A stagnant slab is a subducted slab of oceanic lithosphere subhorizontally deflected above,
across, or below the 660 km discontinuity. This phenomenon has now been widely …

Seismology provides important constraints on the structure and dynamics of the deep
mantle. Computational and methodological advances in the past two decades improved …

We analyzed tens of thousands of receiver-function data recorded by 185 broadband
seismic stations to study the crustal structure beneath the northeast China. Moho depth and …

We performed a numerical study to understand the dynamical mechanisms of back-arc
basin formation induced by slab rollback. To this end, we used two-dimensional numerical …

Abstract The Puna Plateau of the Central Andes is a well-suited location to investigate the
processes associated with the tectono-magmatic development of a Cordilleran system …

In the Japan subduction zone, a locally depressed 660 discontinuity has been observed
beneath northeast Asia, suggesting downwelling of materials from the mantle transition zone …

In order to better understand the deep subduction geometry of the Pacific plate and genesis
of intraplate volcanism in northeast China (NE China), we computed a total of 45,505 …

Oceanic plates subducted at trenches penetrate into the deep mantle, and encounter a
structural boundary at a depth of 410km where olivine, the dominant element of mantle …

To understand the effect of hydration on the sound velocities of major mantle minerals and to
constrain the mantle's H2O budget, we have measured the single-crystal elastic moduli of …

It has been thought that granitic crust, having been formed on the surface, must have
survived through the Earth's evolution because of its buoyancy. At subduction zones …