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The Viscosity of the Mantle
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Creep under low stresses is by diffusion and has a linear relation between stress and strain rate; it also obeys the Navier-Stokes equation. Therefore the viscosity of the mantle may be calculated from solid state theory and also from the slow deformations of the Earth. The viscosities derived by these methods are in reasonable agreement, and both show that the viscosity of the lower mantle is ∼ 105 greater than that of the upper. This high viscosity prevents polar wandering and lower mantle convection. Some suggested modifications of the viscosity depth calculations from post glacial uplift may improve their accuracy considerably.
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“The model therefore differs from that proposed by MacDonald (1963) and McKenzie (1967a), who believed that the viscosity of the lower mantle was too great to permit important convective heat transport.”
From Speculations on the Thermal and Tectonic History of the Earth (2007) · cites this paper as McKenzie (1967a)
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“Though its thickness was estimated in Fig. 15, the value obtained depends entirely on the change in activation energy across the phase change, which is simply guessed by McKenzie (1967a).”
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- Authors
- MKenzie, D. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- MKenzie, D. P.
- Venue
- Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-01-26
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1-4
- Pages
- 297-305
- ISSN
- 0016-8009 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2104321861
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 8.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › earthquake and tectonic studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geology › Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Keywords
- mantle viscosity, lower mantle, upper mantle, creep, diffusion, Navier-Stokes equations, polar wander, mantle convection, postglacial uplift, Earth deformation
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