The thermal state of the upper mantle; no role for mantle plumes

DL Anderson - Geophysical Research Letters, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of geophysical data indicates that long wavelength temperature variations of the
asthenosphere depart from the mean by±200° C, not the±20° C adopted by plume …

Controls of mantle plumes and lithospheric folding on modes of intraplate continental tectonics: differences and similarities

E Burov, S Cloetingh - Geophysical Journal International, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Mantle plume activity and lithospheric folding by far-field stresses exerted from plate
boundaries are two important end-members as mechanisms for continental intraplate …

Small‐scale convection and divergent plate boundaries

RR Boutilier, CE Keen - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the suggestion that observations of large igneous crustal thickness at
rifted volcanic margins may in part be explained by small‐scale convection in the upper …

The P-wave velocity structure of the lithosphere of the North China Craton—Results from the Wendeng-Alxa Left Banner deep seismic sounding profile

SJ Wang, FY Wang, JS Zhang, SX Jia… - Science China Earth …, 2014 - Springer
For the first time on the Chinese mainland, long-range wide-angle seismic
reflection/refraction profiling technology has been applied to seismic wave phases from …

Electrical anisotropy below slow-and fast-moving plates: paleoflow in the upper mantle?

K Bahr, F Simpson - Science, 2002 - science.org
Upper mantle electrical conductivities can be explained by hydrogen diffusivity in hydrous
olivine. Diffusivity enhances the conductivity of olivine anisotropically, making the a axis the …

TOPO-EUROPE: from Iberia to the Carpathians and analogues

S Cloetingh, J Gallart, G De Vicente, L Matenco - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
Earth Sciences are rapidly changing from largely descriptive to process-oriented disciplines
that aim at quantitative models for the reconstruction and forecasting of the complex …

Small‐scale convection at a continental back‐arc to craton transition: Application to the southern Canadian Cordillera

NJ Hardebol, RN Pysklywec… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A step in the depth of the lithosphere base, associated with lateral variations in the upper
mantle temperature structure, can trigger mantle flow that is referred to as edge‐driven …

A model of episodic melt extraction for plumes

H Schmeling - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A model of melt segregation and extraction within rising plumes is proposed. It is based on
two‐phase porous flow within the partially molten region, combined with only three …

[PDF][PDF] 数值模拟华北克拉通岩石圈热对流侵蚀减薄机制

乔彦超, 郭子祺, 石耀霖 - 中国科学: 地球科学, 2013 - academia.edu
摘要关于华北克拉通岩石圈减薄机制, 国内外学者通过各种研究定性地提出了不同的机制.
文章根据最近几年国内外发表的有关资料, 通过数值模拟方法, 主要对华北克拉通岩石圈热对流 …

[PDF][PDF] 热-流-固耦合方法模拟岩石圈与软流圈相互作用

陈建业, 杨晓松, 石耀霖 - 地球物理学报, 2009 - dsjyj.com.cn
摘要岩石圈和软流圈的相互作用是现今地球动力学研究的热点问题之一. 本文针对岩石圈与软流
圈的相互作用模型, 开发了新的基于热 流 固三场耦合方法的有限元程序 …