Mantle plumes in the models of quasi-turbulent thermal convection |
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Authors: | V. P. Trubitsyn A. N. Evseev M. N. Evseev E. V. Kharybin |
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Affiliation: | 1.Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | The process of multiple self-nucleation and ascent of mantle plumes is studied in the numerical models of thermal convection. The plumes are observed even in the simplest isoviscous models of thermal convection that leave aside the more complex rheology of the material, thermochemical effects, phase transformations, etc., which, although controlling the features of plumes, are not necessary for their formation. The origin of plumes is mainly due to the instability of the mantle flows at highly intense (low-viscous) thermal convection. At high viscosity, convective flows form regular cells. As viscosity decreases, the ascending and descending flows become narrower and unsteady. At a further decrease in viscosity, the ascending plumes assume a mushroom-like shape and occasionally change their position in the mantle. The lifetime of each flow can attain 100 Ma. Using markers allows visualizing the evolution of the shape of the mantle plumes. |
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