Benjamin R. Phillips

TL;DR: The authors showed that continental aggregation promotes large-scale melting without requiring the involvement of plumes, when only internal heat sources in the mantle are considered, and that the formation of a supercontinent causes the enlargement of flow wavelength and a subcontinental increase in temperature as large as 100 °C.

TL;DR: Coltice et al. as discussed by the authors used 3D numerical simulations of mantle convection to show that the mantle global warming model could explain the peculiarities of magmatic provinces that developed during the formation of Pangea and Rodinia, as well as putative Archaean supercontinents such as Kenorland and Zimvaalbara.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors model continental motions in vigorous 3D spherical convection models, focusing on the effects of continent size, mantle heating mode, and a strong increase in lower mantle viscosity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that periodic supercontinent cycles are unlikely if thermal instabilities originating at the core-mantle boundary are of sufficient strength, and that supercontinents form only sporadically.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use spherical mantle convection models with continents to quantify variations in subcontinental temperature as a function of continent size and distribution and convective wavelength, showing that larger continents beget warming of the underlying mantle, with heating sometimes compounded by the formation of broader convection cells associated with the biggest continents.