Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces as plume generation regions?

Jun 07, 2013

Time

12:30 - 14:00

Abstract

Reading:
http://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/~sigloch/linkable/2013_TomoSeminar/Torsvik2006GJI_LIPSfromLLSVPs.pdf
Large igneous provinces generated from the margins of the large low-velocity provinces in the deep mantle Trond H. Torsvik1,*, Mark A. Smethurst1, Kevin Burke2, Bernhard Steinberger1 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03158.x


Additional reading:
http://www.earthdynamics.org/torsvik/torsvik-papers/2008/2008-Burke-etal-EPSL.pdf

Kevin Burke, Bernhard Steinberger, Trond H. Torsvik, Mark A. Smethurst,
Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the core–mantle boundary,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
Volume 265, Issues 1–2, 15 January 2008, Pages 49-60, ISSN 0012-821X, 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.042.