Insights from geodynamic models into ice flow, mantle magmatism, and their interactions

• Main Author: Clerc, Fiona
• Other Authors: Behn, Mark D., Minchew, Brent M., Joint Program in Marine Geology and Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Brunt Ice Shelf; McDonald Ice Rumples; Antarc*; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150070

In this thesis, I use geodynamic models to study processes within the Earth's mantle and cryosphere. I begin by quantifying previously unconsidered sources of magmatic CO₂. In Chapter 2, I predict how small concentrations of CO₂ found in passively upwelling mantle throughout ocean basins may ge...