A new approach to computing steady-state geotherms: The marginal stability condition

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作者
Aryasova, O. V. [1 ]
Khazan, Y. M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, SI Subbotin Inst Geophys, Kiev, Ukraine
关键词
Boundary layer marginal stability; Oceanic/continental lithosphere thickness; An effect of uncertainty of the crustal heat production; Kimberlite xenolith/xenocryst thermobarometry; STAGNANT-LID CONVECTION; SMALL-SCALE CONVECTION; HORIZONTALLY AVERAGED TEMPERATURE; HEAT-FLOW; THERMAL STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; COOLING MODEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.tecto.2016.10.014
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
A necessary physical condition for steady-state mantle convection is the marginal stability of convective boundary layer (CBL) accommodating the transition from conductive lithosphere to convective mantle. We incorporate the marginal stability condition (MSC) of the CBL into the lithosphere thermal modeling using it instead of the heat flow boundary condition specified on the surface. For the oceanic region, the MSC based approach allows to calculate rather than postulate the thickness of the oceanic lithosphere beneath old oceanic crust areas. The model allows to estimate the potential temperature and to predict the depth at which the suboceanic CBL base occurs. The latter agrees well with the seismologically observed lithosphereasthenosphere boundary. In the continental region, the CBL is immediately adjacent to the base of the chemical boundary layer comprising a crust and a melt-depleted continental keel. A deep segment of the MSC-based continental geotherm is almost independent of the uncertainty of the crustal heat production in the sense that two geotherms corresponding to the same lithosphere thickness and potential temperature but different crustal heat production converge at depth. Besides, the solution may be additionally adjusted so that the calculated surface heat flow matches observations without affecting the properties of the deeper geotherm segment. The model predicts quantitative relations between the chemical boundary layer thickness, the potential temperature of convecting mantle, and the lithospheric geotherm. The predictions correlate with the lithospheric geotherms documented using the kimberlite xenolithixenocryst thermobarometry. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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