Eastern China provides a precious opportunity to explore how subduction drives evolution of
the overlying continental lithosphere and to understand the fate of subducted plates. In this …

Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

To better understand the subsurface behavior of subducting slabs and their relation to the
tectonic evolution of the overriding plate, we conduct a full waveform inversion on a large …

Most magmatism occurring on Earth is conventionally attributed to passive mantle upwelling
at mid-ocean ridges, to slab devolatilization at subduction zones, or to mantle plumes …

Volcanism that occurs far from plate margins is difficult to explain with the current paradigm
of plate tectonics. The Changbaishan volcanic complex, located on the border between …

It has previously been postulated that the Earth's hydrous mantle transition zone may play a
key role in intraplate magmatism, but no confirmatory evidence has been reported. Here we …

Recent studies on seismic imaging of the Northwest Pacific and East Asian region are
reviewed. High-resolution tomographic images reveal significant lateral heterogeneities in …

The roles of subduction of the Pacific plate and the big mantle wedge (BMW) in the evolution
of east Asian continental margin have attracted lots of attention in past years. This paper …

The isotopic characteristics of the sub-oceanic mantle are well established, but in
continental regions these properties are usually obscured, and therefore controversial …

Calderas are among the most active and dangerous volcanoes. Caldera unrest is defined by
enhanced seismicity, gravity changes, surface deformation, and degassing. Although much …