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Ocean bathymetry and mantle convection: 1. Large‐scale flow and hotspots
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 10 September 1988
Numerical models of plate-scale convection confined to the upper mantle predict large deviations from observed ocean bathymetry, gravity, and geoid, while whole mantle models yield first-order… Expand
Dynamic Earth: Plates, Plumes and Mantle Convection
- G. Davies, U. Christensen
- Physics
- 28 January 2000
Part I. Origins: 1. Introduction 2. Emergence 3. Mobility Part II. Foundations: 4. Surface 5. Interior 6. Flow 7. Heat Part III. Essence: 8. Convection 9. Plates 10. The plate mode 11. The plume mode… Expand
Thermal histories of convective Earth models and constraints on radiogenic heat production in the Earth
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 10 May 1980
Thermal histories have been calculated for simple models of the earth which assume that heat is transported by convection throughout the interior. The application of independent constraints to these… Expand
On the emergence of plate tectonics
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 1 November 1992
At present, young oceanic lithosphere is positively buoyant, and it does not become negatively buoyant until it is older than about 20 m.y. If, in the past, the mantle was hotter, the oceanic crust… Expand
Stirring geochemistry in mantle convection models with stiff plates and slabs
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 1 September 2002
Abstract Numerical models of mantle convection are presented that readily yield midocean ridge basalt (MORB) and oceanic island basalt (OIB) ages equaling or exceeding the apparent ∼1.8-Ga lead… Expand
Effect of plate bending on the Urey ratio and the thermal evolution of the mantle
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 15 October 2009
Abstract The bending of tectonic plates as they subduct causes resistance to plate motions and mantle convection. It has been proposed that this effect could keep plate velocities relatively constant… Expand
Mantle Plumes and Continental Tectonics
- R. Hill, I. Campbell, G. Davies, R. Griffiths
- Geology
- Science
- 10 April 1992
Mantle plumes and plate tectonics, the result of two distinct modes of convection within the Earth, operate largely independently. Although plumes are secondary in terms of heat transport, they have… Expand
Punctuated tectonic evolution of the earth
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 1 December 1995
Abstract The potential of a phase transformation barrier to cause mantle layering has been incorporated into calculations of the thermal evolution of the earth's mantle based on parameterised… Expand
Ocean bathymetry and mantle convection: 2. Small‐scale flow
- G. Davies
- Geology
- 10 September 1988
Numerical models demonstrate that a boundary layer instability of the lower lithosphere does not stop the lithosphere from subsiding, and so it cannot explain the so-called flattening of old… Expand