矽鋁層

矽鋁層是地球化學中所指地球的大陸地殼岩石圈，得名於其主要構成化學元素矽與鋁。^[1]^[2]

也稱矽鋁層岩石為長英質，因為其包含很高比例的矽鋁長石礦物。^[3]

矽鋁層最初由愛德華·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]

性質

矽鋁層的密度低(2700–2800 kg/m³^[5])。與矽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]，因此大陸地殼的矽鋁層厚度從5 km到70 km。^[8]

^ 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.
^ Smith, Frederick Gordon. Physical Geochemistry. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley. 1963: 379. OCLC 253612701.
^ ^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）.
^ Kuenen, Philip Henry. Marine Geology. New York: Wiley. 1950: 117. OCLC 489742.
^ Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (編). The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences and Astrogeology. New York: Reinhold Publishing. 1967: 323. OCLC 430153.
^ Monastersky, Richard. Inner Space. Science News. 1989, 136 (17): 266–268, page 266. JSTOR 3973827. doi:10.2307/3973827.
^ ^7.0 ^7.1 Bridges, Edwin Michael. World Geomorphology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. 1990: 13. ISBN 978-0-521-38343-1.
^ Lliboutry, Luis. Quantitative Geophysics and Geology. London: Springer-Praxis. 2000: 152. ISBN 978-1-85233-115-3.

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