Implication for mantle flow from the Hawaiian-Emperor chain

Details Implication for mantle flow from the Hawaiian-Emperor chain Implication for mantle flow from the Hawaiian-Emperor chain

Dec 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988e%26psl..91..170m&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 91, Issue 1-2, p. 170-178.

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Assuming that Rayleigh-Benard flow occurs within the upper mantle, ascending plumes must undergo horizontal displacement during ascent that can be traced at the surface. It is shown that the Hawaiian-Emperor bend cannot be formed if the convection rate is of the same order of magnitude as the ascent rate of the plumes. The plume patterns obtained by push-pull or lithospheric sliding are similar to that of the Hawaiian-Emperor chain. Hence the present results support the sliding model.

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