A continental rift is a nascent plate boundary where the lithosphere is thinned by tectonic
activity. Some continental rifts undergo extension to the point that they generate a new …

This global study of 31 off-shore back-arc basins and subbasins (BABs) identifies their
principal characteristics based on a broad spectrum of geophysical and subduction-related …

The Earth's crustal stress field controls active deformation and reflects the processes driving
plate tectonics. Here we present the first quantitative synthesis of relative principal stress …

Active source seismology provides a critical constraint on the global crustal structure.
However, the heterogeneous data coverage means that interpolation is necessary to fill the …

Convective circulation of the Earth's mantle maintains some fraction of surface topography
that varies with space and time. Most predictive models show that this dynamic topography …

We present a new global model for the Earth's lithosphere and upper mantle (LithoRef18)
obtained through a formal joint inversion of 3-D gravity anomalies, geoid height, satellite …

Many cratonic continental fragments dispersed during the rifting and break-up of Gondwana
are bound by steep topographic landforms known as 'great escarpments',,–, which rim …

We present an updated GPS velocity field for Alaska and western Canada and use it to
develop the first regionally comprehensive tectonic block model for the area based on …

Earth's surface topography is a direct physical expression of our planet's dynamics. Most is
isostatic, controlled by thickness and density variations within the crust and lithosphere, but …

Oceanic residual depth varies on 5,000 km wavelengths with amplitudes of±1 km. A
component of this short‐wavelength signal is dynamic topography caused by convective …