Subduction zones

RJ Stern - Reviews of geophysics, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zones are where sediments, oceanic crust, and mantle lithosphere return to and
reequilibrate with Earth's mantle. Subduction zones are interior expressions of Earth's …

Stagnant slabs in the upper and lower mantle transition region

Y Fukao, S Widiyantoro, M Obayashi - Reviews of Geophysics, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We made a region‐by‐region examination of subducted slab images along the circum‐
Pacific for some of the recent global mantle tomographic models, specifically for two high …

High‐resolution mantle tomography of China and surrounding regions

J Huang, D Zhao - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A high‐resolution P wave tomographic model of the crust and mantle down to 1100 km
depth under China and surrounding regions is determined by using about one million arrival …

[책][B] Global tectonics

P Kearey, KA Klepeis, FJ Vine - 2009 - books.google.com
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant …

Global tomographic images of mantle plumes and subducting slabs: insight into deep Earth dynamics

D Zhao - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2004 - Elsevier
A new model of whole mantle P-wave tomography is determined with a novel approach. A
grid parameterization instead of blocks and spherical harmonics is adopted to express the …

Teleseismic P‐wave tomography and mantle dynamics beneath Eastern Tibet

J Lei, D Zhao - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We determined a new 3‐DP‐wave velocity model of the upper mantle beneath eastern Tibet
using 112,613 high‐quality arrival‐time data collected from teleseismic seismograms …

Seismic image and origin of the Changbai intraplate volcano in East Asia: Role of big mantle wedge above the stagnant Pacific slab

D Zhao, Y Tian, J Lei, L Liu, S Zheng - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
We determined P-wave tomography of the crust and upper mantle under the Changbai
volcanic area in Northeast Asia by using 289,318 arrival-time data from 4802 local …

Analysis of an evolutionary species–area relationship

JB Losos, D Schluter - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Large islands typically have more species than comparable smaller islands. Ecological
theories, the most influential being the equilibrium theory of island biogeography, explain …

P-wave tomography and origin of the Changbai intraplate volcano in Northeast Asia

J Lei, D Zhao - Tectonophysics, 2005 - Elsevier
We present the first seismic image of the upper mantle beneath the active intraplate
Changbai volcano in Northeast Asia determined by teleseismic travel time tomography. The …

Three‐dimensional structure of Vp, Vs, and Vp/Vs beneath northeastern Japan: Implications for arc magmatism and fluids

J Nakajima, T Matsuzawa… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We estimated both P (Vp) and S wave velocity (Vs) structures beneath northeastern Japan
by applying a tomographic method to 169,712 P and 103,993 S wave arrival time data from …