Mantle mixing and continental breakup magmatism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 463-473

  Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental rifting; Large igneous provinces; Mantle convection; Subducted crust

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MIXING; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1142268950     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00674-5     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. White R.McKenzie D.Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts J. Geophys. Res. 94 1989 7685-7729
2. Coffin M.F.Eldholm O.Large igneous provinces: crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences Rev. Geophys. 32 1994 1-36
3. Richards M.A.Duncan R.A.Courtillot V.E.Flood basalts and hot-spot tracks: Plume heads and tails Science 246 1989 103-107
4. Hill R.I.Campbell I.H.Davies G.F.Griffiths R.W.Mantle plumes and continental tectonics Science 256 1992 186-193
5. Whitehead J.A.Jr.Luther D.S.Dynamics of laboratory diapir and plume models J. Geophys. Res. 80 1975 705-717
6. Griffiths R.W.Campbell I.H.Stirring and structure in mantle starting plumes Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 99 1990 66-78
7. Korenaga J.Kelemen P.B.Major element heterogeneity in the mantle source of the North Atlantic igneous province Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 184 2000 251-268
8. A.E. Ringwood, Compositions and Petrology of the Earth's Mantle, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975.
9. Hanan B.B.Graham D.W.Lead and helium isotope evidence from oceanic basalts for a common deep source of mantle plumes Science 272 1996 991-995
10. Lesher C.E.Mantle source heterogeneity in the North Atlantic igneous province and the Iapetus connection (abstract) EOS Trans. AGU 83 2002 F1040
11. Ritsema J.Allen R.M.The elusive mantle plume Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 207 2003 1-12
12. R. Montelli, G. Nolet, G. Masters, F.A. Dahlen, S.-H. Hung, Global P and PP wave tomography: rays versus waves, Geophys. J. Int. (2003) in press.
13. Foulger G.R.Pearson D.G.Is Iceland underlain by a plume in the lower mantle? Seismology and helium isotopes Geophys. J. Int. 145 2001 F1-F5
14. Bijwaard H.Spakman W.Tomographic evidence for a narrow whole mantle plume below Iceland Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 166 1999 121-126
15. Ringwood A.E.Irifune T.Nature of the 650-km seismic discontinuity - implications for mantle dynamics and differentiation Nature 331 1988 131-136
16. Karato S.On the separation of crustal component from subducted oceanic lithosphere near the 660 km discontinuity Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 99 1997 103-111
17. van Keken P.E.Karato S.Yuen D.A.Rheological control of oceanic crust separation in the transition zone Geophys. Res. Lett. 23 1996 1821-1824
18. Marcano M.C.Van der Boo R.Mac Niocaill C.True polar wander during the Permo-Triassic J. Geodyn. 28 1999 75-95
19. Yasuda A.Fujii T.Ascending subducted oceanic crust entrained within mantle plumes Geophys. Res. Lett. 25 1998 1561-1564
20. Korenaga J.Holbrook W.S.Kent G.M.Kelemen P.B.Detrick R.S.Larsen H.-C.Hopper J.R.Dahl-Jensen T.Crustal structure of the Southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography J. Geophys. Res. 105 2000 21591-21614
21. Korenaga J.Holbrook W.S.Detrick R.S.Kelemen P.B.Gravity anomalies and crustal structure across the Southeast Greenland margin J. Geophys. Res. 106 2001 8853-8870
22. Korenaga J.Kelemen P.B.Holbrook W.S.Methods for resolving the origin of large igneous provinces from crustal seismology J. Geophys. Res. 107 2002 2178
23. O'Hara M.J.Is there an Icelandic mantle plume? Nature 253 1975 708-710
24. Cordery M.J.Davies G.F.Campbell I.H.Genesis of flood basalts from eclogite-bearing mantle plumes J. Geophys. Res. 102 1997 20179-20197
25. Leitch A.M.Davies G.F.Mantle plumes and flood basalts: Enhanced melting from plume ascent and an eclogite component J. Geophys. Res. 106 2001 2047-2059
26. Richter F.M.Convection and the large-scale circulation of the mantle J. Geophys. Res. 78 1973 8735-8745
27. Buck W.R.Parmentier E.M.Convection beneath young oceanic lithosphere: Implications for thermal structure and gravity J. Geophys. Res. 91 1986 1961-1974
28. Davaille A.Jaupart C.Transient high-Rayleigh-number thermal convection with large viscosity variations J. Fluid Mech. 253 1993 141-166
29. Solomatov V.S.Moresi L.-N.Scaling of time-dependent stagnant lid convection: Application to small-scale convection on Earth and other terrestrial planets J. Geophys. Res. 105 2000 21795-21817
30. Korenaga J.Jordan T.H.Effects of vertical boundaries on infinite Prandtl number thermal convection Geophys. J. Int. 147 2001 639-659
31. Korenaga J.Jordan T.H.On the state of sublithospheric upper mantle beneath a supercontinent Geophys. J. Int. 149 2002 179-189
32. J. Korenaga, T.H. Jordan, On 'steady-state' heat flow and the rheology of oceanic mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 (2002) 2056, doi:10.1029/2002GL016085.
