How does small-scale convection manifest in surface heat flux?

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Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009e%26psl.287..329k&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 287, Issue 3-4, p. 329-332.

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Small-scale convection in the suboceanic mantle, if present, is commonly thought to manifest in surface heat flux, and the steady-state scaling of sublithospheric convection has often been used to interpret heat flow data from old ocean basins. Relations among small-scale convection, surface heat flux, and the steady-state scaling, however, have been vague. A series of transient cooling modeling are conducted here to quantify such relations. Given the strong temperature-dependency of mantle viscosity, results suggest that small-scale convection could take place without noticeably disturbing surface heat flux, and that the use of steady-state scaling may not be warranted for the present-day suboceanic mantle.

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