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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-861-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-861-2024
Research article
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19 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2024

Quantifying mantle mixing through configurational entropy

Erik van der Wiel, Cedric Thieulot, and Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen

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Geodynamic models of mantle convection provide a powerful tool to study the structure and composition of the Earth's mantle. Comparing such models with other datasets is difficult. We explore the use of configurational entropy, which allows us to quantify mixing in models. The entropy may be used to analyse the mixed state of the mantle as a whole and may also be useful to validate numerical models against anomalies in the mantle that are obtained from seismology and geochemistry.
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