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Eclogites, pyroxene geotherm, and layered mantle convection

A R Basu, J S Ongley, I D Macgregor

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |September 19, 1986
    PubMed
    Summary

    Temperatures of eclogite xenoliths suggest the Earth's mantle has layered convection. This geotherm indicates a convective boundary layer beneath the lithospheric plate, differing from whole mantle convection models.

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