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Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1415-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1415-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
Research article
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05 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 05 Sep 2022

Assessing the role of thermal disequilibrium in the evolution of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary: an idealized model of heat exchange during channelized melt transport

Mousumi Roy

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This study investigates one of the key processes that may lead to the destruction and destabilization of continental tectonic plates: the infiltration of buoyant, hot, molten rock (magma) into the base of the plate. Using simple calculations, I suggest that heating during melt–rock interaction may thermally perturb the tectonic plate, weakening it and potentially allowing it to be reshaped from beneath. Geochemical, petrologic, and geologic observations are used to guide model parameters.
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