Effect of lithospheric root on decompression melting in plume - Lithosphere interaction models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-270

  Manglik, A ^a,b   Christensen, U R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Flood basalt volcanism; Lithosphere; Mantle convection; Partial melting; Plumes

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTIAL MELTING; VOLCANISM;

EID: 33646006114     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02811.x     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Albers, M., 2000. A local mesh refinement multigrid method for 3-D convection problems with strongly variable viscosity, J. Comput. Phys., 160, 126-150.
2. Albers, M. & Christensen, U.R., 2001. Channeling of plume flow beneath mod-ocean ridges, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 187, 207-220.
3. Basu, A.R., Renne, P.R., Das Gupta, D.K., Teichmann, F. & Poreda, R.J., 1993. Early and late alkali igneous pulses and a high- 3 He plume origin for the Deccan flood basalts, Science, 261, 902-906.
4. Campbell, I.H. & Griffith, R.W., 1990. Implications of mantle plume structure for the evolution of flood basalts, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 99, 79-93.
5. Coffin, M.A. & Eldholm, O., 1994. Large igneous provinces: Crustal structure, dimensions and external consequences, Rev. Geophys., 32, 1-36.
6. Cordery, M.C., Davies, G.F. & Campbell, I.H., 1997. Genesis of flood basalts from eclogite-bearing mantle plumes, J. geophys. Res., 102, 20 179-20 198.
7. Courtillot, V., Feraud, G., Maluski, H., Vandamme, D., Moreau, M.G. & Besse, J., 1988. Deccan flood basalts and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, Nature, 333, 843-846.
8. Doin, M.-P., Fleitout, L. & Christensen, U., 1997. Mantle convection and stability of depleted and undepleted continental lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 102, 2771-2787.
9. Duncan, R.A. & Pyle, D.G., 1988. Rapid eruption of the Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, Nature, 333, 841-843.
10. Durrheim, R.J. & Mooney, W.D., 1994. Evolution of Precambrian lithosphere: Seismological and geochemical constraints, J. geophys. Res., 99, 15 359-15 374.
11. Ebinger, C.J. & Sleep, N.H., 1998. Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume, Nature, 395, 788-791.
12. Farnetani, C.G. & Richards, M.A., 1994. Numerical investigations of the mantle plume initiation model for flood basalt events, J. geophys. Res., 99, 13 818-13 833.
13. Farnetani, C.G. & Richards, M.A., 1995. Thermal entrainment and melting in mantle plumes, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 136, 251-267.
14. Griffiths, R.W. & Campbell, I.H., 1990. Stirring and structure in mantle starting plumes, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 99, 66-78.
15. Hirth, G. & Kohlstedt, D.L., 1996. Water in the oceanic upper mantle: Implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 144, 93-108.
16. Ito, G., Shen, Y., Hirth, G. & Wolfe, C.J., 1999. Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the Iceland mantle plume, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 165, 81-96.
17. Jordan, T.H., 1979. Mineralogies, densities and seismic velocities of garnet lherzolites and their geophysical implications, in The Mantle Sample: Inclusions in Kimberlites and Other Volcanics, Vol. 2, pp. 2 -14, eds Boyd, F.R. & Meyer, H.O.A., AGU, Washington DC.
18. 39 Ar dating on volcanic rocks of Deccan Traps, India, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 46, 233-243.
19. King, S.D. & Anderson, D.L., 1995. An alternative mechanism of flood basalt formation, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 136, 269-279.
20. Klosko, E.R., Russo, R.M., Okal, E.A. & Richardson, W.P., 2001. Evidence for a rheologically strong chemical mantle root beneath the Ontong-Java Plateau, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 186, 347-361.
21. Leitch, A.M. & Davies, G.F., 2001. Mantle plumes and flood basalts: Enhanced melting from plume ascent and an eclogite component, J. geophys. Res., 106, 2047-2059.
