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COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE
卷 335, 期 1, 页码 9-22出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00008-7
关键词
mantle convection; slabs; subduction; tomography; geothermal gradient; plumes; plume heads
Simple fluid dynamic constraints aid in the interpretation of lower mantle tomograms. The geothermal gradient away from slabs and plumes is subadiabatic between the upper (lithosphere) and lower (D) boundary layers by similar to400 K. Slabs widen proportionally with the square root of the viscosity as they sink through the lower mantle. The time scale for the persistence of slab graveyards at the base of the mantle is comparable to the time for plate motions to reorganize similar to120-200 Myr. At most a few starting plume heads currently exist in the lower mantle. Tomographic inversions may include more sophisticated numerical-modeling versions of these constraints. (C) 2003 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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