Is the track of the Yellowstone hotspot driven by a deep mantle plume?—Review of volcanism, faulting, and uplift in light of new data
KL Pierce, LA Morgan - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Geophysical imaging of a tilted mantle plume extending at least 500 km beneath the
Yellowstone caldera provides compelling support for a plume origin of the entire …
Yellowstone caldera provides compelling support for a plume origin of the entire …
Heat transfer—A review of 2004 literature
RJ Goldstein, WE Ibele, SV Patankar, TW Simon… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present review covers the heat transfer literature published in 2004 in English
language, including some translations of foreign language papers. Though extensive, some …
language, including some translations of foreign language papers. Though extensive, some …
Integrated geophysical‐petrological modeling of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle: Methodology and applications
A combined geophysical‐petrological methodology to study the thermal, compositional,
density, and seismological structure of lithospheric/sublithospheric domains is presented. A …
density, and seismological structure of lithospheric/sublithospheric domains is presented. A …
Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow
Integration of geophysical and geological data show that the Yellowstone hotspot resulted
from a mantle plume interacting with the overriding North America plate, a process that has …
from a mantle plume interacting with the overriding North America plate, a process that has …
Seismic evidence for a global low-velocity layer within the Earth's upper mantle
Within the upper mantle, the seismic discontinuity at 410-km depth marks the top of the
transition zone and is attributed to pressure-induced transformation of olivine into wadsleyite …
transition zone and is attributed to pressure-induced transformation of olivine into wadsleyite …
Origin of deep ocean microseisms by using teleseismic body waves
Recent studies of oceanic microseisms have concentrated on fundamental mode surface
waves. Extraction of fundamental mode Rayleigh and Love wave Green functions from …
waves. Extraction of fundamental mode Rayleigh and Love wave Green functions from …
Slab‐plume interaction beneath the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest has undergone complex plate reorganization and intense tectono‐
volcanic activity to the east during the Cenozoic (last 65 Ma). Here we show new high …
volcanic activity to the east during the Cenozoic (last 65 Ma). Here we show new high …
Relation of flat subduction to magmatism and deformation in the western United States
E Humphreys - 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Flat subduction of the Farallon plate beneath the western United States during the Laramide
orogeny was caused by the combined effects of oceanic plateau subduction and unusually …
orogeny was caused by the combined effects of oceanic plateau subduction and unusually …
Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
We use receiver functions calculated for data collected by the INDEPTH‐IV seismic array to
image the three‐dimensional geometry of the crustal and upper mantle velocity …
image the three‐dimensional geometry of the crustal and upper mantle velocity …
Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the contiguous United States
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 …
and other seismic stations in the contiguous United States, the depths of the 410 km and 660 …