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Figure 6. Calculated structure of mantle convection with upper mantle viscosity $10^{21}$ Pa s, lower mantle viscosity $10^{22}$ Pa s, and density contrast at the $D"$ boundary 7%. (a) – initial state of convection with a supercontinent and velocity of the Pacific Plate 6 cm yr$^{-1}$. (b) – state of convection after 100 my with formation of two piles. (c) – similarly to (b), but at a higher plate velocity of 12 cm yr$^{-1}$.

 
Citation: Trubitsyn V. P., M. N. Evseev, A. P. Trubitsyn (2015), Influence of continents and lithospheric plates on the shape of D$''$ layer and the spatial distribution of mantle plumes, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 15, ES3001, doi:10.2205/2015ES000552.
 

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