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Precambrian Tectonics


Present day subduction

+100 K upper-mantle temperature

+200 K upper-mantle temperature

Present day subduction

+100 K upper mantle temperature

+175 K upper mantle temperature

+250 K upper mantle temperature

Plume tectonics (+250 K) with felsic initial crust and volcanic magmatism

Plume tectonics (+250 K) with mafic initial crust and volcanic magmatism

Plume tectonics (+250 K) with two-layered initial crust and volcanic magmatism

Plume tectonics (+250 K) with mafic initial crust and plutonic magmatism

Plume tectonics (+250 K) with two-layered initial crust, volcanic and plutonic magmatism and crustal weakening

Mars


Thickness of crustal patch

Developing crustal patch

Density distribution

Temperature distribution

a0 Fe Iso Density 2600

a0 Fe only
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