The strength of lithospheric plates is a central component of plate tectonics, governed by
brittle processes in the shallow portion of the plate and ductile behavior in the deeper …

The asthenosphere plays a fundamental role in present-day plate tectonics as its low
viscosity controls how convection in the mantle below it is expressed at the Earth's surface …

Variations within individual cratons, as well as across different cratons, are readily apparent
at the Earth's surface, providing indirect insight into the processes governing the formation …

In plate tectonic theory a weak asthenosphere is required to facilitate the motions of the rigid
plates. Partial melt could weaken the mantle, in turn impacting convection, but to date the …

The goal of this study is to constrain the origins of layering in the seismic velocity structure
within the cratonic mantle lithosphere (ie mid‐lithospheric discontinuities [MLDs]). For long …

The lithosphere‐asthenosphere system is fundamental to our understanding of mantle
convection and plate tectonics. The different sensitivities of seismic and electromagnetic …

Understanding the dynamics and evolution of continental rifting is broadly important for our
understanding of plate tectonics. The northern East African Rift offers an excellent …

Continental lithosphere is deformed, destroyed, or otherwise modified in several ways.
Processes that modify the lithosphere include subduction, terrane accretion, orogenesis …

Seismic tomography observations show a low‐velocity feature in the upper mantle beneath
eastern North America known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA). Proposed …

We obtained a 3D image of crust and mantle seismic velocity gradients beneath the state of
Alaska using common‐conversion point (CCP) stacking of S‐to‐p converted body waves …