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Table B.4.
Parameters of the numerical thermal evolution
model of Figures 9.5 and 9.10.
Quantity
Figure 9.5
Figure 9.10
1285
◦
C
1274
◦
C
Final temperature, upper mantle,
T
U
1276
◦
C
1302
◦
C
Final temperature, mean mantle,
T
Final surface heat loss,
Q
S
41.3 TW
39.0 TW
Final radiogenic heating,
Q
R
35.7 TW
35.7 TW
Final Urey ratio, Ur
0.86
0.92
except that there is no barrier to flow at 660 km depth due to phase transformations; in
other words the Clapeyron slope is zero. General inputs are the same as those given
for the model of Figure 9.2 (Section B.3). The most relevant outputs are shown in
Table B.4.
