On the stability of the D” layer
作者:
DavidE. Loper,
IbrahimA. Eltayeb,
期刊:
Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(Taylor Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 3-4
页码: 229-255
ISSN:0309-1929
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1080/03091928608210086
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The steady solution for the flow in the D” layer given by Stacey and Loper (1983) is generalized and placed on a firmer mathematical foundation. The stability of this flow is then analyzed and a stability criterion is developed. It is found that the stability of the flow is consistent with a lower-mantle viscosity of 0.5–1.0 1023Pas and a temperature jump of 700–800K across the layer, but if the viscosity is only 3–5 1021Pas, stability of the flow requires a much lower temperature jump. If the higher value of viscosity is correct and the flow is believed to be close to marginally stable, this argues against a second thermal boundary layer occurring elsewhere in the mantle.
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