22. Leitch, A.M., Davies, G.F. & Wells, M., 1998. A plume head melting under a rifting margin, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 161, 161-177.
23. Lin, S.-C., Kuo, B.-Y., Chiao, L.-Y. & van Keken, P.E., 2005. Thermal plume models and melt generation in East Africa: A dynamic modeling approach, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 237, 175-192.
24. Mahoney, J.J. & Coffin, M.F., 1997. Large igneous provinces: Continental, oceanic, and planetary flood volcanism, AGU, Washington DC, 438 pp.
25. Mahoney, J.J., Macdougall, J.D., Lugmair, G.W. & Gopalan, K., 1983. Kerguelen hot spot source for Rajmahal Traps and Ninetyeast Ridge? Nature, 303, 385-389.
26. Manglik, A. & Christensen, U.R., 1997. Effect of mantle depletion buoyancy on plume flow and melting beneath a stationary plate, J. geophys. Res., 102, 5019-5028.
27. McKenzie, D. & Bickle, M.J., 1988. The volume and composition of melt generated by extension of the lithosphere, J. Petrol., 29, 625-679.
28. Müller, R.D., Royer, J.-Y. & Lawver, L.A., 1993. Revised plate motions relative to the hot spots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hot spot tracks, Geology, 21, 275-278.
29. Nyblade, A.A. & Sleep, N.H., 2003. Long lasting epeirogenic uplift from mantle plumes and the origin of the southern African plateau, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4, 1105, doi:10.1029/2003GC000573.
30. Ramanathan, S., 1981. Some aspects of Deccan volcanism of western Indian shelf and Cambay basin, in Mem. Geol. Soc. India No.33, pp. 198 -217, eds Subba Rao, K.V. & Sukheswala, R.N., Bangalore, India.
31. Ribe, N. & Christensen, U.R., 1994. Three-dimensional modeling of plume- lithosphere interaction, J. geophys. Res., 99, 669-684.
32. Ribe, N. & Christensen, U.R., 1999. The dynamic origin of Hawaiian volcanism, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 517-531.
33. Richards, M.A., Duncan, R.A. & Courtillot, V.E., 1989. Flood basalts and hotspot tracks; plume head and tails, Science, 246, 103-107.
34. Richardson, W.P., Okal, E.A. & van der Lee, S., 2000. Rayleigh-wave tomography of the Ontong-Java plateau, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 118, 29-51.
35. Sleep, N.H., 1997. Lateral flow and ponding of starting plume material, J. geophys. Res., 102, 10 001-10 012.
36. Sleep, N.H., 2003. Survival of Archean cratonal lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 108, 2302, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000169.
37. Sleep, N.H., 2005. Evolution of the continental lithosphere, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 33, 369-393.
38. Sleep, N.H., Ebinger, C.J. & Kendall, J.-M., 2002. Deflection of mantle plume material by cratonic keels, in The early earth: Physical, chemical and biological development, Vol. 199, pp. 135 -150, eds Fowler, C.M.R., Ebinger, C.J. & Hawkesworth, C.J., Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub.
39. Sparks, D.W. & Parmentier, E.M., 1993. The structure of three-dimensional convection beneath oceanic spreading centers, Geophys. J. Int., 112, 81-91.
40. Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Gallagher, K., Stewart, K., Peate, D. & Mantovani, M., 1996. Mantle plumes, flood basalts, and thermal models of melt generation beneath continents: Assessment of a conductive heating model and application to the Parana, J. geophys. Res., 101, 11 503-11 518.
41. Tychkov, S.A., Rychkova, E.V. & Vasilevskii, A.N., 1998. Interaction between a plume and thermal convection in the continental upper mantle, Russian Geology and Geophys, 39, 423-434.
42. van Keken, P., 1997. Evolution of starting mantle plumes: A comparison between numerical and laboratory models, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 148, 1-11.
43. Watson, S. & McKenzie, D., 1991. Melt generation by plumes: A study of Hawaiian volcanism, J. Petrol., 32, 501-537.
44. White, R., 1993. Melt production rates in mantle plumes, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A342, 137-153.
45. Widdowson, M., Pringle, M.S. & Fernandez, O.A., 2000. A post K-T boundary (Early Palaeocene) age for Deccan-type feeder dykes, Goa, India, J. Petrol., 41, 1177-1194.