The Effect of Pressure‐Dependent Viscosity on the Dynamics of the Post‐Overturn Lunar Mantle
Wenbo Zhang,
Nan Zhang,
Yan Liang
et al.
Abstract:Mare‐basalt volcanism is concentrated on the lunar nearside. A plausible explanation for this asymmetric distribution is long‐wavelength (spherical harmonic degree‐1) mantle convection driven by upwellings of the overturned ilmenite‐bearing magma ocean cumulates (IBCs). The pattern of lunar mantle convection depends in part on the rheological properties of ilmenite. This study explores the effect of pressure‐dependent ilmenite viscosity on the instability of an overturned IBC layer initially at the core‐mantle… Show more
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