Predicting plate velocities with mantle circulation models

By Thorsten W. Becker, R. O’Connell. 2001

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Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology (2007, result): “We verified that the forces are balanced; models with prescribed plate boundary geometries that are driven by density anomalies alone match the observed plate velocities (Becker and O'Connell, 2001; Becker, 2006).”
Statistical properties of seismic anisotropy predicted by upper mantle geodynamic models (2006, unknown): “Values used were previously found to lead to force equilibrium [Becker and O'Connell, 2001] and a good match of predicted FSE orientations to observed azimuthal anisotropy based on Rayleigh waves [Becker et al., 2003].”
Dynamic models of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction: subduction motions and energy dissipation (2007, methodology): “Becker and O'Connell (2001), using similar methods, concluded that whole-mantle”
On the effect of temperature and strain-rate dependent viscosity on global mantle flow, net rotation, and plate-driving forces (2006, unknown): “Recently, computations were used, for example, to address long-standing questions about the partitioning of driving forces (Forsyth & Uyeda 1975; Chapple & Tullis 1977) by combining viscous flow and edgeforce approaches (Becker & O'Connell 2001; Conrad & Lithgow- Bertelloni 2004).”
Tomographic filtering of high‐resolution mantle circulation models: Can seismic heterogeneity be explained by temperature alone? (2009, background): “…can generally be related to the history of plate subduction [Richards and Engebretson, 1992;Bunge et al., 1998; Lithgow-Bertelloni and Richards, 1998; Becker and O’Connell, 2001; Conrad and LithgowBertelloni, 2002;McNamara et al., 2002] the nature of the large low-velocity zones remains elusive.”
Models of large‐scale viscous flow in the Earth's mantle with constraints from mineral physics and surface observations (2006, background): “Other quantities considered include plate motions (e.g. Ricard & Vigny 1989; Lithgow-Bertelloni & Richards 1998; Becker & O’Connell 2001; Conrad & Lithgow-Bertelloni 2002, 2004), dynamic surface topography (Lithgow-Bertelloni & Silver 1998; Kaban et al. 1999; Pari & Peltier 2000; Panasyuk & Hager…”