Archaean tectonic systems: A view from igneous rocks

JF Moyen, O Laurent - Lithos, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's
compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions …

Earth's heterogeneous mantle: A product of convection-driven interaction between crust and mantle

A Stracke - Chemical Geology, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Ubiquitous heterogeneity in the Earth's mantle has been documented by numerous
chemical and isotopic analyses of oceanic basalts. Despite the ever-increasing amount of …

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 …

Seismically imaged lithospheric delamination and its controls on the Mesozoic magmatic province in South China

H Zhang, QT Lü, XL Wang, S Han, L Liu, L Gao… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The current lithospheric root of the South China Block has been partly removed, yet what
mechanisms modified the lithospheric structure remain highly controversial. Here we use a …

The AlpArray seismic network: a large-scale European experiment to image the Alpine Orogen

G Hetényi, I Molinari, J Clinton, G Bokelmann… - Surveys in …, 2018‏ - Springer
The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our
understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics, plate reorganizations …

The building blocks of continental crust: evidence for a major change in the tectonic setting of continental growth at the end of the Archean

KC Condie, A Kröner - Gondwana Research, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Oceanic arcs are commonly cited as primary building blocks of continents, yet modern
oceanic arcs are mostly subducted. Also, lithosphere buoyancy considerations show that …

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 …

Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction

J Hu, L Liu, M Faccenda, Q Zhou, KM Fischer… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
The longevity of cratons is generally attributed to persistence of neutrally-to-positively
buoyant and mechanically strong lithosphere that shields the cratonic crust from underlying …

Lithosphere delamination in continental collisional orogens: A systematic numerical study

ZH Li, M Liu, T Gerya - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Lithosphere delamination is believed to have played a major role in mountain building;
however, the mechanism and dynamics of delamination remain poorly understood. Using a …

Mantle influx compensates crustal thinning beneath the Cathaysia Block, South China: Evidence from SINOPROBE reflection profiling

S Dong, J Li, PA Cawood, R Gao, Y Zhang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The crustal architecture of the Cathaysia Block, South China, is a key element in
understanding the late Mesozoic tectono-magmatic history of East Asia, and includes a …