The effects of small-scale convection in the shallow lithosphere of the North Atlantic

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Likerman, Jeremias, Zlotnik, Sergio, Li, Chun Feng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: ATLANTIC OCEAN; DYNAMICS: CONVECTION CURRENTS; AND MANTLE PLUMES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: MODELLING AND INTERPRETATION; MANTLE PROCESSES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE PROCESSES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Pablo; Curie Point; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/149019

Curie point depth can be used as a proxy for plate temperatures. Data from the North Atlantic (10°-50°N) are used here to determine if the observed oscillations and patterns in Curie depths could be a subproduct of small-scale thermal instabilities arising at the bottom of the lithospheric plates. O...