Core‐mantle boundary topography and whole‐mantle convection

Alessandro M. Forte; W. Richard Peltier

doi:10.1029/GL016i007p00621

Core‐mantle boundary topography and whole‐mantle convection

Alessandro M. Forte
, W. Richard Peltier

University of Toronto

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The seismically observed topography on the core‐mantle boundary (CMB) and the velocities of the surface tectonic plates together constitute important observational constraints on viscous flow models of the Earth's mantle. We show here that the CMB deflections inferred by Morelli and Dziewonski (1987) may be explained in terms of a simple model of whole‐mantle convection and in the process we provide a new method for inferring the penetration depths of subducted slabs.

langue originale	Anglais
Pages (de - à)	621-624
Nombre de pages	4
journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	16
Numéro de publication	7
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/GL016i007p00621
état	Publié - 1 janv. 1989
Modification externe	Oui

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