Using postglacial sea level, crustal velocities and gravity-rate-of-change to constrain the influence of thermal effects on mantle lateral heterogeneities

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 104-117

  Wang, Hansheng ^a   Wu, Patrick ^b   van der Wal, Wouter ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Geodetic and geophysical constraints; Glacial rebound; Lateral heterogeneity; Mantle dynamics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GLACIAL REBOUND; GLACIOISOSTASY; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 50549083677     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Ekstrom G., and Dziewonski A. The unique anisotropy of the Pacific upper mantle. Nature 394 (1998) 168-172
2. Fairbanks R.G., Mortlocka R.A., Chiu T.C., Cao L., Kaplan A., Guilderson T.P., Fairbanks T.W., Bloom A.L., Grootes P.M., and Nadeau M.J. Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0-50,000 years BP based on paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C dates on pristine corals. Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1781-1796 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.04.007
3. Forte A.M., and Mitrovica J.X. Deep-mantle high-viscosity flow and thermochemical structure inferred from seismic and geodynamic data. Nature 410 (2001) 1049-1056
4. Hager B.H., Clayton R.W., Richards M.A., Comer R.P., and Dziewonski A.M. Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid. Nature 313 (1985) 541-545
5. Ishii M., and Tromp J. Normal-mode and free-air gravity constraints on lateral variations in velocity and density of the Earth's mantle. Science 285 (1999) 1231-1236
6. Ivins E.R., and Sammis C.G. On lateral viscosity contrast in the mantle and the rheology of low-frequency geodynamics. Geophysical Journal International 123 (1995) 305-322
7. Kaban M.K., Rogozhina I., and Trubitsyn V. Importance of lateral viscosity variations in the whole mantle for modelling of the dynamic geoid and surface velocities. Journal of Geodynamics 43 2 (2007) 262-273 10.1016/j.jog.2006.09.020
8. Karato S. The Dynamic Structure of the Deep Earth-An Interdisciplinary Approach (2003), Princeton University Press, New Jersey
9. Kaufmann G., and Wu P. Glacial isostatic adjustment in Fennoscandia with a three dimensional viscosity structure as an inverse problem. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 197 (2002) 1-10
10. Kaufmann G., and Wu P. In: Mitrovica J.X., and Vermeersen L.L.A. (Eds). Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on a Three-Dimensional Laterally Heterogeneous earth: Examples from Fennoscandia and the Barents Sea in Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and the Earth System: Sea-Level, Crustal Deformation Gravity and Rotation vol. 29 (2002), AGU Geodynamics Series 293-309
11. Kaufmann G., Wu P., and Ivins E.R. Lateral viscosity variations beneath Antarctica and their implications on regional rebound motions and seismotectonics. Journal of Geodynamics 39 (2005) 165-181 10.1016/j.jog.2004.08.009
12. Kaufmann G., Wu P., and Li G. Glacial isostatic adjustment in Fennoscandia for a laterally heterogeneous earth. Geophysical Journal International 143 (2000) 262-273
13. Kaufmann G., Wu P., and Wolf D. Some effects of lateral heterogeneities in the upper mantle on postglacial land uplift close to continental margins. Geophysical Journal International 128 (1997) 175-187
14. Kuo C.Y., Shum C.K., Braun A., Cheng K., and Yi Y. Vertical motion determined by combining satellite altimetry and tide gauge records. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. 19 (2008) 21-35 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.1-2.21(SA)
15. Lambeck K., Smither C., and Johnston P. Sea-level change, glacial rebound and mantle viscosity for northern Europe. Geophysical Journal International 134 (1998) 102-144
16. Latychev L., Mitrovica J.X., Tromp J., Tamisiea M.E., Komatitsch D., and Christara C.C. Glacial isostatic adjustment on 3-D Earth models: a finite volume formulation. Geophysical Journal International 161 (2005) 421-444 doi:101111/j.1365-246X.2005.02536.x
17. Latychev L., Mitrovica J.X., Tamisiea M.E., Tromp J., and Moucha R. Influence of lithospheric thickness variations on 3-D crustal velocities due to glacial isostatic adjustment. Geophysical Research Letters 32 (2005) L01304 doi:10.1029/2004GL021454
18. Lee, H., Shum, C.K., Kuo, C.Y., Yi, Y., Braun, A., 2008. Application of TOPEX altimetry for solid earth deformation studies. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19, 1-XXX, doi:10.3319/TAO.2008.19.1-2.1(SA).
19. Lee H., Shum C.K., Guo J., Yi Y., Braun A., Wu P., Kuo C.Y., Schmidt M., and Wang H. Laurentia Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: Constraints from Satellite Data and Modeling (2007), IUGG Perugia, Italy
20. Lidberg M., Johansson J.M., Scherneck H., and Davis J.L. An improved and extended GPS-derived 3D velocity field of the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) in Fennoscandia. Journal of Geodynamics 81 (2007) 213-230 doi:101007/s00190-006-0102-4
21. Martinec Z. Spectral-finite element approach to three-dimensional viscoelastic relaxation in a spherical earth. Geophysical Journal International 142 (2000) 117-141
22. Masters G., Laske G., Bolton H., and Dziewonski A.M. The relative behavior of shear velocity, bulk sound speed and compressional velocity in the mantle: implications for chemical and thermal structure. In: Karato S., et al. (Ed). Earth's Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tomography from the Atomic to Global Scale (2000), American Geophysical Union, Washington 63-87
23. Mitrovica J.X., and Forte A.M. Radial profile of mantle viscosity: results from a joint inversion of convection and post-glacial rebound observables. Journal of Geophysical Resources B2 102 (1997) 2751-2769
24. Paulson A., Zhong S., and Wahr J. Modeling post-glacial rebound with lateral viscosity variations. Geophysical Journal International 163 1 (2005) 357-371 doi:101111/j.1365-246X.2005.02645.x
25. Peltier W.R. Postglacial variations in the level of the sea: implications for climate dynamics and solid-earth geophysics. Reviews of Geophysics 36 (1998) 603-689
26. Rangelova, E.V., 2007. A dynamic geoid model for Canada. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Calgary.