33. J. Korenaga, T.H. Jordan, Physics of multiscale convection in Earth's mantle: Evolution of sublithospheric convection, J. Geophys. Res. 2004 (in press).
34. 3 perovskite from calorimetry Science 249 1990 1275-1278
35. Hager B.H.Clayton R.W.Richards M.A.Comer R.P.Dziewonski A.M.Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid Nature 313 1985 541-546
36. Ricard Y.Vigny C.Mantle dynamics with induced plate-tectonics J. Geophys. Res. 94 1989 17543-17559
37. Zhong S.Davies G.F.Effects of plate and slab viscosities on the geoid Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 170 1999 487-498
38. Machetel P.Weber P.Intermittent layered convection in a model with an endothermic phase change at 670 km Nature 350 1991 55-57
39. Tackley P.J.Stevenson D.J.Glatzmaier G.A.Schubert G.Effects of an endothermic phase transition at 670 km depth in a spherical model of convection in the Earth's mantle Nature 361 1993 699-704
40. Honda S.Yuen D.A.Balachandar S.Reuteler D.Three-dimensional instabilities of mantle convection with multiple phase transitions Science 259 1993 1308-1311
41. Yasuda A.Fujii T.Kurita K.Melting phase-relations of an anhydrous midocean ridge basalt from 3 to 20 GPa - implications for the behavior of subducted oceanic-crust in the mantle J. Geophys. Res. 99 1994 9401-9414
42. Storey B.C.The role of mantle plumes in continental breakup: case histories from Gondowanaland Nature 377 1995 301-308
43. J. Korenaga, T.H. Jordan, Physics of multiscale convection in Earth's mantle: Onset of sublithospheric convection, J. Geophys. Res. 108 (2003) 2333, doi:10.1029/2002JB001760.
44. Watts A.B.Zhong S.Observations of flexture and the rheology of oceanic lithosphere Geophys. J. Int. 142 2000 855-875
45. Peltier W.R.Solheim L.P.Mantle phase transitions and layered chaotic convection Geophys. Res. Lett. 19 1992 321-324
46. Christensen U.R.Yuen D.A.The interactions of a subducting lithospheric slab with a chemical or phase boundary J. Geophys. Res. 89 1984 4389-4402
47. P.J. Tackley, S.D. King, Testing the tracer ratio method for modeling active compositional fields in mantle convection simulations, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 4 (2003) doi:10.1029/2001GC000214.
48. Cooper R.F.Kohlstedt D.L.Rheology and structure of olivine-basalt partial melts J. Geophys. Res. 91 1986 9315-9323
49. Daines M.J.Richter F.M.An experimental-method for directly determining the interconnectivity of melt in a partially molten system Geophys. Res. Lett. 15 1988 1459-1462
50. Sleep N.H.Tapping of magmas from ubiquitous mantle heterogeneities - an alternative to mantle plumes J. Geophys. Res. 89 1984 29-41
51. Agee C.B.Crystal-liquid density inversions in terrestrial and lunar magmas Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 107 1998 63-73
52. Kubo T.Ohtani E.Kondo T.Kato T.Toma M.Hosoya T.Sano A.Kikegawa T.Nagase T.Metastable garnet in oceanic crust at the top of the lower mantle Nature 420 2002 803-806
53. Zhong S.Gurnis M.The role of plates and temperature-dependent viscosity in phase change dynamics J. Geophys. Res. 99 1994 15903-15917
54. Blair L.M.Quinn J.A.The onset of cellular convection in a fluid layer with time-dependent density gradients J. Fluid Mech. 36 1969 385-400
55. Schilling J.-G.Upper mantle heterogeneities and dynamics Nature 314 1985 62-67
56. I.O. Norton, Global hotspot reference frames and plate motion, in: M.A. Richards, R.G. Gordon, R.D. van der Hilst (Eds.), The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2000, pp. 339-357.
57. Vogt P.R.Asthenosphere motion recorded by ocean-floor south of Iceland Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 13 1971 153-160
58. White R.S.Brown J.W.Smallwood J.R.The temperature of the Iceland plume and origin of outward-propagating V-shaped ridges J. Geol. Soc. London 152 1995 1039-1045
59. Ito G.Reykjanes 'V'-shaped ridges originating from a pulsing and dehydrating mantle plume Nature 411 2001 681-684
60. Kurz M.D.Jenkins W.J.Hart S.R.Helium isotopic systematics of oceanic islands and mantle heterogeneity Nature 297 1982 43-47
61. Kellogg L.H.Wasserburg G.J.The role of plumes in mantle helium fluxes Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 99 1990 276-289
62. Spiegelman M.Geochemical consequences of melt transport in 2-D: The sensitivity of trace elements to mantle Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 118 1996 115-132
63. The MELT Seismic Team, Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: The MELT experiment, Science 280 (1998) 1215-1218.
64. Gaherty J.B.Seismic evidence for hotspot-induced buoyant flow beneath the Reykjanes Ridge Science 293 2001 1645-1647
65. Sleep N.H.Lateral flow and ponding of starting plume material J. Geophys. Res. 102 1997 10001-10012
66. Lundstrom C.C.Rapid diffusive infiltration of sodium into partially molten peridotite Nature 403 2000 527-530