Tidal tomography constrains Earth’s deep-mantle buoyancy
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Buoyancy of the continental upper mantle
[1] The thermal boundary layer beneath continental cratons extends into the Earth’s mantle to depths of at least 200 km. It has been proposed that chemical depletion of the lithospheric mantle during partial melting offsets the effect of increased density from conductive cooling, resulting in neutral buoyancy with respect to the underlying asthenosphere. Mineral compositions of garnet peridotit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature24452