Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20..899y&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 10, p. 899-902.
Computer Science
Sound
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Anomalous Temperature Zones, Chemical Composition, Earth Mantle, Geotemperature, Earth Planetary Structure, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
Lateral variations of the temperature field in the lower mantle have been reconstructed using new results in mineral physics and seismic tomographic data. We show that, with the application of high-pressure experimental values of thermal expansivity and of sound velocities, the slow seismic anomalies in the lower mantle under the Pacific and Africa can be converted into realistic-looking plume structures with large dimensions of 0(1000 km). The outer fringes of the plumes have an excess temperature of around 400 K. In the core of the plumes are found tonguelike structures with extremely high thermal anomalies. These values can exceed 1200 K and are too high to be explained on the basis of thermal anomalies alone. We suggest that these major plumes in the deep mantle may be driven by both thermal and chemical buoyancies or that enhanced conductive heat-transfer may be important there.
Cadek Ondřej
Chopelas A.
Matyska Ctirad
Yuen Dave A.
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