硅鋁層地球化學中所指地球大陸地殼岩石圈,得名於其主要構成化學元素[1][2]

典型的硅鋁層物質, 密蘇里州St. Francis Mountains英語St. Francis Mountains正長石基質中的前寒武紀花崗岩

也稱硅鋁層岩石為長英質,因為其包含很高比例的硅鋁長石礦物。[3]

硅鋁層最初由愛德華·修斯在19世紀提出。已經被岩相、重力測量、地震證據所證實。[4]

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硅鋁層的密度低(2700–2800 kg/m3[5])。與硅鎂層分界面並不對應於康拉德不連續面[6] 而是相當隨意地設定為平均密度2800 kg/m3的地方。[3]

根據地殼均衡理論[7] 山脈既向下也向上擴展其岩石圈[7],因此大陸地殼的硅鋁層厚度從5 km到70 km。[8]

參見

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參考文獻

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  1. ^ Continental crust has been defined as That type of the Earth’s crust which underlies the continents and the continental shelves: it is equivalent to the sial. Neuendorf, Klaus K. E.; Mehl, James P.; Jackson, Julia A. (編). Glossary of Geology 5th. Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute. 2005: 139. ISBN 978-3-540-27951-8. 
  2. ^ Smith, Frederick Gordon. Physical Geochemistry. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. 1963: 379. OCLC 253612701. 
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 Ritter, Michael E. Chapter EM: Earth Materials and Structure: The Earth's Interior: The Crust. The Physical Environment: An Introduction to Physical Geography. 2006. (原始內容存檔於11 November 2007). 
  4. ^ Kuenen, Philip Henry. Marine Geology. New York: Wiley. 1950: 117. OCLC 489742. 
  5. ^ Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (編). The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences and Astrogeology. New York: Reinhold Publishing. 1967: 323. OCLC 430153. 
  6. ^ Monastersky, Richard. Inner Space. Science News. 1989, 136 (17): 266–268, page 266. JSTOR 3973827. doi:10.2307/3973827. 
  7. ^ 7.0 7.1 Bridges, Edwin Michael. World Geomorphology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. 1990: 13. ISBN 978-0-521-38343-1. 
  8. ^ Lliboutry, Luis. Quantitative Geophysics and Geology. London: Springer-Praxis. 2000: 152. ISBN 978-1-85233-115-3. 
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