How does the continental crust get really hot?
There is widespread evidence that ultra-high temperatures of 900-1000 °C have been generated in the Earth’s crust repeatedly in time and space, and that they were associated with thickened crust in collisional mountain belts and the production of large volumes of magma. Numerical modelling indicates...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
Mineralogical Society of America and several other scientific societies
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15552 |
| _version_ | 1848748924184035328 |
|---|---|
| author | Clark, Chris Fitzsimons, Ian Healy, David Harley, S. |
| author_facet | Clark, Chris Fitzsimons, Ian Healy, David Harley, S. |
| author_sort | Clark, Chris |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | There is widespread evidence that ultra-high temperatures of 900-1000 °C have been generated in the Earth’s crust repeatedly in time and space, and that they were associated with thickened crust in collisional mountain belts and the production of large volumes of magma. Numerical modelling indicates that a long-lived mountain plateau with high internal concentrations of heat-producing elements and low erosion rates is the most likely setting for such extreme conditions, although preferential thickening of already-hot back-arc basins and mechanical heating by deformation in ductile shear zones might also contribute to elevated temperatures. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:12:46Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-15552 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:12:46Z |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| publisher | Mineralogical Society of America and several other scientific societies |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-155522017-09-13T15:58:24Z How does the continental crust get really hot? Clark, Chris Fitzsimons, Ian Healy, David Harley, S. heat production ultra-high temperature mountain belt thermal modelling metamorphism There is widespread evidence that ultra-high temperatures of 900-1000 °C have been generated in the Earth’s crust repeatedly in time and space, and that they were associated with thickened crust in collisional mountain belts and the production of large volumes of magma. Numerical modelling indicates that a long-lived mountain plateau with high internal concentrations of heat-producing elements and low erosion rates is the most likely setting for such extreme conditions, although preferential thickening of already-hot back-arc basins and mechanical heating by deformation in ductile shear zones might also contribute to elevated temperatures. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15552 10.2113/gselements.7.4.235 Mineralogical Society of America and several other scientific societies restricted |
| spellingShingle | heat production ultra-high temperature mountain belt thermal modelling metamorphism Clark, Chris Fitzsimons, Ian Healy, David Harley, S. How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title | How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title_full | How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title_fullStr | How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title_short | How does the continental crust get really hot? |
| title_sort | how does the continental crust get really hot? |
| topic | heat production ultra-high temperature mountain belt thermal modelling metamorphism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15552 |