Mantle structure and tectonic history of SE Asia

R Hall, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Seismic travel-time tomography of the mantle under SE Asia reveals patterns of subduction-
related seismic P-wave velocity anomalies that are of great value in hel** to understand …

Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

C Faccenna, TW Becker, L Auer, A Billi… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean offers a unique opportunity to study the driving forces of tectonic
deformation within a complex mobile belt. Lithospheric dynamics are affected by slab …

Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab

Z Hou, L Liu, H Zhang, B Xu, Q Wang, T Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Formation of the Tibetan Plateau is generally ascribed to the Cenozoic India–Asia
collision. However, the origin of along-strike deformation of the Indian mantle lithosphere …

Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability

MJ Hoggard, K Czarnota, FD Richards, DL Huston… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sustainable development and the transition to a clean-energy economy drives ever-
increasing demand for base metals, substantially outstrip** the discovery rate of new …

WINTERC-G: map** the upper mantle thermochemical heterogeneity from coupled geophysical–petrological inversion of seismic waveforms, heat flow, surface …

J Fullea, S Lebedev, Z Martinec… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a new global thermochemical model of the lithosphere and underlying upper
mantle constrained by state of the art seismic waveform inversion, satellite gravity (geoid …

P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine‐Mediterranean area

C Piromallo, A Morelli - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We study the upper mantle P wave velocity structure below the Euro‐Mediterranean area,
down to 1000 km depth, by seismic travel time tomography. We invert summary residuals …

Episodic lithospheric deformation in eastern Tibet inferred from seismic anisotropy

X Bao, X Song, DW Eaton, Y Xu… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms for uplift and deformation of the Tibetan Plateau remain vigorously debated;
hypotheses include stepwise growth, distributed thickening, and crustal channel flow, each …

Evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System: interaction of the Alpine and Pyrenean orogens with their foreland lithosphere

P Dèzes, SM Schmid, PA Ziegler - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
The evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS) and the Alpine orogen is
discussed on the base of a set of palaeotectonic maps and two retro-deformed lithospheric …

Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocities

F Cammarano, S Goes, P Vacher, D Giardini - Physics of the Earth and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Constraints on mantle temperatures are fundamental for a better understanding of the
dynamics of the Earth. We evaluate how well upper-mantle thermal structure can be inferred …

Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle

RW Carlson, DG Pearson, DE James - Reviews of Geophysics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike in the ocean basins where the shallow mantle eventually contributes to the
destruction of the overlying crust, the shallow mantle beneath continents serves as a stiff …