muag ntawm Sahara.'

'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' - Richat Structure

lub qhov muag ntawm Sahara
Qhov muag ntawm Sahara - cov qauv zoo nkauj ntawm pob zeb liab qab uas peeks tawm ntawm hiav txwv ntawm cov xuab zeb hauv Sahara suab puam.

Lub Richat Structure, los yog ntau lub npe hu ua 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara', yog ib lub dome geological - txawm hais tias nws tseem muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb - muaj cov pob zeb uas predate lub neej ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Lub qhov muag zoo li xiav bullseye thiab nyob hauv Western Sahara. Feem ntau ntawm cov geologists ntseeg tias qhov muag qhov tsim tau pib thaum lub supercontinent Pangea pib rub tawm.

Discovery ntawm 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara'

Tau ntau pua xyoo, tsuas yog ob peb pawg neeg nomadic hauv zos paub txog qhov kev tsim zoo kawg no. Nws tau yees duab thawj zaug hauv xyoo 1960 los ntawm Qhov project Gemini cov kws tsav dav hlau, uas siv nws yog thaj av los taug qab qhov kev nce qib ntawm lawv cov tsaws tsaws. Tom qab ntawd, Landsat satellite tau siv cov duab ntxiv thiab muab cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov loj, qhov siab, thiab qhov tsim ntawm.

Geologists Ameslikas ntseeg tias 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' yog ib qho kev cuam tshuam crater tsim thaum ib yam khoom los ntawm qhov chaw slammed rau saum npoo ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Txawm li cas los xij, kev tshawb fawb ntev ntawm cov pob zeb hauv cov qauv qhia tias nws lub hauv paus chiv keeb yog lub ntiaj teb tag nrho.

Cov ntsiab lus ntawm 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara'

Qhov tsis paub qab lub 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' - Tus Txheej Txheem Richat 1
Lub Qhov Muag Xiav ntawm Sahara zoo li tsis txaus ntseeg vim tias nws yog lub cim tseem ceeb pom nyob hauv thaj av loj heev.

Lub 'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara', los yog lub npe hu ua Richat Structure, yog ib qho zoo sib xws, me ntsis elliptical, tob eroded dome nrog ib txoj kab uas hla ntawm 25 mais. Lub pob zeb sedimentary nthuav tawm hauv lub dome no muaj hnub nyoog los ntawm Lig Proterozoic nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub dome mus rau Ordovician xuab zeb nyob ib puag ncig nws cov npoo. Qhov sib txawv ntawm cov kab uas tiv taus ntawm cov quartzite tau tsim cov khoom siv kho kom zoo nkauj. Nws lub hauv paus muaj cov siliceous breccia npog thaj tsam uas tsawg kawg 19 mais txoj kab uas hla.

Tshaj tawm sab hauv sab hauv ntawm Richat Cov Qauv yog ntau yam ntawm cov pob zeb uas nkag mus thiab nthuav tawm. Lawv suav nrog rhyolitic volcanic pob zeb, gabbros, carbonatites thiab kimberlites. Cov pob zeb rhyolitic suav nrog cov dej ntws los lava thiab hloov pauv cov dej tsis sib haum uas yog ib feem ntawm ob qhov chaw sib txawv uas tawg, uas txhais tau tias yog qhov tawg ntawm ob mav.

Raws li daim duab qhia chaw thiab cov ntaub ntawv aeromagnetic, cov pob zeb gabbroic tsim ob lub ntsej muag lub ntsej muag. Lub nplhaib puab sab hauv yog li 20 metres hauv qhov dav thiab hais txog 3 kilometers ntawm qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm Richat Structure. Lub qhov dej tsaws tsag sab nrauv yog li 50 metres hauv qhov dav thiab hais txog 7 txog 8 kilometers ntawm qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm cov qauv no.

Peb caug-ob carbonatite dikes thiab sills tau teeb tsa hauv Richat Structure. Qhov dej tsaws tsag feem ntau yog ntev li 300 metres thiab feem ntau yog li 1 txog 4 meter dav. Lawv suav nrog cov carbonatites loj heev uas feem ntau tsis muaj vesicles. Cov pob zeb carbonatite tau sau hnub tim raws li tau txias ntawm 94 thiab 104 lab xyoo dhau los.

Tsis paub qab lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm 'Qhov muag ntawm Sahara'

Lub Richat Structure yog thawj zaug piav nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm 1930s thiab 1940s, raws li Richât Crater los yog Richât buttonhole. Xyoo 1948, Richard-Molard tau txiav txim siab tias nws yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm a laccolithic zog. Tom qab ntawd nws keeb kwm tau luv luv suav hais tias yog ib qho kev cuam tshuam. Tab sis kev tshawb fawb ze dua nyob nruab nrab ntawm 1950s thiab 1960s tau qhia tias nws tau tsim los ntawm cov txheej txheem hauv av.

