A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age

Details A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992natur.359..123s&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 359, no. 6391, Sept. 10, 1992, p. 123-129. Research supported by NSF, NASA, and Petroleum Research

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Depth, Heat Transmission, Lithosphere, Ocean Bottom, Ocean Models, Heat Flux, Plates (Tectonics), Sea Floor Spreading

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Variations in sea-floor depth and heat flow with age provide the main constraints on the thermal structure and evolution of the oceanic lithosphere. Joint fitting of heat flow and bathymetry yields a model with a hotter, thinner lithosphere than in previous models. The new model provides a significantly better fit to the data, including those from older lithosphere previously treated as anomalous. This will facilitate the analysis of lithospheric processes, including the effects of mid-plate volcanism and swells, regional subsidence, and hydrothermal circulation near spreading centers.

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