地幔对流的数值实验研究

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT STUDIES OF CONVECTION IN THE EARTH'S MANTLE

数值实验是地幔对流研究的基本方法。本文概述了近二十年地幔对流研究的主要进展,介绍并评价了每个研究阶段所提出的新概念和新思想。最后,着重讨论了上地幔与全地幔对流的论争。

Numerical experiment is a basic method in the study of Earth's mantle convection. In the present paper, the main advances which have been made in the field of mantle convection for the last twenty years are summarized; new concepts and new ideas proposed in every stage of the research development are introduced and reviewed. The issue of upper vs whole mantle convection is critically discussed.