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 …

The geological and geophysical phenomena associated with water in the slab can be
grouped into three different categories: those related to 1) the storage of water in the oceanic …

Presenting a coherent synthesis of lithosphere studies, this book covers a range of
geophysical methods (seismic reflection, refraction, and receiver function methods; elastic …

The big mantle wedge (BMW) model was originally proposed to explain the origin of the
intraplate Changbaishan volcano in NE China where the subducting Pacific slab becomes …

Variable morphologies of subducting slabs are observed in tomographic images of the
mantle transition zone (MTZ), where slabs appear to stagnate in the MTZ or enter the lower …

Abstract Using over 310,000 high‐quality radial receiver functions recorded by the USArray
and other seismic stations in the contiguous United States, the depths of the 410 km and 660 …

The linear structures of seismically fast anomalies, often interpreted as subducted slabs, in
the southern Asia and circum-Pacific lower mantle provided strong evidence for the whole …

P-to-s receiver functions mapped to depth through P and S body-wave tomography models
image continuous 410 and 660km discontinuities beneath the area covered by USArray …

The Earth's long‐and intermediate‐wavelength geoid anomalies are surface expressions of
mantle convection and are sensitive to mantle viscosity. While previous studies of the geoid …

With changing pressure and temperature conditions, downwelling and upwelling crustal and
mantle rocks experience several solid–solid phase transitions that affect the mineral …