Heat flow and the chemical composition of continental crust

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-377

  McLennan, S M ^a   Taylor, S R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCING ELEMENT;

EID: 0030478417     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629834     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Abbott, D., and Mooney, W., 1995, The structural and geochemical evolution of the continental crust: Support for the oceanic plateau model of continental growth: Nat. Rept. IUGG, Rev. Geophys. Supp., p. 231-242.
2. Arculus, R.J., 1981, Island arc magmatism in relation to the evolution of the crust and mantle: Tectonophysics: v. 75, p. 113-133.
3. Ashwal, L. D.; Morgan, P.; Kelley, S. A.; and Percival, J. A., 1987, Heat production in an Archean crustal profile and implications for heat flow and mobilization of heat-producing elements: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 85, p. 439-450.
4. Ballard, S., and Pollack, H. N., 1987, Diversion of heat by Archean cratons: A model for southern Africa: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 85, p. 253-264.
5. Basaltic Volcanism Study Project, 1981, Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets. New York, Pergamon Press, 1286 p.
6. Bohlen, S. R., and Mezger, K., 1989, Origin of granulite terranes and the formation of the lowermost continental crust: Science, v. 244, p. 326-329.
7. Christensen, N. L, and Mooney, W. D., 1995, Seismic velocity structure and composition of the continental crust: A global view: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 100, p. 9761-9788.
8. Ellam, R. M., and Hawkesworth, C. J., 1988, Is average continental crust generated at subduction zones?: Geology, v. 16, p. 314-317.
9. Fountain, D. M.; Salisbury, M. H.; and Furlong, K. P., 1987, Heat production and thermal conductivity of rocks from the Pikwitonei-Sachigo continental cross section, central Manitoba: Implications for the thermal structure of Archean crust: Can. Jour. Earth Sci., v. 24, p. 1583-1594.
10. Hart, S. R., and Zindler, A., 1986, In search of a bulkearth composition: Chem. Geol., v. 57, p. 247-267.
11. Hofmann, A. W., 1988, Chemical differentiation of the earth: The relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 90, p. 297-314.
12. Jacobsen, S. B., and Wasserburg, G. J., 1981, Transport models for crust and mantle evolution: Tectonophysics: v. 75, p. 163-179.
13. Jaupart, C., 1983, Horizontal heat transfer due to radioactivity contrasts: Causes and consequences of the linear heat flow relation.: Geophys. Jour. Royal Astron. Soc., v. 75, p. 411-435.
14. Jones, M. Q. W., 1988, Heat flow in the Witswatersrand Basin and environs and its significance for the South African shield geotherm and lithosphere thickness: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 93, p. 3243-3260.
15. Kay, R. W., and Kay, S. M., 1991, Creation and destruction of lower continental crust: Geol. Rund., v. 80, p. 259-278.
16. Keleman, P. B., 1995, Genesis of high Mg# andesites and the continental crust: Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 120, p. 1-19.
17. Lambert, I. B., and Heier, K. S., Estimates of the crustal abundances of thorium, uranium, and potassium: Chem. Geol., v. 3, p. 233-238.
18. McCulloch, M. T., 1987, Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on the evolution of Precambrian crust in the Australian continent, in Kröner, A., ed., Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution: Washington, Amer. Geophys. Union Geodyn. Series 17, p. 115-130.
19. _, and Bennett, V. C., 1994, Progressive growth of the earth's continental crust and depleted mantle: Geochemical constraints: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 58, p. 4717-4738.
20. McDonough, W. F., 1990, Constraints on the composition of the continental lithospheric mantle: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.: v. 101, p. 1-18.
21. _, and Sun, S.-S., 1995, The composition of the earth: Chem. Geol., v. 120, p. 223-253.
22. Morgan, P., 1984, The thermal structure and thermal evolution of the continental lithosphere: Phys. Chem. Earth, v. 15, p. 107-193.
23. Nelson, B. K., and DePaolo, D. J., 1985, Rapid production of continental crust 1.7 to 1.9 b.y. ago: Nd isotopic evidence from the basement of the North American mid-continent: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 96, p. 746-754.
24. Nielsen, S. B., 1987, Steady state heat flow in a random medium and the linear heat flow - heat production relationship: Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 14, p. 318-321.
