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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 43, 期 6, 页码 2510-2516出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067929
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Dynamic topography; Gravity anomalies; Mantle convection
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Growing evidence from a variety of geologic indicators points to significant topography maintained convectively by viscous stresses in the mantle. However, while gravity is sensitive to dynamically supported topography, there are only small free-air gravity anomalies (<30mGal) associated with Earth's long-wavelength topography. This has been used to suggest that surface heights computed assuming a complete isostatic equilibrium provide a good approximation to observed topography. Here we show that the apparent paradox is resolved by the well-established formalism of global, self-gravitating, viscously stratified Earth models. The models predict a complex relation between dynamictopography, mass, and gravity anomalies that is not summarized by a constant admittancei.e., ratio of gravity anomalies to surface deflectionsas one would infer from analytic flow solutions formulated in a half-space. Our results suggest that sizable dynamic topography may exist without a corresponding gravity signal.
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