Plume-lithosphere interactions

Class, C. and Goldstein, S.L., 1997. Plume-lithosphere interactions in the ocean basin constraints from the source mineralogy. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 150 245-260. 

Baker J. A., Menzies M. A., Thirlwall M. F., and MacPherson C. G. (1997) Petrogenesis of Quaternary intraplate volcanism, Sana a, Yemen implications for plume-lithosphere interaction and polybaric melt hybridization. J. Petrol. 38, 1359-1390. 

Chung S.-L. and Jahn B.-M. (1995) Plume-lithosphere interaction in generation of the Emeishan flood basalts at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Geology 23, 889-892. 

Gibson S. A., Thompson R. N., Leonardos O. H., Dickin A. P., and Mitchell J. G. (1999) The limited extent of plume-lithosphere interactions during continental flood-basalt genesis geochemical evidence from Cretaceous magmatism in southern Brazil. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 137, 147-169. 

Pik R., Deniel C., Coulon C., Yirgu G., and Marty B. (1999) Isotopic and trace element signatures of Ethiopian flood basalts evidence for plume-lithosphere interactions. Geo-chem. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 2263 -2279. 

Zhang M. and O Reilly S. Y. (1997) Multiple sources for basaltic rocks from Dubbo, eastern Australia geochemical evidence for plume-lithosphere interaction. Chem. Geol. 136, 33-54. 

Claude-Ivanaj C., Bourdon B., and Allegre C. J. (1998) Ra-Th-Sr isotope systematics in Grande Comore Island a case study of plume-lithosphere interaction. Earth Planet. Set Lett. 164, 99-117. 

Lassiter, J. DePaolo, D. 1997. Plume/lithosphere interaction in the generation of continents and oceanic flood basalts chemical and isotopic constraints. In Coffin, M. F. Mahoney, J. J. (eds) Large Igneous Provinces. Continental, Oceanic, and Planetary Flood Volcanism. Geophysical Monograph, American Geophysical Union, 100, 335-355. 

The past 5 years have seen considerable progress in the development of whole-earth mantle convection models that show excellent correlations with subduction and mid-ocean ridge patterns, allowing us to begin to model the interactions between asthenospheric flow and the heterogeneous plates moving in response to this flow. Doin et al. (1997) examined controls of asthenospheric flow on plate thickness, and considered thick cratonic roots. Their 3D simulations indicate that cratonic roots are stable only if the root is buoyant and more viscous than normal continental lithosphere. Sleep (1994, 1997) has used these 3D models to parameterize a numerical model of plume-lithosphere interactions... 

Ribe, N. Christensen, U. R. 1994. Three-dimensional modelling of plume-lithosphere interaction. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 669-682. 

Schilling J.-G., Kingsley R. H., Hanan B. B., and McCully B. L. (1992) Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic variations along the Gulf of Aden evidence for Afar mantle plume-continental lithosphere interaction. J. Geophys. Res. 97, 10927-10966. 

The cause and source regions of hot spots. Since plumes are considered to deliver the signals from the deep mantle, it is essential to understand how plumes influence mantle mixing. Of particular concern are the low internal viscosity of mantle plumes and the interaction with the transition zone and lithosphere (e.g., Hauri et al., 1994 Marquart and Schmeling, 2000 Fametani et al., 2002 Kumagai, 2002). 

Thirlwall M. F., Upton B. G. J., and Jenkins C. (1994) Interaction between continental lithosphere and the Iceland Plume-Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry of Tertiary basalts, NE Greenland. J. Petrol. 35, 839-879. 

Frey F. A., McNaughton N. J., Nelson D. R., deLaeter J. R., and Duncan R. A. (1996) Petrogenesis of the Bunbury Basalt, western Australia interaction between the Kerguelen plume and Gondwana lithosphere Earth Planet Set Lett 144, 163-183. 

Global variability—relation to geologic and tectonic conditions. One might expect some systematic, global relationships between He/ He and other geological parameters. For example, interaction between a plume-derived magma and oceanic lithosphere may serve to lower He/ He ratios by shallow-level addition of radiogenic He (Hilton et al. 

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