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Scientific paper
Jul 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993sci...261..315b&link_type=abstract
Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 261, no. 5119, p. 315-320.
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Earth Mantle, Equators, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Basalt, Chemical Composition, Earth Rotation, Pacific Ocean, Peridotite
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An exceptionally low degree of melting of the upper mantle in the equatorial part of the mid-Atlantic Ridge is indicated by the chemical composition of mantle-derived midocean ridge peridotites and basalts. These data imply that mantle temperatures below the equatorial Atlantic are at least 150 C cooler than those below the normal mid-Atlantic Ridge, suggesting that isotherms are depressed and the mantle is downwelling in the equatorial Atlantic. An equatorial minimum of the zero-age crustal elevation of the East Pacific Rise suggests a similar situation in the Pacific. If so, an oceanic upper mantle cold equatorial belt separates hotter mantle regimes and perhaps distinct chemical and isotopic domains in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Gravity data suggest the presence of high density material in the oceanic equatorial upper mantle, which is consistent with its inferred low temperature and undepleted composition. The equatorial distribution of cold, dense upper mantle may be ultimately an effect of the Earth's rotation.
Bonatti Enrico
Seyler Monique
Sushevskaya Nadya
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