Understanding the Adjoint Method in Seismology: Theory and Implementation in the Time Domain

R Abreu - Surveys in Geophysics, 2024 - Springer
The adjoint method is a popular method used for seismic (full-waveform) inversion today.
The method is considered to give more realistic and detailed images of the interior of the …

[HTML][HTML] Mantle discontinuities and reflectors beneath the Arctic Ocean and Aleutian-Alaska subduction zone: Evidence for MORB crust at the top of the lower mantle

Y Yuan, JK Magali, X Deng, D Sun… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - Elsevier
We investigate the properties of mantle discontinuities beneath the Arctic Ocean and the
Aleutian-Alaska subduction zone with underside reflections of PP and SS waves. The depth …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic evidence for possible entrainment of rising plumes by subducting slab induced flow in three subduction zones surrounding the Caribbean Plate

M Saki, SA Wirp, M Billen, C Thomas - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic processes associated with subducting tectonic plates and rising plumes of hot
material are typically treated separately in dynamical models and seismological studies …

Detection and modelling of strong topography of mid-mantle structures beneath the North Atlantic

M Saki, C Thomas, R Abreu - Geophysical Journal International, 2022 - academic.oup.com
There is mounting evidence for the presence of seismic reflectors in the mantle at a depth of
around 1000 km, however, the cause for these reflectors is not yet well established and …

Textures Induced by the Coesite‐Stishovite Transition and Implications for the Visibility of the X‐Discontinuity

M Krug, M Saki, E Ledoux, JP Gay… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The coesite‐stishovite phase transition is considered the most plausible candidate to
explain the X‐discontinuity observed at around 300 km depth in a variety of tectonic settings …

Prominent thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath the Transantarctic Mountains

EL Emry, AA Nyblade, A Horton, SE Hansen… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs), Antarctica, exhibit anomalous uplift and
volcanism and have been associated with regions of thermally perturbed upper mantle that …

Kinetic effects on the 660-km-phase transition in mantle upstreams and seismological implications

S Lessing, DP Dobson, S Rost… - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The effects of reaction kinetics of bridgmanite and ferropericlase transforming to ringwoodite
on elastic properties in upwelling mantle are investigated using data of kinetic experiments …

High-resolution Seismic Imaging of the 410-km Discontinuity in Tonga Subduction Zone for Plume-Slab Interaction

L Li - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Detailed geomorphology of the 410-km phase-transition discontinuity offers important
information about the thermal state and dynamics of the Earth interior. We generated a high …