27. Rodell M., Houser P.R., Jambor U., Gottschalck J., Mitchell K., Meng C.-J., Arsenault K., Cosgrove B., Radakovich J., Bosilovich M., Entin J.K., Walker J.P., Lohmann D., and Toll D. The global land data assimilation system. Bulletin of American Meteorology Society 85 3 (2004) 381-394
28. Sabadini R., Yuen D.A., and Portney M. The effects of upper mantle lateral heterogeneities on postglacial rebound. Geophysical Research Letters 13 4 (1986) 337-340
29. Scherneck, H., Johansson, J.M., Elgered, G., Davis, J.L., Jonsson, B., Hedling, G., Koivula, H., Ollikainen, M., Poutanen, M., Vermeer, M., Mitrovica, J.X., Milne, G.A., 2002. BIFROST: Observing the three dimensional deformation of Fennoscandia. In: Mitrovica, J.X., Vermeersen, L.L.A. (Eds.), Ice sheets, sea level and the dynamic earth, AGU Geodynamics Series. Vol. 29, 69-94.
30. Sella G.F., Stein S., Dixon T.H., Craymer M., James T.S., Mazzotti S., and Dokka R.K. Observation of glacial isostatic adjustment in "stable" North America with GPS. Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007) L02306 doi:10.1029/2006GL027081
31. Steffen H., Kaufmann G., and Wu P. Three-dimensional finite-element modeling of the glacial isostatic adjustment in Fennoscandia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 250 (2006) 358-375
32. Swenson S., and Wahr J. Method for inferring regional surface-mass anomalies from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) measurements of time-variable gravity. Journal of Geophysical Research 107(B9) 2193 (2002) doi:10.1029/2001JB000576
33. Swenson S., and Wahr J. Post-processing removal of correlated errors in GRACE data. Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006) L08402 doi:10.1029/2005GL025285
34. Trampert J., and van der Hilst R.D. Towards a quantitative interpretation of global seismic tomography. In: van der Hilst R.D., et al. (Ed). Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition and Evolution, Geophysical Monograph vol. 160 (2005), American Geophysical Union 47-62
35. Tushingham A.M., and Peltier W.R. ICE-3G: a new global model of late Pleistocence deglaciation based upon geophysical predictions of post-glacial relative sea level change. Journal of Geophysical Research 96 (1991) 4497-4523
36. van der Wal W., Wu P., Sideris M.G., and Shum C.K. Use of GRACE determined secular gravity rates for glacial isostatic adjustment studies in North-America. Journal of Geodynamics 46 (2008) 144-154
37. Vermeersen L.L.A., and Sabadini R. A new class of stratified viscoelastic models by analytical techniques. Geophysical Journal International 129 (1997) 531-570
38. Wahr J., Wingham D., and Bentley C. A method of combining ICESat and GRACE satellite data to constrain Antarctic mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (2000) 16279-16294
39. Wang H., and Wu P. Effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness and mantle viscosity on glacially induced surface motion on a spherical, self-gravitating Maxwell Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 244 (2006) 576-589
40. Wang H., and Wu P. Effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness and mantle viscosity on glacially induced relative sea levels and long wavelength gravity field in a spherical, self-gravitating Maxwell Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 249 (2006) 368-383
41. Wang H., and Wu P. Role of background viscosity in the investigation of postglacial rebound induced crustal motion in a laterally heterogeneous mantle. Journal of Geodynamics 42 (2006) 85-94
42. Wu P. Will earthquake activity in Eastern Canada increase in the next few thousand years?. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 35 (1998) 562-568
43. Wu P. Using commercial finite element packages for the study of earth deformations, sea levels and the state of stress. Geophysical Journal International 158 (2004) 401-408 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02338.x
44. Wu P. Effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness and mantle viscosity on glacially induced surface motion in Laurentia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 235 (2005) 549-563 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.038
45. Wu P. Sensitivity of relative sea levels and crustal velocities in Laurentide to radial and lateral viscosity variations in the mantle. Geophysical Journal International 165 (2006) 401-413
46. Wu P., and van der Wal W. Postglacial sealevels on a spherical self-gravitating viscoelastic earth: effects of lateral viscosity variations in the upper mantle on the inference of viscosity contrasts in the lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 211 (2003) 57-68
47. Wu P., and Wang H. Postglacial isostatic adjustment in a self-gravitating spherical earth with power-law rheology. Journal of Geodynamics 46 (2008) 118-130
48. Zhong S., Paulson A., and Wahr J. Three-dimensional finite-element modeling of Earth's viscoelastic deformation: effects of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness. Geophysical Journal International 155 (2003) 679-695 doi:101111/j.1365-246X. 2005.02645.x