Crustal structure of active deformation zones in Africa: Implications for global crustal processes

CJ Ebinger, D Keir, ID Bastow, K Whaler… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cenozoic East African rift (EAR), Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), and Atlas
Mountains formed on the slow‐moving African continent, which last experienced orogeny …

Crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath the United States

W Shen, MH Ritzwoller - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion

T Bodin, M Sambridge, H Tkalčić… - … research: solid earth, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present a novel method for joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave
dispersion data, using a transdimensional Bayesian formulation. This class of algorithm …

Towards a better understanding of African topography: a review of passive-source seismic studies of the African crust and upper mantle

S Fishwick, ID Bastow - 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Explaining the cause and support of Africa's varied topography remains a fundamental
question for our understanding of the long-term evolution of the continent. As geodynamical …

Joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver functions: a Bayesian Monte-Carlo approach

W Shen, MH Ritzwoller… - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

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

W Shen, MH Ritzwoller… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Upper mantle Earth structure in Africa from full‐wave ambient noise tomography

EL Emry, Y Shen, AA Nyblade… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the tectonic development of the African continent and the interplay
between its geological provinces is hindered by unevenly distributed seismic …

[HTML][HTML] The Mesozoic West and Central Africa Rift System (WCARS) and the older Kandi Shear Zone (KSZ): rifting and tectonics of North Africa and South America …

JD Fairhead - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Intra-and trans-continental tectonic lineaments and tectonic structures cutting Africa and
Gondwana have long been identified by many authors. These structures were initially …

New insights into the crust and lithospheric mantle structure of Africa from elevation, geoid, and thermal analysis

J Globig, M Fernàndez, M Torne… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present new crust and lithosphere thickness maps of the African mainland based on
integrated modeling of elevation and geoid data and thermal analysis. The approach …

Upper mantle structure beneath Cameroon from body wave tomography and the origin of the Cameroon Volcanic Line

AM Reusch, AA Nyblade, DA Wiens… - Geochemistry …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), a 1600 km long linear volcanic chain
without age progression that crosses the ocean‐continent boundary in west‐central Africa, is …