[HTML][HTML] The upper mantle beneath Asia from seismic tomography, with inferences for the mechanisms of tectonics, seismicity, and magmatism

H Dou, Y Xu, S Lebedev, BC de Melo… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The structure and dynamics of the upper mantle control tectonics, seismicity, magmatism,
and the development of mineral deposits. Seismic tomography maps spatial variations in …

Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics of Mongolia and its climate effects: A synthesized review

U Khukhuudei, T Kusky, BF Windley, O Otgonbayar… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mongolia, a major world-class site of Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics, provides a key
proxy for the long-term dynamics of Eurasia, but there has been considerable debate about …

Upper mantle melt caused by a subducted slab in the Indian-Eurasian continental subduction zone

G Li, Y Zhou, L Bai, Y Gao, Y Li - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
A low-velocity layer atop the mantle transition zone has been extensively observed
worldwide. In subduction zones, this layer is widely explained as partial melting triggered by …

Cenozoic uplift and volcanism of Hangai Dome, Central Mongolia triggered by lower mantle upwellings

Y Wu, X Bao - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms of surface uplift of Hangai Dome (> 2 km) and formation of Cenozoic
intraplate volcanism in central Mongolia remain vigorously debated. Here we directly …

Seismic image of the mantle transition zone beneath northeastern China: evidence for stagnant Pacific subducting slab, lithospheric delamination and mantle …

Z Tang, J Julià, WD Mooney, PM Mai… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We provide a comprehensive image of the mantle transition zone (MTZ) beneath
northeastern China by performing Variable Bin Radius Stacking of receiver functions. A …

Multilevel Mechanisms Driving Intraplate Volcanism in Central Mongolia Revealed by Adjoint Waveform Tomography of Receiver Function and Ambient Noise Data

M Xu, K Wang, J Chen, J He, Q Liu, Y Liu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - Elsevier
The genesis of the Cenozoic intraplate volcanism in Central Mongolia, characterized by
sustained and low-volume eruptions remains debated due to the lack of a comprehensive …

Electrical conductivity in the mantle transition zone beneath eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt revealed by geomagnetic signals

Y Zhang, Y Hu, M Ma, Y Zhang - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
In the eastern segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), there is widespread
volcanic magma activity. However, there is still considerable controversy over the formation …

[HTML][HTML] A review of geophysical studies on the Mongolian Plateau

L Zhang, Z Huang, X Song, Q Wu - Earthquake Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mongolian Plateau in Central Asia is an intracontinental tectonic system far
from active plate boundaries. Despite its distance from these boundaries, the plateau is …

Deep Structure of the Baikal Rift Zone and Central Mongolia

LP Vinnik, LL Delitsyn, LI Makeyeva… - Izvestiya, Physics of the …, 2024 - Springer
The upper mantle and the transition zone of the Baikal rift zone (BRZ) are studied. The
observations are analyzed from P-wave receiver functions. It is found that in the BRZ central …