Lithospheric and slab configurations from receiver function imaging in northwestern South America, Colombia

MJ Mojica Boada, E Poveda… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The northwestern corner of South America presents a highly complex geodynamical setting
including the convergence between South America, Nazca, and Caribbean plates; which …

Moho depth inversion in the Tibetan Plateau from high-precision gravity data

HY He, J Fang, HP Sun, DM Guo, ZX Xue… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - eppcgs.org
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the youngest orogenic belt resulting from a continental
collision on the Earth. It is a natural laboratory for studying continental dynamics, such as …

Ground‐Motion Model (GMM) for Crustal Earthquakes in Northern South America (NoSAm Crustal GMM)

CA Arteta, CA Pajaro, V Mercado… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Crustal earthquakes are some of the main contributors to the seismic hazard in northern
South America (NoSAm). There is evidence of historical crustal events with epicenters near …

Tectonostratigraphic evolution of a marginal basin during the transition from arc collision to subduction: The case of the northern Pacific forearc of Colombia

S León, M Parra, UM Marulanda… - Geological …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The forearc of the northern Pacific region of Colombia (Atrato basin) initially formed in an
intra-oceanic setting related to the Central American arc, and its sedimentary record …

Lithospheric underthrusting beneath the northern Eastern Cordillera plateau, Colombian Andes: Insights from tomographic inversion using local earthquake travel …

DS Avellaneda-Jiménez, G Posada, G Monsalve… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The northern Eastern Cordillera (EC) in the Colombian Andes is a wide (∼ 200 km)
high-elevation (> 2.5 km) subduction-related asymmetric plateau. This plateau is currently …

Arclogite nature of the Colombian Andes magmatic arc root: A receiver-function approach

DS Avellaneda-Jiménez, G Monsalve - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Arclogites are an important part of the continental arc root architecture. When overlooked,
the crustal structure could be misinterpreted, assuming that the seismically defined Moho …

Moho Geometry Estimation Beneath the Gulf of Guinea From Satellite Gravity Data Based on a Regularized Non‐Linear Gravity Inversion

PG Kamto, W Lemotio, J Kamguia - Earth and Space Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we present a new gravimetric Moho model over the Gulf of Guinea computed
from the inversion of the global gravity EIGEN‐6C4 model. The computation procedure …

Thermal structure of the southern Caribbean and northwestern South America: implications for seismogenesis

ÁM Gómez-García, Á González, M Cacace… - Solid Earth, 2024 - se.copernicus.org
The seismogenesis of rocks is mainly affected by their mineral composition and in situ
conditions (temperature and state of stress). Diverse laboratory experiments have explored …

Moho depth variations of Zealandia from gravity data inversion and implications for continental breakup

X Feng, X Zong, X Wang, L Yang, J Ma - Tectonophysics, 2025 - Elsevier
The thickness of the Earth's crust, along with the relief and characteristics of the Moho
discontinuity, serves as a critical constraint for numerous geoscientific investigations. By …

3D gravity and magnetic inversion reveal geothermal structure dominated by radioactive heat production of granites in the Weihe basin

X Feng, J Ma, R Guo, L Yang - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
The Weihe basin possesses abundant in medium-low temperature geothermal resources.
However, the primary source of heat in the basin, whether it stems from the mantle or crust …