Deep mantle melting, global water circulation and the stability of the ocean mass

Shun-ichiro Karato1, Bijaya B Karki2 and Jeffrey J Park1, (1)Yale University, Geology & Geophysics, New Haven, CT, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Center for Computation and Technology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States