Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Oct 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9818697l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. E10, p. 18,697-18,705
Mathematics
Logic
10
Convective Flow, Entrainment, Planetary Crusts, Planetary Mantles, Recycling, Venus (Planet), Astronomical Models, Finite Element Method, Rheology, Tectonics, Viscosity
Scientific paper
Entrainment of lower crust by convective mantle downflows is proposed as a crustal recycling mechanism on Venus. The mechanism is characterized by thin sheets of crust being pulled into the mantle by viscous flow stresses. Finite element models of crust/mantle interaction are used to explore tectonic conditions under which crustal entrainment may occur. The recycling scenarios suggested by the numerical models are analogous to previously studied problems for which analytic and experimental relationships assessing entrainment rates have been derived. We use these relationships to estimate crustal recycling rates on Venus. Estimated rates are largely determined by (1) strain rate at the crust/mantle interface (higher strain rate leads to greater entrainment); and (2) effective viscosity of the lower crust (viscosity closer to that of mantle lithosphere leads to greater entrainment). Reasonable geologic strain rates and available crustal flow laws suggest entrainment can recycle approximately equal 1 cu km of crust per year under favorable conditions.
Bindschadler Duane L.
Kaula William M.
Lenardic Adrian
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