The generation of plate tectonics from mantle convection

By D. Bercovici. 2003

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Supercontinent cycles, true polar wander, and very long-wavelength mantle convection (2007, background): “, the energy transfer and subduction processes), future studies should consider highly nonlinear deformation processes for the lithosphere (Tackley, 2000; Bercovici, 2003) to validate this assumption.”
Organized melt, seismic anisotropy, and plate boundary lubrication (2010, background): “Beginning in the 1990s, studies of global mantle convection have sought to build models in which distinct plates develop self‐ consistently as part of the convective system [e.g., Zhong et al., 1998; Tackley, 2000a, 2000b; Ogawa, 2003; Bercovici, 2003; Bercovici and Ricard, 2005].”
Rheology of the Earth's mantle: A historical review (2010, background): “In a series of papers Bercovici and his colleagues developed a sophisticated phenomenological theory of “damage” that may promote shear localization and reduce the strength of the lithosphere (Bercovici, 1993, 2003; Bercovici and Ricard, 2005; Ricard and Bercovici, 2009).”
Thermal cracking and the deep hydration of oceanic lithosphere: A key to the generation of plate tectonics? (2007, background): “In order to generate plate tectonics, therefore there must exist some mechanism to compensate temperature-dependent viscosity, but what this mechanism could be is currently unresolved [e.g., Bercovici, 2003].”
Kinematics and flow patterns in deep mantle and upper mantle subduction models: Influence of the mantle depth and slab to mantle viscosity ratio (2008, background): “[2] Subducting slabs are the primary driving force for plate tectonics and mantle convection on Earth [Elsasser, 1971; Jacoby, 1973; Forsyth and Uyeda, 1975; Davies and Richards, 1992; Bercovici, 2003; Schellart, 2004a].”
Mechanisms for the generation of plate tectonics by two-phase grain-damage and pinning (2012, background): “…plate tectonics is an expression of mantle convection – wherein subducting slabs both drive plates and cool the planet (Davies and Richards, 1992; Bercovici, 2003) – how plate tectonics arises self-consistently from convective motions has been the subject of study for over 30 years (e.g.,…”
Plate tectonics on super-Earths: Equally or more likely than on Earth (2011, background): “Although in recent years progress has been made in both the comprehensiveness and clarity of numerical models, (see Bercovici, 2003 for a review) basic questions about why the Earth is currently the only terrestrial planet with active plate tectonics, which parameters control the formation of…”
A benchmark study on mantle convection in a 3‐D spherical shell using CitcomS (2008, background): “…convection in which the highly nonlinear and complicated deformation processes at plate margins play an essential role in causing subduction of lithosphere [Gurnis, 1989; King and Hager, 1990; Zhong and Gurnis, 1996; Zhong et al., 1998; Moresi and Solomatov, 1998; Tackley, 2000; Bercovici, 2003].”
Initiation of localized shear zones in viscoelastoplastic rocks (2006, neutral): “…of models have been employed: (1) models in which a damagerheology results in localization [e.g. Bercovici , 1993, 1996; Tackley , 1998, 2000; Bercovici , 2003; Auth et al., 2003; Ogawa, 2003] and (2) models in which a localization is caused by shear-heating in combination with elasticity,…”
Urey ratio and the structure and evolution of Earth's mantle (2008, background): “[55] The operation of plate tectonics is one of the unique features of Earth, but it is not fully understood why this special kind of mantle convection can take place to begin with [e.g., Tackley, 2000a; Schubert et al., 2001; Bercovici, 2003].”
A free plate surface and weak oceanic crust produce single‐sided subduction on Earth (2012, background): “[2] A first-order characteristic of the solid Earth is the existence of plate tectonics, which exists on no other terrestrial planet in our solar system [Bercovici, 2003]; understanding this remains a “grand challenge” of solid Earth geoscience.”
Statistical properties of seismic anisotropy predicted by upper mantle geodynamic models (2006, neutral): “[43] Lateral viscosity variations are required to produce net motion of the entire lithosphere as observed in a hot spot reference frame [Ricard et al., 1991; O'Connell et al., 1991; Bercovici, 2003].”
Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review (2017, background): “Initiation of new subduction zones through geological time is an integral part of Earth's plate tectonics regime (Bercovici, 2003; Gurnis et al., 2004; Stern, 2004; Nikolaeva et al., 2010).”