A model for the layered upper mantle

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Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997pepi..100..197g&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 100, p. 197-212.

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Numerical modeling of mantle convection by Liu (1994, Science, 264: 1904-1907) favors a two-layer convection, if the results are reinterpreted for the correct phase relations in (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. The resulting chemical isolation of the upper and lower mantle suggests a highly differentiated and layered upper mantle to account for the discrepancy between the observed compositions of mantle xenoliths and the cosmic abundances of elements. It is shown that a layered upper mantle with a hidden reservoir can have a structure consistent with the observed seismic velocity profiles and an average bulk composition corresponding to the cosmic abundances. The evolution of the upper mantle and the origin of komatiites are discussed in the context of the proposed model.

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