Diversion of heat by Archean cratons: a model for southern Africa
dc.contributor.author | Ballard, Sanford | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pollack, Henry N. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T19:49:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T19:49:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ballard, Sanford, Pollack, Henry N. (1987/09)."Diversion of heat by Archean cratons: a model for southern Africa." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 85(1-3): 253-264. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26589> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V61-472CG2V-F8/2/8a4c52bffe2a6a7138b7e913d544039c | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26589 | |
dc.description.abstract | The surface heat flow in the interior of Archean cratons is typically about 40 mW m-2 while that in Proterozoic and younger terrains surrounding them is generally considerably higher. The eighty-four heat flow observations from southern Africa provide an excellent example of this contrast in surface heat flow, showing a difference of some 25 mW m-2 between the Archean craton and younger peripheral units. We investigate two possible contributions to this contrast: (1) a shallow mechanism, essentially geochemical, comprising a difference in crustal heat production between the two terrains, and (2) a deeper mechanism, essentially geodynamical, arising from the existence of a lithospheric root beneath the Archean craton which diverts heat away from the craton into the thinner surrounding lithosphere. A finite element numerical model which explores the interplay between these two mechanisms suggests that a range of combinations of differences in crustal heat production and lithospheric thickness can lead to the contrast in surface heat flow observed in southern Africa. Additional constraints derived from seismological observations of cratonic roots, the correlation of surface heat flow and surface heat production, petrological estimates of the mean heat production in continental crust and constraints on upper mantle temperatures help narrow the range of acceptable models. Successful models suggest that a cratonic root beneath southern Africa extends to depths of 200-400 km. A root in this thickness range can divert enough heat to account for 50-100% of the observed contrast in surface heat flow, the remainder being due to a difference in crustal heat production between the craton and the surrounding mobile belts in the range of zero to 0.35 [mu]W m-3. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Diversion of heat by Archean cratons: a model for southern Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geology and Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, 1006 C.C. Little Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, 1006 C.C. Little Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/26589/1/0000130.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(87)90036-7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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