Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature
We employ a new thermodynamic method for self-consistent computation of compositional and thermal effects on phase transition depths, density, and seismic velocities. Using these profiles, we compare theoretical and observed differential traveltimes between P410s and P (T-410) and between P600s and...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:126543 2023-05-15T16:51:12+02:00 Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature Ritsema, J Cupillard, P Tauzin, B Xu, WB Stixrude, L Lithgow-Bertelloni, C 2009-04 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/126543/ unknown GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, INC GEOLOGY , 37 (4) 363 - 366. (2009) TRANSITION ZONE RECEIVER FUNCTIONS CONVECTING MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES VELOCITY CONSTRAINTS ICELAND MODELS ORIGIN PHASES Article 2009 ftucl 2016-01-15T03:06:17Z We employ a new thermodynamic method for self-consistent computation of compositional and thermal effects on phase transition depths, density, and seismic velocities. Using these profiles, we compare theoretical and observed differential traveltimes between P410s and P (T-410) and between P600s and P410s (T660-410) that are affected only by seismic structure in the upper mantle. The anticorrelation between T-410 and T660-410 suggests that variations in T-410 and T660-410 of similar to 8 s are due to lateral temperature variations in the upper mantle transition zone of similar to 400 K. If the mantle is a mechanical mixture of basaltic and harzburgitic components, our traveltime data suggest that the mantle has an average temperature of 1600 +/- 50 K, in agreement with temperature estimates from magma compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts. We infer a 100 K hotter mantle if we assume the mantle to have a homogeneous pyrolitic composition. The transition-zone temperature beneath hotspots and within subduction zones is relatively high and low, respectively. However, the largest variability in T-410 and T660-410 is recorded by global stations far from subduction zones and hotspots. This indicates that the 400 K variation in upper mantle temperature is complicated by tilted upwellings, slab flattening and accumulation, ancient subduction, and processes unrelated to present-day subduction and plume ascent. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University College London: UCL Discovery |
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TRANSITION ZONE RECEIVER FUNCTIONS CONVECTING MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES VELOCITY CONSTRAINTS ICELAND MODELS ORIGIN PHASES Ritsema, J Cupillard, P Tauzin, B Xu, WB Stixrude, L Lithgow-Bertelloni, C Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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We employ a new thermodynamic method for self-consistent computation of compositional and thermal effects on phase transition depths, density, and seismic velocities. Using these profiles, we compare theoretical and observed differential traveltimes between P410s and P (T-410) and between P600s and P410s (T660-410) that are affected only by seismic structure in the upper mantle. The anticorrelation between T-410 and T660-410 suggests that variations in T-410 and T660-410 of similar to 8 s are due to lateral temperature variations in the upper mantle transition zone of similar to 400 K. If the mantle is a mechanical mixture of basaltic and harzburgitic components, our traveltime data suggest that the mantle has an average temperature of 1600 +/- 50 K, in agreement with temperature estimates from magma compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts. We infer a 100 K hotter mantle if we assume the mantle to have a homogeneous pyrolitic composition. The transition-zone temperature beneath hotspots and within subduction zones is relatively high and low, respectively. However, the largest variability in T-410 and T660-410 is recorded by global stations far from subduction zones and hotspots. This indicates that the 400 K variation in upper mantle temperature is complicated by tilted upwellings, slab flattening and accumulation, ancient subduction, and processes unrelated to present-day subduction and plume ascent. |
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Ritsema, J Cupillard, P Tauzin, B Xu, WB Stixrude, L Lithgow-Bertelloni, C |
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Ritsema, J Cupillard, P Tauzin, B Xu, WB Stixrude, L Lithgow-Bertelloni, C |
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Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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Joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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joint mineral physics and seismic wave traveltime analysis of upper mantle temperature |
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GEOLOGY , 37 (4) 363 - 366. (2009) |
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