Density of the continental roots: Compositional and thermal contributions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-69

  Kaban, Mikhail K ^a   Schwintzer, Peter ^a   Artemieva, Irina M ^b   Mooney, Walter D ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATON; CRUSTAL ROOT; DENSITY; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOSPHERE;

EID: 0037446293     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00072-4     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. H.N. Chapman, D.S. Pollack, On the regional variation of heat flow, geotherms and lithospheric thickness, Tectonophysics 38 (1977) 279-296.
2. C. Jaupart, J.C. Mareschal, The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots, Lithos 48 (1999) 93-114.
3. I.M. Artemieva, W.D. Mooney, Thermal thickness and evolution of Precambrian lithosphere: A global study, J. Geophys. Res. 106B (2001) 16387-16414.
4. T.H. Jordan, Composition and development of the continental tectosphere, Nature 274 (1978) 544-548.
5. S.S. Shapiro, B.H. Hager, T.H. Jordan, The continental tectosphere and Earth's long-wavelength gravity field, Lithos 48 (1999) 135-152.
6. F.R. Boyd, R.H. McCallister, Densities of fertile and sterile garnet peridotites, Geophys. Res. Lett. 3 (1976) 509-512.
7. T.H. Jordan, Continents as a chemical boundary layer, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London A 301 (1981) 359-373.
8. F.R. Boyd, Compositional distinction between oceanic and cratonic lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 96 (1989) 15-26.
9. C.J. Hawkesworth, P.D. Kempton, N.W. Rogers, R.M. Ellam, P.W. van Calsteren, Continental mantle lithosphere, and shallow level enrichment process in the Earth's mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 96 (1990) 256-268.
10. Y.H. Poudjom Djomani, S.Y. O'Reilly, W.L. Griffin, P. Morgan, The density structure of subcontinental lithosphere through time, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 184 (2001) 605-621.
11. T.H. Jordan, Structure and formation of the continental tectosphere, J. Petrol. 29 (1988) 11-37.
12. F.R. Boyd, D.G. Pearson, S.A. Mertzman, Spinel-facies peridotites from the Kaapvaal root, in: J.J. Gurney, J.L. Gurney, M.D. Pascoe, S.H. Richardson (Eds.), Proc. VII Int. Kimberlite Conf., vol. 1, 1999, pp. 40-48.
13. W.L. Griffin, B.J. Foyle, C.G. Ryan, N.J. Pearson, S.Y. O'Reilly, R. Davies, K. Kivi, E. van Achterbergh, L.M. Natapov, Layered mantle lithosphere in the Lac de Gras Area, Slave Craton: Composition, structure and origin, J. Petrol. 40 (1999) 705-727.
14. C.-T. Lee, R.L. Rudnick, Compositionally stratified cratonic lithosphere: petrology and geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths from the Labait Volcano, Tanzania, in: J.J. Gurney, J.L. Gurney, M.D. Pascoe, S.H. Richardson (Eds.), Proc. VII Int. Kimberlite Conf., vol. 2, 1999, pp. 503-521.
15. A.M. Forte, H.K. Perry, Geodynamic evidence for a chemically depleted continental tectonosphere, Science 290 (2000) 1940-1944.
16. W.L. Griffin, C.G. Ryan, F.V. Kaminsky, S.Y. O'Reilly, L.M. Natapov, T.T. Win, P.D. Kinny, I.P. Ilupin, The Siberian lithosphere traverse; mantle terranes and the assembly of the Siberian Craton, Tectonophysics 310 (1999) 1-35.
17. W.D. Mooney, G. Laske, T.G. Masters, CRUST 5.1: A global crustal model at 5°×5°, J. Geophys. Res. 103B (1998) 727-747.
18. S.P. Grand, Mantle shear structure beneath the Americas and surrounding oceans, J. Geophys. Res. 99B (1994) 11591-11621.
19. G. Ekström, A.M. Dziewonski, The unique anisotropy of the Pacific upper mantle, Nature 394 (1998) 168-172.
20. A.H. Röhm, R. Snieder, S. Goes, J. Trampert, Thermal structure of continental upper mantle inferred from S-wave velocity and surface heat flow, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 181 (2000) 395-407.
21. W.L. Griffin, S. O'Reilly, C.G. Ryan, O. Gaul, D.A. Ionov, Secular variation in the composition of subcontinental lithospheric mantle: Geophysical and geodynamic implications, in: AGU Geodynam. Ser. 26, 'Structure and Evolution of Australian Continent', 1998, pp. 1-26.
22. F.R. Boyd, D.G. Pearson, N.P. Pokhilenko, S.A. Mertzman, Cratonic mantle composition; evidence from Siberian xenoliths, EOS Trans. AGU 74 (1993) 321.
23. C.-T. Lee, R.L. Rudnick, The formation and destruction of cratonic lithosphere: Insights from the Tanzanian craton, EOS Trans. AGU 78 (1997) 746.
24. s and density at different depths, Geophys. J. Int. 147 (2001) 199-214.
25. M.K. Kaban, P. Schwintzer, P.S. Tikhotsky, Global isostatic gravity model of the Earth, Geophys. J. Int. 136 (1999) 519-536.
