The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models
Jun Yan, Maxim Ballmer, Paul Tackley
Topics & Concepts
GeologyMantle (geology)Mantle convectionBasaltTransition zoneSubductionCore–mantle boundaryEarth's internal heat budgetHotspot (geology)GeophysicsMantle wedgeCrustal recyclingMantle plumePlate tectonicsOceanic crustGeochemistryContinental crustTectonicsLithospherePaleontologyGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studies