Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath eastern Asia from full waveform seismic tomography

K Tao, SP Grand, F Niu - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the subsurface behavior of subducting slabs and their relation to the
tectonic evolution of the overriding plate, we conduct a full waveform inversion on a large …

Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics of Mongolia and its climate effects: A synthesized review

U Khukhuudei, T Kusky, BF Windley, O Otgonbayar… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mongolia, a major world-class site of Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics, provides a key
proxy for the long-term dynamics of Eurasia, but there has been considerable debate about …

The state of the art in studying the deep structure of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the Baikal rift from seismological data

AI Seredkina - Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 2021 - Springer
This review discusses the major milestone results yielded by the regional seismological
studies of the deep structure of the Earth's crust and mantle beneath the Baikal rift since the …

Subduction initiation at the Solomon back‐arc basin: Contributions from both island arc rheological strength and oceanic plateau collision

L Wang, L Dai, W Gong, S Li, X Jiang… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally accepted that the subduction polarity reversal (SPR) results from the strong
collision of two plates. Yet, the SPR of the Solomon Back‐arc Basin is started in the “soft …

High‐resolution crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath central Mongolia from Rayleigh waves and receiver functions

L Feng - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, I present a high‐resolution 3‐D Vs model of the crust and uppermost mantle
beneath central Mongolia, based on seismic data recorded at the Central Mongolia Seismic …

Hydrous melting driven upwelling from the mantle transition zone in the Mongolia Plateau revealed by receiver function analysis

J He, M Xu, Q Wu, F Zhang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The detailed images of the mantle transition zone (MTZ) give insights into the nature of
mantle upwelling from the deep Earth. We use receiver function to investigate the MTZ …

Study on surface-wave tomography in Abaga volcanic area, Inner Mongolia

J Hou, Q Wu, D Yu, Q Ye, R Zhang - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, the 3-D S-wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in the Abaga
volcanic area of Inner Mongolia was inverted by using the surface-wave tomography …

Seismic velocity variations beneath central Mongolia: Evidence for upper mantle plumes?

F Zhang, Q Wu, SP Grand, Y Li, M Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Central Mongolia is marked by wide spread recent volcanism as well as significant
topographic relief even though it is far from any plate tectonic boundaries. The cause of the …

Tomographic Pn Velocity and Anisotropy Structure in Mongolia and the Adjacent Regions

J He, Y Li, E Sandvol, Q Wu, G Du… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present new high‐resolution Pn velocity and anisotropy models beneath Mongolia and
the adjacent regions by inverting 169,406 Pn arrivals. The data are selected from 786 …

Attenuation of regional seismic phases (Lg and Sn) in Eastern Mongolia

J He, E Sandvol, Q Wu, M Gao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present tomographic models of frequency-dependent Lg and Sn attenuation in eastern
Mongolia using data from 228 local earthquakes that were recorded by 69 broad-band …