Seismic properties and anisotropy of the continental crust: Predictions based on mineral texture and rock microstructure

BSG Almqvist, D Mainprice - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Progress in seismic methodology and ambitious large‐scale seismic projects are enabling
high‐resolution imaging of the continental crust. The ability to constrain interpretations of …

Ultralow velocity zone and deep mantle flow beneath the Himalayas linked to subducted slab

J Wolf, MD Long, DA Frost - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
The origins of ultralow velocity zones, small-scale structures with extremely low seismic
velocities found near the core–mantle boundary, remain poorly understood. One hypothesis …

Inferring upper-mantle flow from seismic anisotropy: an experimental perspective

P Skemer, LN Hansen - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Patterns of mantle flow are most directly inferred from observations of seismic anisotropy,
which is mainly caused by the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of olivine, the …

A MATLAB toolbox and E xcel workbook for calculating the densities, seismic wave speeds, and major element composition of minerals and rocks at pressure and …

GA Abers, BR Hacker - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To interpret seismic images, rock seismic velocities need to be calculated at elevated
pressure and temperature for arbitrary compositions. This technical report describes an …

Azimuthal anisotropy tomography of the Southeast Asia subduction system

Y Hua, D Zhao, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed 3‐D model of P wave isotropic velocity and azimuthal anisotropy beneath SE Asia
is obtained by jointly inverting local earthquake arrival times and teleseismic relative travel …

Evidence for crustal seismic anisotropy at the InSight lander site

J Li, C Beghein, J Wookey, P Davis, P Lognonné… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyzed broadband and low-frequency events recorded on Mars and made the first
detection of horizontally polarized shear wave reflections, which help constrain the crustal …

Big mantle wedge and intraplate volcanism in Alaska: Insight from anisotropic tomography

X Liang, D Zhao, Y Hua, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We determine high‐resolution tomographic models of isotropic P‐wave velocity (Vp) and
tilting‐axis anisotropy of the Alaska subduction zone using a large number of local and …

Map** mantle flows and slab anisotropy in the Cascadia subduction zone

X Liang, D Zhao, Y Hua, YG Xu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Cascadia margin is an unusual subduction zone characterized by the downdip
movement of young and thin oceanic plates, where mantle flow and intraslab deformation …

On the measurement of Sdiff splitting caused by lowermost mantle anisotropy

J Wolf, MD Long, N Creasy… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Seismic anisotropy has been detected at many depths of the Earth, including its upper
layers, the lowermost mantle and the inner core. While upper mantle seismic anisotropy is …

Observations of mantle seismic anisotropy using array techniques: Shear‐wave splitting of beamformed SmKS phases

J Wolf, DA Frost, MD Long, E Garnero… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shear‐wave splitting measurements are commonly used to resolve seismic anisotropy in
both the upper and lowermost mantle. Typically, such techniques are applied to SmKS …