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- Title
Quantifying mantle mixing through configurational Entropy.
- Authors
van der Wiel, Erik; Thieulot, Cedric; van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J.
- Abstract
Geodynamic models of mantle convection provide a powerful tool to obtain insights into the structure and composition of the Earth's mantle that resulted from a long history of differentiating and mixing. Comparing such models with geophysical and geochemical observations is challenging as these datasets often sample entirely different temporal and spatial scales. Here, we explore the use of configurational entropy, based on tracer and compositional distribution on a global and local scale. We show means to calculate configurational entropy in a 2D annulus and find that these calculations may be used to quantitatively compare long-term geodynamic models with each other. The entropy may be used to analyze, with a single measure, the mixed state of the mantle as a whole and may also be useful to validate numerical models against local anomalies in the mantle that may be inferred from seismological or geochemical observations.
- Subjects
GEODYNAMICS; EARTH'S mantle; GEOPHYSICAL observations; GEOCHEMICAL modeling
- Publication
Solid Earth Discussions, 2023, p1
- ISSN
1869-9537
- Publication type
Article