Thermo-chemical Evolution of a One-plate Planet: Application to Mars

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1286p&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1286

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Melt generation in a planetary mantle is a complex process that has a strong influence on the thermochemical evolution of a planet. In most thermal evolution and convection models melt production has been considered by the release and consumption of latent heat, the formation of crust and the redistribution of radioactive heat sources (e.g., [1, 8]). In the present study we examine the influence of partial melt on the mantle dynamics of a one-plate planet such as Mars using 2D thermo-chemical convection models. All considered effects, i.e., variation of the solidus temperature, dehydration of the mantle and variation of the mantle composition due to melting tend to reduce the total amount of melting and the degassing of a oneplate planet.

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