RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, VOL. 16, ES3005, doi:10.2205/2016ES000569, 2016

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• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Equations of Thermal Convection
• 3. Model
• 4. Results of Calculation of Mantle Convection Plumes
  • 4.1 Mechanism of Formation and Decay of Mantle Plumes
  • 4.2 Internal Structure and Pulsation of Mantle Plumes. Secondary Plumes in the Upper Mantle
• 5. Conclusion
• Appendix
• Acknowledgments
• References

• Figure 1. The Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic islands. The ages of the islands...
• Figure 2. The chain of volcanic islands near the Hawaiian hot spot....
• Figure 3. The depth dependence for the coefficients of thermal expansion...
• Figure 4. Distribution of viscosity with depth obtained from the data...
• Figure 5. Calculated evolution of convection in the mantle at $Ra=7.5...
• Figure 6. Further evolution of the mantle convection for time points $t...
• Figure 7. The structure of mantle convection for time points $t = 34$ Myr...
• Figure 8. The structure of mantle convection for time points $t = 44$ Myr...
• Figure 9. The structure of mantle convection for time points $t = 100$...
• Figure 10. The calculated temperature and velocities of mantle convection...
• Figure 11. The detailed evolution of mantle plume, corresponding to...

 
Citation: Trubitsyn V. P., M. N. Evseev (2016), Pulsation of mantle plumes, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 16, ES3005, doi:10.2205/2016ES000569.
 

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