Effects of selective fusion on the thermal history of the earth's mantle

Conductive cooling of spherical bodies with emphasis on the Earth

“…Strong inversions exist in a few previous models (e.g. Lee, ) under substantial upward segregation, due to their assuming high k at depth. We show that simply removing radioactivity from the core is sufficient to reverse the gradient in the lower mantle (Fig.…”

Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

“…Furthermore, the compositions of the objects(s) that Tungsten isotopic compositions for terrestrial samples, whole rock carbonaceous chondrites and lunar samples expressed in ε units as deviations from the terrestrial value. Data are from Lee andHalliday (1996, 1997), Lee et al (1997Lee et al ( , 2002, Kleine et al 2002, Schönberg et al 2002, and Yin et al 2002. Note that the chondrite data for Allende and Murchison reported in are now known to be in error by 2 ε units.…”

“…Purely Conductive Urey (1951Urey ( ,1952Urey ( ,1957Urey ( ,1962MacDonald (1959MacDonald ( ,1962MacDonald ( ,1963; Phinney and Anderson (1967); Gilvarry (1970); Hanks and Anderson (1972) Purely Convective Turcotte and Oxburgh (1969); Tozer (1972Tozer ( ,1974; Schubert et al (1977Schubert et al ( ,1979Schubert et al ( ,1980, Cassen and Young (1975) Conductive, and test for convection Reynolds et al (1972); Reynolds (1973,1974);Toksöz et al (1978); Cassen et al (1979) Conductive with melting -No melt migration Levin (1962Levin ( ,1966; Levin and Majeva (1960); Majeva (1964); Solomon and Chaiken (1976); Solomon (1977); Solomon and Head (1979); Wieczorek and Phillips (2000) Convective with melting -No melt migration Turcotte et al (1972Turcotte et al ( ,1979; Chacko and De Bremaecker (1982); Konrad and Spohn (1997); Spohn et al (2001) Conductive with melting and melt migration Fricker et al (1967); Lee (1968); McConnell and Gast (1971); Wood (1972); Solomon and Toksöz (1973); Toksöz and Solomon (1973); Toksöz andJohnston (1974,1977); Strangway and Sharpe (1975); Bind...…”

“…Even before analysis of lunar samples conclusively demonstrated partial melting in the lunar interior, many conductive models attempted to quantify melting in the lunar interior (e.g., Levin 1962) and the effects of moving melt to the surface (e.g., Fricker et al 1967;Lee 1968). The physics of melt migration are complicated and there are many uncertainties about how the processes operated in the Moon (Section 6.5).…”

Thermal History of the Earth with Consideration of the Formation of Its Core

“…For the Earth's mantle, a different view has been obtained by LEE (1968). He argues that the mantle has differentiated slowly throughout the Earth's history by selective fusion of the silicates.…”