A Magma Accretion Model for the Formation of Oceanic Lithosphere: Implications for Global Heat Loss

Figure 8

Comparison of the fits of VBA and GDH reference models to bathymetry data. Note that VBA model curve (in blue color) of the present work provides a remarkably good fit for the entire age range of the oceanic lithosphere. The GDH model [36] requires two separate curves (red and green curves), for arbitrarily selected age intervals, in achieving an equivalent fit.