Effects of Heat‐Producing Elements on the Stability of Deep Mantle Thermochemical Piles

Effects of Heat‐Producing Elements on the Stability of Deep Mantle Thermochemical Piles

Abstract Geochemical observations of ocean island and mid‐ocean ridge basalts suggest that abundances of heat‐producing elements (HPEs: U, Th, and K) vary within the mantle. Combined with bulk silicate Earth models and constraints on the Earth's heat budget, these observations suggest the prese...

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Main Authors: Robert I. Citron, Diogo L. Lourenço, Alfred J. Wilson, Antoniette G. Grima, Scott A. Wipperfurth, Maxwell L. Rudolph, Sanne Cottaar, Laurent G. J. Montési
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Subjects:
deep mantle
LLSVPs
thermochemical piles
heat‐producing elements
mantle heterogeneity
primordial reservoirs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008895

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008895

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