Open AccessLinking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography
Author(s) -
Nicolas Flament
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/focus102014.1
Subject(s) - geology , mantle convection , mantle (geology) , plate tectonics , geophysics , convection , tectonics , ocean surface topography , geodesy , seismology , lithosphere , mechanics , physics
It has long been known that solid-state convection within Earth’s mantle should result in deformation of its surface ([Pekeris, 1935][1]), a phenomenon referred to as dynamic topography. This topography is relatively elusive: it is transient over time scales of 1–10 m.y., it occurs over spatial
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