26. S.V. Panasyuk, B.H. Hager, Models of isostatic and dynamic topography, geoid anomalies, and their uncertainties, J. Geophys. Res. 105B (2000) 28199-28209.
27. G. Pari, W.R. Peltier, Subcontinental mantle dynamics: A further analysis based on the joint constraints of dynamic surface topography and free-air gravity, J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 5635-5662.
28. G. Pari, Crust 5.1-based inference of the Earth's dynamics surface topography: Geodynamic implications, Geophys. J. Int. 144 (2001) 501-516.
29. C. Bassin, G. Laske, G. Masters, The current limits of resolution for surface wave tomography in North America. EOS Trans. AGU 81 (Suppl.) (2000) F897.
30. M.K. Kaban, A gravity model of the North Eurasia crust and upper mantle: 1. Mantle and isostatic residual gravity anomalies, Russ. J. Earth Sci. 3 (2001) 143-163.
31. M.K. Kaban, W. Mooney, Density structure of the lithosphere in the southwestern United States and its tectonic significance, J. Geophys. Res. 106B (2001) 721-740.
32. B.H. Hager, Global isostatic geoid anomalies for plate and boundary layer models of the lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 63 (1983) 97-109.
33. F.G. Lemoine, N.K. Pavlis, S.C. Kenyon, R.H. Rapp, E.C. Pavlis, B.F. Chao, New high-resolution model developed for Earth's gravitational field, EOS Trans. AGU 79 (1998) 113-118.
34. R.D. Müller, W.R. Roest, J.-Y. Royer, L.M. Gahagan, J.G. Sclater, A digital age map of the ocean floor, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, SIO Reference Series No. 93-30, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, 1993.
35. M.E. Chapman, J.H. Bodine, Considerations of the indirect effect in the marine gravity modelling, J. Geophys. Res. 84B (1979) 3889-3892.
36. Y. Ricard, L. Fleitout, C. Froidevaux, Geoid heights and lithospheric stresses for a dynamic Earth, Ann. Geophys. 2 (1984) 267-286.
37. A.R. Lowry, N.M. Ribe, R.B. Smith, Dynamic elevation of the Cordillera, western United States, J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 23371-23390.
38. B. Sheffels, M. McNutt, Role of subsurface loads and regional compensation in the isostatic balance of the Transverse Ranges, CA: evidence for intracontinental subduction, J. Geophys. Res. 91 (1986) 6419-6431.
39. B.H. Hager, M.A. Richards, Long-wavelength variations in Earth's geoid; physical models and dynamical implications, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London A 328 (1989) 309-327.
40. B. Steinberger, H. Schmeling, G. Marquart, Large-scale lithospheric stress field and topography induced by global mantle circulation, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 186 (2001) 75-91.
41. S.I. Karato, Importance of anelasticity in the interpretation of seismic tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett. 20 (1993) 1623-1626.
42. G. Pari, W.R. Peltier, The free-air gravity constraint on subcontinental mantle dynamics, J. Geophys. Res. 101 (1996) 28115-28132.
43. C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, P.G. Silver, Dynamic topography, plate driving forces and the African superswell, Nature 395 (1998) 269-272.
44. H.N. Pollack, S.J. Hurter, J.R. Johnson, Heat flow from the Earth's interior: analysis of the global data set, Rev. Geophys. 31 (1993) 267-280.
45. S. Sobolev, H. Zeyen, G. Stoll, F. Werling, R. Altherr, K. Fuchs,Upper mantle temperatures from teleseismic tomography of French Massif Central including effects of composition, mineral reactions, anharmonicity, anelasticity and partial melt, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 139 (1996) 147-163.
46. Y. Ricard, M. Richard, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Y. Le Stunff, A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity, J. Geophys. Res. 98B (1993) 21895-21909.
47. V. Corrieu, C. Thoraval, Y. Ricard, Mantle dynamics and geoid Green functions, Geophys. J. Int. 120 (1995) 516-523.
48. M.G. Kopylova, J.K. Russell, H. Cookenboo, Petrology of peridotite and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Jericho kimberlite: implications for the thermal state of the mantle beneath the Slave Craton, Northern Canada, J. Petrol. 40 (1999) 79-104.
49. N.J. Pearson, W.L. Griffin, B.J. Doyle, S.Y. O'Reilly, E. van Achterbergh, K. Kivi, Xenoliths from kimberlite pipes of the Lac de Gras Area, Slave craton, Canada, in: J.J. Gurney, J.L. Gurney, M.D. Pascoe, S.H. Richardson (Eds.), Proc. VII Int. Kimberlite Conf., vol. 2, 1999, pp. 644-658.
50. O.F. Gaul, W.L. Griffi, S.Y. O'Reilly, N.J. Pearson, Mapping olivine composition in the lithospheric mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 182 (2000) 223-235.
51. D.G. Pearson, R.W. Carlson, S.B. Shirey, F.R. Boyd, P.H. Nixon, Stabilisation of Archaean lithospheric mantle; a Re-Os isotope study of peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal Craton, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 134 (1995) 341-357.
52. F.V. Kaminsky, O.D. Zakharchenko, R. Davies, W.L. Griffin, G.K. Kharchatryan-Blinova, A.A. Shiryaev, Superdeep diamonds from the Juina area, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 140 (2001) 734-753.