Sinking slabs below fossil subduction zones

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 103-115

  Jarvis, Gary T ^a   Lowman, Julian P ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cimmeria; Continental collision; Lhasa; Mantle convection; Mantle viscosity; Plates; Seismic tomography; Slab; Subduction zones; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE VISCOSITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SINKING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOPHYSICS;

LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 24044532575     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. D. Bercovici G. Schubert P. Tackley On the penetration of the 660 km phase change by mantle downflows Geophys. Res. Lett. 20 1993 2599-2602
2. J. Besse V. Courtillot Paleogeographic maps of the continents bordering the Indian Ocean since the early Jurassic J. Geophys. Res. 93 1988 11791-11808
3. S.L. Butler G.T. Jarvis Stresses induced in continental lithospheres by axisymmetric spherical convection Geophys. J. Int. 157 2004 1359-1376
4. S. Butler W.R. Peltier Internal thermal boundary layer stability in phase transition modulated convection J. Geophys. Res. 102 1997 2731-2749
5. K. Chambers R.N. Pysklywec The influence of phase boundary deflection on velocity anomalies of stagnant slabs in the transition zone Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 2003 SDE 9-1-9-4
6. U.R. Christensen Geodynamic models of deep subduction Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 127 2001 25-34
7. U.R. Christensen D.A. Yuen Layered convection induced by phase transitions J. Geophys. Res. 90 1985 10291-10300
8. W. DeLandro-Clarke G.T. Jarvis Numerical models of mantle convection with secular cooling Geophys. J. Int. 129 1997 183-193
9. Dickinson, W.R., Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Backarc Basins, American Geophysical Union, Maurice Ewing Series, 1, Washington, 1977.
10. A.M. Forte J.X. Mitrovica Deep-mantle high-viscosity flow and thermochemical structure inferred from seismic and geodynamic data Nature 410 2001 1049-1056
11. M. Gurnis Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents Nature 332 1988 695-699
12. M. Gurnis B. Hager Controls of the structure of subducted slabs Nature 335 1988 317-321
13. B.H. Hager Subducted slabs and the geoid: Constraints on mantle rheology and flow J. Geophys. Res. 89 1984 6003-6016
14. S. Honda D.A. Yuen S. Balachandar D. Reuteler Three-dimensional instabilities of mantle convection with multiple phase transitions Science 259 1993 1308-1311
15. X. Le Pichon J. Francheteau J. Bonnin Plate Tectonics 1976 Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co Amsterdam
16. B.W. Pipkin D.D. Trent Geology and the Environment 2nd ed. 1997 West/ Wadsworth Boston
17. P. Puster B.H. Hager T.H. Jordan Mantle convection experiments with evolving plates Geophys. Res. Lett. 22 1995 2223-2226
18. G.T. Jarvis Two-dimensional numerical models of mantle convection Advances in Geophysics 33 1991 1-80
19. J.P. Lowman G.T. Jarvis Mantle convection flow reversals due to continental collisions Geophys. Res. Lett. 20 1993 2087-2090
20. J.P. Lowman G.T. Jarvis Mantle convection models of continental collision and break-up incorporating finite thickness plates Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 88 1995 53-68
21. J.P. Lowman G.T. Jarvis Continental collisions in wide aspect ratio and high Rayleigh number two-dimensional mantle convection models J. Geophys. Res. 101 1996 25487-25497
22. J.P. Lowman G.T. Jarvis Effects of mantle heat source distribution on supercontinent stability J. Geophys. Res. 104 1999 12733-12747
23. P. Machetel P. Weber Intermittent layered convection in a model with an endothermic phase change at 670 km Nature 350 1991 55-57
24. D. McGeary C.C. Plummer D.H. Carlson Earth Revealed Physical Geology 5th ed. 2004 McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Boston
25. D.P. McKenzie Speculations on the consequences and causes of plate motions Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc. 18 1969 1-32
26. J.X. Mitrovica A.M. Forte Radial profile of mantle viscosity: Results from the joint inversion of convection and postglacial rebound observables J. Geophys. Res. 102 1997 2751-2769
27. J.X. Mitrovica A.M. Forte A new inference of mantle viscosity based upon joint inversion of convection and glacial isostatic adjustment data Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 225 2004 177-189
28. P. Patriat J. Achache India-Eurasia collision chronology has implications for crustal shortening and driving mechanism of plates Nature 311 1984 615-621
29. I. Reuber Geometry of accretion and oceanic thrusting of the Spontang Ophiolite, Ladakh-Himalaya Nature 321 1986 592-596
30. D.B. Rowley Age of initiation of collision between India and Asia: A review of stratigraphic data Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 145 1996 1-13
31. L.P. Solheim W.R. Peltier Avalanche effects in phase transition modulated thermal convection: A model of the Earth's mantle J. Geophys. Res. 99 1994 6997-7018
32. P. Tackley D.J. Stevenson G.A. Glatzmaier G. Schubert 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
33. E.J. Tarbuck F.K. Lutgens Earth Science 1994 Macmillan College Publishing Co New York
34. K.E. Torrance D.L. Turcotte Thermal convection with large viscosity variations J. Fluid Mech. 47 1971 113-125
35. R. Van der Voo W. Spakman H. Bijwaard Mesozoic subducted slabs under Siberia Nature 397 1999a 246-249
36. R. Van der Voo W. Spakman H. Bijwaard Tethyan subducted slabs under India Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 171 1999b 7-20
37. J.J. Veevers C.M. Powell B.D. Johnson Greater India's place in Gondwanaland and in Asia Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 27 1975 383-387
38. S. Zhong M. Gurnis Role of plates and temperature-dependent viscosity in phase change dynamics J. Geophys. Res. 99 1994 15903-15917