Abstract
Variations in sea-floor depth and heat flow with age provide the main
constraints on the thermal structure and evolution of the oceanic
lithosphere. Joint fitting of heat flow and bathymetry yields a model
with a hotter, thinner lithosphere than in previous models. The new
model provides a significantly better fit to the data, including
those from older lithosphere previously treated as anomalous. This
will facilitate the analysis of lithospheric processes, including
the effects of mid-plate volcanism and swells, regional subsidence,
and hydrothermal circulation near spreading centres.
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