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Scott D. King

Researcher at Virginia Tech

Publications -  134
Citations -  6150

Scott D. King is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mantle (geology) & Mantle convection. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 118 publications receiving 5205 citations. Previous affiliations of Scott D. King include University of Bayreuth & University of California, San Diego.

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Edge-driven convection

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the boundary conditions and aspect ratio on the small-scale flow driven by a discontinuity in the thickness of the lithosphere has been investigated in an isothermal mantle.
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African hot spot volcanism: small-scale convection in the upper mantle beneath cratons.

TL;DR: Numerical models demonstrate that small-scale convection develops in the upper mantle beneath the transition of thick cratonic lithosphere and thin oceanic lithosphere, which explains the location and geochemical characteristics of intraplate volcanos on the African and South American plates.
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An alternative mechanism of flood basalt formation

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that the boundary between thick and thin lithosphere focuses both the strain in the lithosphere and the upwelling convection, and they considered a series of calculations with a step function change in thickness of the boundary layer and an externally imposed pull-apart.
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Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

W. Bruce Banerdt, +76 more
- 24 Feb 2020 - 
TL;DR: For example, the first ten months of the InSight lander on Mars revealed a planet that is seismically active and provided information about the interior, surface and atmospheric workings of Mars as mentioned in this paper.
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A comparison of methods for the modeling of thermochemical convection

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared several methods of studying thermochemical convection in a Boussinesq fluid at infinite Prandtl number and found intrinsic differences between the methods and possibly chaotic mixing effects may be the cause of the lack of detailed agreement.