25. Nyblade, A. A., and Pollack, H. N., 1993, A global analysis of heat flow from Precambrian terrains: Implications for the thermal structure of Archean and Proterozoic lithosphere: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 98, p. 12,207-12,218.
26. O'Nions, R. K.; Evensen, N. M.; and Hamilton, P. J., 1979, Geochemical modeling of mantle differentiation and crustal growth: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 84, p. 6091-6101.
27. Pakiser, L. C., and Robinson, R., 1966, Composition and evolution of the continental crust as suggested by seismic observations: Tectonophysics, v. 3, p. 547-557.
28. Patchett, J. P., and Arndt, N. T., 1986, Nd isotopes and tectonics of 1.9-1.7 Ga crustal genesis: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 78, p. 329-338.
29. Pearcy, L. G.; DeBari, S. M.; and Sleep, N. H., 1990, Mass balance calculations for two sections of island arc crust and implications for the formation of continents: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 96, p. 427-442.
30. Pinet, C., and Jaupart, C., 1987, The vertical distribution of radiogenic heat production in the Precambrian crust of Norway and Sweden: Geothermal implications: Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 14, p. 260-263.
31. _; Jaupart, C.; Mareschal, J. C.; Gariepy, C.; Bienfait, G.; and Lapointe, R., 1991, Heat flow and structure of the lithosphere in the eastern Canadian Shield: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 96, p. 19,941-19,963.
32. Pollack, H. N.; Hurter, S. J.; and Johnson, J. R., 1993, Heat flow from the earth's interior: Analysis of the global data set: Rev. Geophys., v. 31, p. 267-280.
33. Rudnick, R. L., 1992, Xenoliths - Samples of the lower continental crust, in Fountain, D. M.; Arculus, R. J.; and Kay, R. W., eds., Continental Lower Crust: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 269-316.
34. _, and Fountain, D. M., 1995, Nature and composition of the continental crust: A lower crustal perspective: Rev. Geophys., v. 33, p. 267-309.
35. Rybach, L., 1976, Radioactive heat production in rocks and its relation to other petrophysical parameters: Pure Appl. Geophys., v. 114, p. 309-317.
36. Sass, J. H., and Lachenbruch, A. H., 1979, Thermal regime of the Australian continental crust, in McElhinny, M. W., ed., The Earth: Its Origin and Evolution: New York, Academic Press, p. 301-351.
37. Sclater, J. G.; Jaupart, C.; and Galson, D., 1980, The heat flow through oceanic and continental crust and the heat loss of the earth: Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., v. 18, p. 269-311.
38. Shaw, D. M.; Cramer, J. J.; Higgins, M. D.; and Truscott, M. G., 1986, Composition of the Canadian Precambrian shield and the continental crust of the earth, in Dawson, J. B., et al., eds., The nature of the lower continental crust: Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub. 24, p. 275-282.
39. Steiger, E. H., and Jager, E., 1977, Subcommission on geochronology: Convention on the use of decay constants in geo- and cosmochronology: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 36, p. 359-362.
40. Stein, C. A., and Stein, S., 1994, Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 90, p. 3081-3095.
41. Taylor, S. R., 1967, The origin and growth of continents: Tectonophysics, v. 4, p. 17-34.
42. _, 1977, Island arc models and the composition of the continental crust: Am. Geophys. Union Maurice Ewing Series, v. 1, p. 325-335.
43. _, and McLennan, S. M., 1981, The composition and evolution of the continental crust: Rare earth element evidence from sedimentary rocks: Royal Soc. (London) Philos. Trans., v. A301 p. 381-399.
44. _, and _, 1985, The continental crust: Its composition and evolution: Oxford, Blackwell, 312 p.
45. _, and _, 1995, The geochemical evolution of the continental crust: Rev. Geophys., v. 33, p. 241-265.
46. Vitorello, I., and Pollack, H. N., 1980, On the variation of continental heat flow with age and the thermal evolution of continents: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 85, p. 983-995.
47. Weaver, B. L., and Tarney, J., 1984, Empirical approach to estimating the composition of the continental crust: Nature v. 310, p. 575-577.
48. Wedepohl, K. H., 1995, The composition of the continental crust: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 59, p. 1217-1232.
49. Zandt, G., and Ammon, C. J., 1995, Continental crust composition constrained by measurements of crustal Poisson's ratio: Nature, v. 374, p. 152-154.