Western United States extension: How the west was widened
LJ Sonder, CH Jones - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Cenozoic extension in the western United States presents a complex interrelation
of extension, volcanism, and plate boundary tectonics that defeats simple notions of “active” …
of extension, volcanism, and plate boundary tectonics that defeats simple notions of “active” …
Crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath the United States
This paper presents a new model of the shear velocity structure of the crust and uppermost
mantle beneath the contiguous US The model is based on more than a decade of USArray …
mantle beneath the contiguous US The model is based on more than a decade of USArray …
A mantle melting profile across the Basin and Range, SW USA
K Wang, T Plank, JD Walker… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The major and trace element composition of late Cenozoic basalts (0–10 Ma) across the
Basin and Range province (B&R) preserve a clear signal of mantle melting depth variations …
Basin and Range province (B&R) preserve a clear signal of mantle melting depth variations …
Seismic evidence for a detached Indian lithospheric mantle beneath Tibet
P-to-S converted teleseismic waves recorded by temporary broadband networks across
Tibet show a north-dip** interface that begins 50 kilometers north of the Zangbo suture at …
Tibet show a north-dip** interface that begins 50 kilometers north of the Zangbo suture at …
Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: a Bayesian Monte-Carlo approach
A non-linear Bayesian Monte-Carlo method is presented to estimate a Vsv model beneath
stations by jointly interpreting Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions and …
stations by jointly interpreting Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions and …
Crustal structure across the San Andreas Fault, southern California from teleseismic converted waves
L Zhu - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2000 - Elsevier
Crustal structure along a 140 km long profile across the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in
southern California was imaged by stacking teleseismic P–S converted phases recorded by …
southern California was imaged by stacking teleseismic P–S converted phases recorded by …
Active foundering of a continental arc root beneath the southern Sierra Nevada in California
Seismic data provide images of crust–mantle interactions during ongoing removal of the
dense batholithic root beneath the southern Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The …
dense batholithic root beneath the southern Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The …
100 years of seismic research on the Moho
The detection of a seismic boundary, the “Moho”, between the outermost shell of the Earth,
the Earth's crust, and the Earth's mantle by A. Mohorovičić was the consequence of …
the Earth's crust, and the Earth's mantle by A. Mohorovičić was the consequence of …
A 3‐D model of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Central and Western US by joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion
Rayleigh wave phase velocity maps from ambient noise and earthquake data are inverted
jointly with receiver functions observed at 828 stations from the USArray Transportable Array …
jointly with receiver functions observed at 828 stations from the USArray Transportable Array …
Subduction and collision processes in the Central Andes constrained by converted seismic phases
Abstract The Central Andes are the Earth's highest mountain belt formed by ocean–
continent collision,. Most of this uplift is thought to have occurred in the past 20 Myr, owing …
continent collision,. Most of this uplift is thought to have occurred in the past 20 Myr, owing …