Sluggish thermochemical basal mantle structures support their long-lived stability
Nature Communications, ISSN: 2041-1723, Vol: 15, Issue: 1, Page: 10000
2024
- 2Citations
- 3Captures
Metric Options: CountsSelecting the 1-year or 3-year option will change the metrics count to percentiles, illustrating how an article or review compares to other articles or reviews within the selected time period in the same journal. Selecting the 1-year option compares the metrics against other articles/reviews that were also published in the same calendar year. Selecting the 3-year option compares the metrics against other articles/reviews that were also published in the same calendar year plus the two years prior.
Example: if you select the 1-year option for an article published in 2019 and a metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019. If you select the 3-year option for the same article published in 2019 and the metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Citation Benchmarking is provided by Scopus and SciVal and is different from the metrics context provided by PlumX Metrics.
Example: if you select the 1-year option for an article published in 2019 and a metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019. If you select the 3-year option for the same article published in 2019 and the metric category shows 90%, that means that the article or review is performing better than 90% of the other articles/reviews published in that journal in 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Citation Benchmarking is provided by Scopus and SciVal and is different from the metrics context provided by PlumX Metrics.
Article Description
Large low shear-wave velocity provinces (LLSVPs) in the lowermost mantle are the largest geological structures on Earth, but their origin and age remain highly enigmatic. Geological constraints suggest the stability of the LLSVPs since at least 200 million years ago. Here, we conduct numerical modeling of mantle convection with plate-like behavior that yields a Pacific-like girdle of mantle downwelling which successfully forms two antipodal basal mantle structures similar to the LLSVPs. Our parameterized results optimized to reflect LLSVP features exhibit velocities for the basal mantle structures that are ~ 4 times slower than the ambient mantle if they are thermochemical, while the velocity is similar to the ambient mantle if purely thermal. The sluggish motion of the thermochemical basal mantle structures in our models permits the notion that geological data from hundreds of millions of years ago are related to modern LLSVPs as they are essentially stationary over such time scales.
Bibliographic Details
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Provide Feedback
Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know