Big data seismology

SJ Arrowsmith, DT Trugman, J MacCarthy… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of seismology is based on observations of ground motion that are inherently
undersampled in space and time. Our basic understanding of earthquake processes and our …

A new decade in seismoacoustics (2010–2022)

F Dannemann Dugick, C Koch… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Several sources of interest often generate both low‐frequency acoustic and seismic signals
due to energy propagation through the atmosphere and the solid Earth. Seismic and …

Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting

J Hua, KM Fischer, TW Becker, E Gazel, G Hirth - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
The asthenosphere plays a fundamental role in present-day plate tectonics as its low
viscosity controls how convection in the mantle below it is expressed at the Earth's surface …

Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere

Y Wang, Z Cao, L Peng, L Liu, L Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The cratonic crust is the most long-lived tectonic unit on Earth. The longevity of Earth's
cratonic crust has been attributed to neutrally buoyant and mechanically strong lithospheric …

GLAD-M35: a joint P and S global tomographic model with uncertainty quantification

C Cui, W Lei, Q Liu, D Peter, E Bozdağ… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present our third and final generation joint P and S global adjoint tomography (GLAD)
model, GLAD-M35, and quantify its uncertainty based on a low-rank approximation of the …

How the Indian Ocean geoid low was formed

D Pal, A Ghosh - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of the Earth's lowest geoid, the Indian Ocean geoid low (IOGL) has been
controversial. The geoid predicted from present‐day tomography models has shown that …

Mantle tomography of central‐eastern USA: Influence of inversion volume size

X Liang, D Zhao, Y Hua, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Teleseismic tomography is a powerful tool to study the 3‐D structure of the upper mantle
beneath a local seismic network, but the robustness of its images has been challenged by …

Strong physical contrasts across two mid‐lithosphere discontinuities beneath the northwestern United States: Evidence for cratonic mantle metasomatism

T Liu, EJ Chin, P Shearer - AGU Advances, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mid‐lithosphere discontinuities are seismic interfaces likely located within the lithospheric
mantle of stable cratons, which typically represent velocities decreasing with depth. The …

Seismic anisotropy tomography and mantle dynamics of central‐eastern USA

X Liang, D Zhao, Y Hua, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present high‐resolution 3‐D tomographic models of isotropic P‐wave velocity (Vp),
azimuthal anisotropy, and radial anisotropy down to 1,300 km depth beneath the central and …

Receiver function analysis reveals lateral variations in temperature and water content in the mantle transition zone beneath eastern North America

S Liu, SD King, MD Long, MH Benoit… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using recently collected high‐resolution seismic data along a dense linear transect across
Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia (called Mid‐Atlantic Geophysical Integrative Collaboration …