Effects of heat-producing elements on the stability of thermochemical piles at the base of the mantle

Robert I Citron1, Diogo José Louro Lourenço2, Alfred Wilson3, Antoniette Greta Grima3, Scott Alan Wipperfurth4, Maxwell L Rudolph2, Sanne Cottaar5 and Laurent Montesi4, (1)University of California Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (3)University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom