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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-149-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-149-2022
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28 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2022

Lower mantle geotherms, flux, and power from incorporating new experimental and theoretical constraints on heat transport properties in an inverse model

Anne M. Hofmeister

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The previously unknown temperature gradient in Earth's largest layer is uniquely extracted from a seismology average, the only information available. Data used from laboratory studies are minimal and describe general behavior. Adding a new theory and data on heat transport properties provides flux (heat per area per time) and power (total wattage) vs. depth. Temperature vs. depth instead uses an additive constant, which is constrained by data on melting. I show the lower mantle is heating up.