Seismic wavefield imaging of Earth's interior across scales

J Tromp - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Seismic full-waveform inversion (FWI) for imaging Earth's interior was introduced in the late
1970s. Its ultimate goal is to use all of the information in a seismogram to understand the …

Achievements and prospects of global broadband seismographic networks after 30 years of continuous geophysical observations

AT Ringler, RE Anthony, RC Aster… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global seismographic networks (GSNs) emerged during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, facilitated by seminal international developments in theory, technology …

Northwest Pacific-Izanagi plate tectonics since Cretaceous times from western Pacific mantle structure

J Wu, YA Lin, N Flament, JTJ Wu, Y Liu - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Northwest Pacific-Izanagi subduction histories along Eurasia are poorly
constrained due to extensive subduction, which partially consumed the western Pacific plate …

Dynamic slab segmentation due to brittle–ductile damage in the outer rise

TV Gerya, D Bercovici, TW Becker - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Subduction is the major plate driving force, and the strength of the subducting plate controls
many aspects of the thermochemical evolution of Earth. Each subducting plate experiences …

Initiation and evolution of the Shanxi Rift System in North China: Evidence from low‐temperature thermochronology in a plate reconstruction framework

P Su, H He, X Tan, Y Liu, F Shi, E Kirby - Tectonics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Shanxi Rift System (SRS) is a prominent intracontinental rift in eastern Eurasia.
However, its tectonic origin remains enigmatic, as the timing of rift initiation and its …

Massive lithospheric delamination in southeastern Tibet facilitating continental extrusion

J Feng, H Yao, L Chen, W Wang - National Science Review, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Significant left-lateral movement along the Ailao Shan-Red River fault accommodated a
substantial amount of the late Eocene to early Miocene India-Asia convergence. However …