Numerical studies of non-Newtonian mantle convection

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Oct 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982pepi...30...49c&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 30, Oct. 1982, p. 49-61.

Physics

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Computerized Simulation, Earth Mantle, Free Convection, Plates (Tectonics), Rheology, Viscosity, Creep Properties, Kinematics, Mathematical Models, Olivine, Plastic Deformation

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Numerical model computations have been carried out to determine how the stress-dependence of non-Newtonian viscosity affects the flow structure of thermal convection. The viscosity laws have been chosen in accordance with present knowledge of upper mantle rheology, based on the diffusion and dislocation creep laws of olivine. The results show that there are important differences between the structures of Newtonian and non-Newtonian convection. While the Newtonian models are insufficient in some respects, the non-Newtonian solutions can explain the characteristics of the real mantle flow. However, this may require a faster plastic deformation than power law dislocation creep, at least in the high-stress regions of the mantle, e.g., at the active plate margins.

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