Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite

The mantle transition zone (MTZ) plays a key role in the deep global material cycle, while the water content in MTZ is debated from saturated to dry. Since the electrical conductivity is highly sensitive to water, its accurate estimation will greatly help reveal the water content. The high quality a...

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Main Authors: Mingquan Lai, Xiuyan Ren, Changchun Yin, Yunhe Liu, Xinpeng Ma, Yinglin Wang, Shufan Zhao
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Mingquan Lai
Xiuyan Ren
Changchun Yin
Yunhe Liu
Xinpeng Ma
Yinglin Wang
Shufan Zhao
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Changchun Yin
Yunhe Liu
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description The mantle transition zone (MTZ) plays a key role in the deep global material cycle, while the water content in MTZ is debated from saturated to dry. Since the electrical conductivity is highly sensitive to water, its accurate estimation will greatly help reveal the water content. The high quality and plenty of data are crucial for global-scale conductivity recovery. In this article, we use the magnetic vector data of China seismo-electromagnetic satellite (CSES) to estimate the global mantle electrical structure, accompanying with the Swarm satellite and observatories. In particular, we correct the latitude effect of CSES Level 2 data. The radial conductivity model and uncertainty information of the Earth are obtained by using Bayesian inversion. It is found that large changes in the electrical results of MTZ occur when using the CSES magnetic field data. The conductivity is higher than that inverted from Swarm data, but lower than that from the observatory data. Finally, we, respectively, invert the resistivity structure of the MTZ with two years and nearly nine years of database of CSES, Swarm, and observatories, and analyze the laboratory conductivity model. The results indicate that the water content of the MTZ is less than 0.01 weight%.
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spelling doaj-art-4e4f8a20b652458c94da5ee252a307212025-01-15T00:00:45ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352025-01-01183173318410.1109/JSTARS.2024.352367110817569Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic SatelliteMingquan Lai0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3106-6491Xiuyan Ren1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-7533Changchun Yin2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-6562Yunhe Liu3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3634-9832Xinpeng Ma4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-5204Yinglin Wang5Shufan Zhao6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-5943College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaCollege of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaThe mantle transition zone (MTZ) plays a key role in the deep global material cycle, while the water content in MTZ is debated from saturated to dry. Since the electrical conductivity is highly sensitive to water, its accurate estimation will greatly help reveal the water content. The high quality and plenty of data are crucial for global-scale conductivity recovery. In this article, we use the magnetic vector data of China seismo-electromagnetic satellite (CSES) to estimate the global mantle electrical structure, accompanying with the Swarm satellite and observatories. In particular, we correct the latitude effect of CSES Level 2 data. The radial conductivity model and uncertainty information of the Earth are obtained by using Bayesian inversion. It is found that large changes in the electrical results of MTZ occur when using the CSES magnetic field data. The conductivity is higher than that inverted from Swarm data, but lower than that from the observatory data. Finally, we, respectively, invert the resistivity structure of the MTZ with two years and nearly nine years of database of CSES, Swarm, and observatories, and analyze the laboratory conductivity model. The results indicate that the water content of the MTZ is less than 0.01 weight%.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10817569/China seismo-electromagnetic satellite (CSES)C-responselatitude effectswarm satellite and observatorieswater content
spellingShingle Mingquan Lai
Xiuyan Ren
Changchun Yin
Yunhe Liu
Xinpeng Ma
Yinglin Wang
Shufan Zhao
Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
China seismo-electromagnetic satellite (CSES)
C-response
latitude effect
swarm satellite and observatories
water content
title Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
title_full Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
title_fullStr Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
title_full_unstemmed Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
title_short Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Transition Zone and Water Content Revealed by the Magnetic Data of China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
title_sort electrical conductivity of mantle transition zone and water content revealed by the magnetic data of china seismo electromagnetic satellite
topic China seismo-electromagnetic satellite (CSES)
C-response
latitude effect
swarm satellite and observatories
water content
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10817569/
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