Txawm li cas los xij, tom qab kev tshawb fawb dav dav thiab chaw kuaj mob hauv lub xyoo 1960s, tsis muaj pov thawj ntseeg tau pom rau poob siab metamorphism lossis txhua yam kev hloov pauv uas qhia tau tias muaj kev sib tw ntau sab nraud cuam ​​tshuam.

Thaum coesite, ib daim ntawv ntawm silicon dioxide suav tias yog qhov ntsuas ntawm kev poob siab metamorphism, tau pib tau tshaj tawm tias tam sim no muaj nyob hauv cov pob zeb piv txwv los ntawm Richat Structure, kev tshuaj xyuas ntxiv ntawm cov qauv pob zeb xaus lus tias barite tau qhia tsis tseeb tias yog coesite.

Ua haujlwm ntawm kev sib tham tus qauv tau ua tiav hauv 1990s. Kev tshawb fawb tshiab ntawm kev tsim cov qauv Richat los ntawm Matton et Al los ntawm 2005 txog 2008 tau lees paub qhov kev txiav txim siab tias nws yog qhov tseeb tsis yog qhov cuam tshuam.

Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb ntau xyoo 2011 ntawm Richat megabreccias xaus lus tias carbonates hauv silica-nplua nuj megabreccias tau tsim los ntawm cov dej kub hauv dej kub tsawg, thiab cov qauv tsim kom muaj kev tiv thaiv tshwj xeeb thiab tshawb nrhiav ntxiv ntawm nws keeb kwm.

Ib txoj kev ntseeg ntseeg ntawm keeb kwm ntawm 'Qhov muag ntawm Sahara'

Cov kws tshawb fawb tseem muaj lus nug txog Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara, tab sis ob tus kws tshawb fawb Canadian tau muaj txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm txog nws keeb kwm.

Lawv xav tias qhov muag tsim tau pib ntau dua 100 lab xyoo dhau los, raws li lub tebchaws Pangea tau tawg sib nrug los ntawm cov phaj tectonics thiab tam sim no Africa thiab South America tau ploj mus ib leeg.

Molten pob zeb thawb mus rau saum npoo tab sis tsis ua nws txhua txoj kev, tsim lub dome ntawm cov pob zeb txheej, zoo li pob ntxau loj heev. Qhov no kuj tsim cov kab txhaum ncig thiab hla lub Qhov Muag. Cov pob zeb uas yaj tas kuj tau muab cov pob zeb pov tseg ze rau nruab nrab ntawm Lub Qhov Muag, uas tau tawg ua ib hom pob zeb tshwj xeeb hu ua breccia.

Me ntsis tom qab 100 lab xyoo dhau los, Qhov muag tau tawg ua rau muaj zog. Qhov ntawd tau tawg ua npuas ib nrab, thiab kev yaig tau ua haujlwm tas li los tsim Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara uas peb paub niaj hnub no. Lub nplhaib yog ua los ntawm ntau hom pob zeb uas yaig ntawm qhov nrawm. Lub voj voos paler ze rau nruab nrab ntawm Lub Qhov Muag yog cov pob zeb tawg uas tau tsim thaum lub sijhawm tawg ntawd.

'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' - qhov chaw ntawm qhov chaw

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Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara, ntau lub npe hu ua Richat qauv, yog ib qho tseem ceeb ncig nyob rau hauv Western Sahara suab puam ntawm Mauritania uas tau ntxim nyiam txij li qhov chaw tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo vim tias nws tsim ib qho kev pom zoo ntawm cov suab puam uas tsis muaj qhov nthuav dav ntawm cov suab puam. .

Cov neeg tsav dav hlau niaj hnub no nyiam qhov muag vim tias ntau ntawm Sahara Desert yog lub hiav txwv tsis tawg ntawm cov xuab zeb. Lub Qhov Muag Xiav yog ib qho ntawm ob peb so hauv qhov tsis txaus ntseeg uas pom tau los ntawm qhov chaw, thiab tam sim no nws tau dhau los ua thaj chaw tseem ceeb rau lawv.

'Lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara' yog qhov chaw zoo rau kev mus xyuas

Sab Hnub Poob Sahara tsis muaj qhov xwm txheej kub ntxhov uas muaj nyob rau thaum lub qhov muag tsim. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tseem tuaj yeem mus ntsib qhuav qhuav, cov suab puam uas lub Qhov Muag ntawm Sahara hu hauv tsev -tab sis nws tsis yog qhov khoom kim heev. Cov neeg taug kev yuav tsum xub nkag tau mus rau vixaj Mauritanian thiab nrhiav tus neeg txhawb nqa hauv nroog.

Thaum lees paub, cov neeg ncig tebchaws raug qhia kom npaj kev mus ncig hauv nroog. Qee tus neeg ua lag luam muab kev caij dav hlau lossis cua daj cua dub mus ncig lub Qhov Muag, muab cov neeg tuaj saib pom qhov muag. Lub Qhov Muag nyob ze lub nroog Ouadane, uas yog lub tsheb caij tsheb deb ntawm cov qauv, thiab tseem muaj lub tsev so hauv lub Qhov Muag.